I found this method that returns the currently authenticated users'
object:
authenticatedUser = twitter.verifyCredentials();
Is it safe to use to get the "name" of this authenticatedUser?
Any advise, greatly appreciated!
On Apr 18, 10:03 am, ap <[email protected]> wrote:
> Any updates?
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> On Apr 15, 2:01 pm, ap <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > I guess, essentially my question is: whats the best method to use to
> > get a Twitter User back, more specifically, the Twitter users' first
> > name and last name.
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> > On Apr 15, 1:53 pm, ap <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > This will help you troubleshoot my (hopefully everyone else's) issue:
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> > > {Code}
> > > TwitterFactory factory = new TwitterFactory(); // Good
> > > Twitter twitter = factory.getInstance(); // Good
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> > > authenticatedUser = twitter.showUser("273610984"); // Throws errors
> > > {Code}
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> > > {Errors}
> > > Twitter{auth='OAuthAuthorization{consumerKey='IOnTxKfXbr8NuY8uBG8A6g',
> > > consumerSecret='******************************************',
> > > oauthToken=AccessToken{screenName='heller1900', userId=273610984}}'}
> > > TwitterException{statusCode=404, retryAfter=0,
> > > rateLimitStatus=RateLimitStatusJSONImpl{remainingHits=347,
> > > hourlyLimit=350, resetTimeInSeconds=1302892, secondsUntilReset=3440,
> > > resetTime=Fri Apr 15 14:43:16 EDT 2011}}
> > > 404:The URI requested is invalid or the resource requested, such as a
> > > user, does not exists.
> > > {"request":"\/1\/users\/show.json?screen_name=273610984","error":"Not
> > > found"}
> > > {Errors}
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> > > Thanks,
> > > -Ashish
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> > > On Apr 15, 1:41 pm, Taylor Singletary <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
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> > > > If you can provide some more details, I can investigate possible issues.
> > > > What parts of the requests are failing? There are many steps involved,
> > > > so
> > > > localizing to the specific areas where you're having problems will be
> > > > very
> > > > useful.
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> > > > Make sure that when using OAuth, you're using api.twitter.com/oauth/*
> > > > for
> > > > all paths and that when you're using the REST API you're using
> > > > api.twitter.com/1/* -- the subdomain matters for both areas of the API,
> > > > and
> > > > the version number is imperative for the REST API.
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> > > > @episod <http://twitter.com/episod> - Taylor Singletary
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> > > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 10:35 AM, m36tb6ll <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > Hi-
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> > > > > same issue here... seems like the tokens are not matching..
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> > > > > On Apr 16, 1:28 am, Taylor Singletary <[email protected]>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > What kind of errors are you seeing? Do you have an example of the
> > > > > > status
> > > > > > code and body message? What specific endpoints throw the error?
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> > > > > > @episod <http://twitter.com/episod> - Taylor Singletary
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> > > > > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 10:23 AM, ap <[email protected]>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > Twitter API authentication throwing errors on all our sites. Any
> > > > > > > known
> > > > > > > issues that are not reflected on your API Status page?
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> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > -Ashish
>
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