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

Reply via email to