Yes the book is wrong, it does not specify API version in url, but see below:
http://code.google.com/r/michelecomitini-facebookaccess/source/browse/applications/helloTwitter/controllers/default.py#43 BTW helloTwitter is a modified copy of scaffolding app, you can use it as an example. mic 2011/1/25 JoeCodeswell <[email protected]>: > Dear web2py users, > > The Book twitter post recipe has errors. I know about 2 of them. I > could use some help with the last one. > > Here is the code from the book in chapter 12. > > def post_tweet(username,password,message): > import urllib, urlib2, base64 > import gluon.contrib.simplejson as sj > args= urllib.urlencode([('status',message)]) > headers={} > headers['Authorization'] = 'Basic '+base64.b64encode(username > +':'+password) > request = urllib2.Request('http://twitter.com/statuses/ > update.json', args, headers) > return sj.loads(urllib2.urlopen(req).read()) > > > import urllib, urlib2, base64 > should be > import urllib, urllib2, base64 > > > request = urllib2.Request('http://twitter.com/statuses/ > update.json', args, headers) > should be > req = urllib2.Request('http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json', > args, headers) > > Here is the help i need. The > return sj.loads(urllib2.urlopen(req).read()) > statement causes > raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp) > HTTPError: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized > > I am sure I am using a valid user name and password. Does anyone have > any ideas? > > I suspect the first argument to the urllib2.Request method == > 'http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json' > I think '/statuses/' could possibly be a misspelling. Does anyone > know? > > Thanks for the help in advance. > > Love and peace, > > Joe
