There's no need for URL encoding in the header. The header is simple: Authorization: OAuth oauth_timestamp="", oauth_nonce="", oauth_signature="", etc (of course, fill in the values)
Tom On 9/21/10 12:45 AM, Randomness wrote: > that was the part of the header after authorization and oauth. Just > read back and you will see it. > > On Sep 21, 12:42 am, Tom van der Woerdt <[email protected]> wrote: >> That Base String looks fine. But what was the thing you showed us a few >> posts back? (Really, it looked like a base string!) >> >> Tom >> >> On 9/21/10 12:39 AM, Randomness wrote: >> >> >> >>> I am really getting confused. I did not show the base string, as I >>> believe it is only used to caclulate the signature, but it looks like >>> this: >> >>> POST&http%3A%2F%2Fapi.twitter.com%2F1%2Fstatuses >>> %2Fupdate.xml&oauth_consumer_key%3DMUCONSUMERKEY%26oauth_nonce >>> %3DBy0mBhrkliegb29E2gek6japm6Cqkg4wiuoy0834d%26oauth_signature_method >>> %3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp%3D1285028392%26oauth_token%MYOAUTHTOKEN >>> %26oauth_version%3D1.0%26status%3Dtesting >> >>> Combining this with the composite signing key and base64 encoding >>> gives me the oauth signature. >> >>> Following this, it is my understanding that two lines are needed. One >>> with the url and one with the authorization haeder as shown above.... >> >>> On Sep 21, 12:30 am, Tom van der Woerdt <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Bad: xml.setRequestHeader "Authorization", "OAuth" & Cells(17, 3) >>>> Good: xml.setRequestHeader "Authorization", "OAuth " & Cells(17, 3) >> >>>> Also, if I am not mistaken, %22 is " and I definitely see those in your >>>> Base String ;-) I'm not saying that it's impossible to have them there, >>>> just that it's very unlikely that you need them there. >> >>>> Also, like Taylor pointed out: there's no status= in your base string ;-) >> >>>> Tom >> >>>> On 9/21/10 12:22 AM, Randomness wrote: >> >>>>> I don't see where the space is missing.. >>>>> I did not put quotes in the base string. I assume that it only serves >>>>> as a way to claculate an oauth signature, which is calculated exactly >>>>> as by your website and by twitter. >> >>>>> Still stuck.... >> >>>>> On Sep 21, 12:16 am, Tom van der Woerdt <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Multiple things: >>>>>> * You missed a space in the Authorization header. Go look in my post ;) >>>>>> * You don't have to put the quotes in the Base String. Only in the >>>>>> Authorization: header. >> >>>>>> Tom >> >>>>>> On 9/21/10 12:14 AM, Randomness wrote: >> >>>>>>> I still get the same mistake all the time, after I get asked and >>>>>>> cancel for a username and password: >> >>>>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >>>>>>> <errors> >>>>>>> <error code="32">Could not authenticate you</error> </errors> >> >>>>>>> The xml part of the VBA now looks like this: >> >>>>>>> Set xml = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP") xml.Open "POST", Cells(18, >>>>>>> 3), False xml.setRequestHeader "Authorization", "OAuth" & Cells(17, 3) >>>>>>> xml.Send tResult = xml.responsetext Cells(7, 5) = tResult Debug.Print >>>>>>> tResult Set xml = Nothing >> >>>>>>> Cells(18,3) =http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/update.xml?status=testing >>>>>>> I believe calling it this way does not need quotes, because it is >>>>>>> already called as a string. >> >>>>>>> I changed the authorization header. >> >>>>>>> I put quotes around the values and url encoded the values. Cells(17,3) >>>>>>> now looks like this: >> >>>>>>> oauth_consumer_key%3D%22MYCONSUMERKEY%22%2Coauth_token%3D%MYOAUTHTOKEN >>>>>>> %22%2Coauth_signature_method %3D%22HMAC-SHA1%22%2Coauth_signature%3D >>>>>>> %22AXBM9Mpc2k3+/jYGTvs/JE4G8BQ=%22%2Coauth_timestamp%3D >>>>>>> %221285025757%22%2Coauth_nonce%3D >>>>>>> %22slnbcv0vxt1gzwfDz2Celv2ojcpqabyxoEB9sEal4%22%2Coauth_version%3D >>>>>>> %221.0%22 >> >>>>>>> When calculating signatures I get the exact same values as are >>>>>>> calculated on your Quonos site. They are also the same as calculated >>>>>>> with the examples given by Twitter. >> >>>>>>> This is a tough nut to crack! :-) >> >>>>>>> On Sep 20, 9:06 pm, Tom van der Woerdt <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> Hi, >> >>>>>>>> I see multiple things that are wrong: >>>>>>>> * You didn't put quotes around your URL >>>>>>>> * You shouldn't send OAuth: as an header. The header is Authorization: >>>>>>>> OAuth <headerstring>. (xml.setRequestHeader "Authorization", "OAuth " & >>>>>>>> headerstring >>>>>>>> * You should put quotes around the values in headerstring, and if you >>>>>>>> haven't done so already, URLencode the values >>>>>>>> * There's no signature in headerstring >> >>>>>>>> If you changed those, and it still doesn't work, please give these : >>>>>>>> * A sample Base String >>>>>>>> * A TCP dump of a full request, including response. >> >>>>>>>> Tom >> >>>>>>>> PS: Do I know you? >> >>>>>>>> On 9/20/10 8:38 PM, Randomness wrote: >> >>>>>>>>> I believe I have solved all the issues of getting the right >>>>>>>>> information to send a tweet using Excel. Calculation of oauth_nonce >>>>>>>>> and oauth_timestamp look good and also the calculation of the >>>>>>>>> oath_signature seems to be in order. >> >>>>>>>>> When I try to post the message I get a message asking for user name >>>>>>>>> and password and when I cancel this I get an error 32. >> >>>>>>>>> I am doing the following: >> >>>>>>>>> Set xml = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP") >>>>>>>>> xml.Open >>>>>>>>> "POST",http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/update.xml?status=text >>>>>>>>> of the update, False >>>>>>>>> xml.setRequestHeader "OAuth", headerstring >>>>>>>>> xml.Send >>>>>>>>> tResult = xml.responsetext >>>>>>>>> Debug.Print tResult >>>>>>>>> Set xml = Nothing >> >>>>>>>>> headerstring="oauth_consumer_key=myconsumerkey, >>>>>>>>> oauth_token=mytoken, >>>>>>>>> oauth_signature_method =HMAC-SHA1, >>>>>>>>> oauth_signature=calculatedsignature, >>>>>>>>> oauth_timestamp=1285014608, >> >>>>>>>>> oauth_nonce=81A1iuux8jzxgieaxmmp3ta2bDdqefd88hp9soo31, >>>>>>>>> oauth_version=1.0" >> >>>>>>>>> Any help wouldbe appreciated because I am really stuck.- Hide quoted >>>>>>>>> text - >> >>>>>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >>>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk?hl=en
