NAME

VERSION

SYNOPSIS

  use Net::Twitter;

  my $nt = Net::Twitter->new(
      traits          => ['API::RESTv1_1', 'OAuth'],
      consumer_key    => "YOUR-CONSUMER-KEY",
      consumer_secret => "YOUR-CONSUMER-SECRET",
  );

  # Do some Authentication work. See EXAMPLES

  my $tweets = $nt->friends_timeline;
  my $res    = $nt->update({ status => "I CAN HAZ OAUTH!" });

DESCRIPTION

Note that this client only works with APIs that are compatible to OAuth authentication.

IMPORTANT

EXAMPLES

Here's how to authorize users as a desktop app mode:

  use Net::Twitter;

  my $nt = Net::Twitter->new(
      traits          => ['API::RESTv1_1', 'OAuth'],
      consumer_key    => "YOUR-CONSUMER-KEY",
      consumer_secret => "YOUR-CONSUMER-SECRET",
  );

  # You'll save the token and secret in cookie, config file or session database
  my($access_token, $access_token_secret) = restore_tokens();
  if ($access_token && $access_token_secret) {
      $nt->access_token($access_token);
      $nt->access_token_secret($access_token_secret);
  }

  unless ( $nt->authorized ) {
      # The client is not yet authorized: Do it now
      print "Authorize this app at ", $nt->get_authorization_url, " and enter the PIN#\n";

      my $pin = <STDIN>; # wait for input
      chomp $pin;

      my($access_token, $access_token_secret, $user_id, $screen_name) = $nt->request_access_token(verifier => $pin);
      save_tokens($access_token, $access_token_secret); # if necessary
  }

  # Everything's ready

In a web application mode, you need to save the oauth_token and oauth_token_secret somewhere when you redirect the user to the OAuth authorization URL.

  sub twitter_authorize : Local {
      my($self, $c) = @_;

      my $nt = Net::Twitter->new(traits => [qw/API::RESTv1_1 OAuth/], %param);
      my $url = $nt->get_authorization_url(callback => $callbackurl);

      $c->response->cookies->{oauth} = {
          value => {
              token => $nt->request_token,
              token_secret => $nt->request_token_secret,
          },
      };

      $c->response->redirect($url);
  }

And when the user returns back, you'll reset those request token and secret to upgrade the request token to access token.

  sub twitter_auth_callback : Local {
      my($self, $c) = @_;

      my %cookie = $c->request->cookies->{oauth}->value;
      my $verifier = $c->req->params->{oauth_verifier};

      my $nt = Net::Twitter->new(traits => [qw/API::RESTv1_1 OAuth/], %param);
      $nt->request_token($cookie{token});
      $nt->request_token_secret($cookie{token_secret});

      my($access_token, $access_token_secret, $user_id, $screen_name)
          = $nt->request_access_token(verifier => $verifier);

      # Save $access_token and $access_token_secret in the database associated with $c->user
  }

Later on, you can retrieve and reset those access token and secret before calling any Twitter API methods.

  sub make_tweet : Local {
      my($self, $c) = @_;

      my($access_token, $access_token_secret) = ...;

      my $nt = Net::Twitter->new(traits => [qw/API::RESTv1_1 OAuth/], %param);
      $nt->access_token($access_token);
      $nt->access_token_secret($access_token_secret);

      # Now you can call any Net::Twitter API methods on $nt
      my $status = $c->req->param('status');
      my $res = $nt->update({ status => $status });
  }

METHODS

authorized

Whether the client has the necessary credentials to be authorized.

Note that the credentials may be wrong and so the request may fail.

request_access_token(verifier => $verifier)

Request the access token, access token secret, user id and screen name for this user. You must pass the PIN# (for desktop applications) or the "oauth_verifier" value, provided as a parameter to the oauth callback (for web applications) as $verifier.

The user must have authorized this app at the url given by "get_authorization_url" first.

Returns the access_token, access_token_secret, user_id, and screen_name in a list. Also sets them internally so that after calling this method, you can immediately call API methods requiring authentication.

xauth($username, $password)

Exchanges the $username and $password for access tokens. This method has the same return value as "request_access_token": access_token, access_token_secret, user_id, and screen_name in a list. Also, like "request_access_token", it sets the access_token and access_secret, internally, so you can immediately call API methods requiring authentication.

get_authorization_url(callback => $callback_url)

Get the URL used to authorize the user. Returns a "URI" object. For web applications, pass your applications callback URL as the "callback" parameter. No arguments are required for desktop applications ("callback" defaults to "oob", out-of-band).

get_authentication_url(callback => $callback_url)

Get the URL used to authenticate the user with "Sign in with Twitter" authentication flow. Returns a "URI" object. For web applications, pass your applications callback URL as the "callback" parameter. No arguments are required for desktop applications ("callback" defaults to "oob", out-of-band).

access_token

Get or set the access token.

access_token_secret

Get or set the access token secret.

request_token

Get or set the request token.

request_token_secret

Get or set the request token secret.

DEPRECATED METHODS

oauth

Prior versions used Net::OAuth::Simple. This method provided access to the contained Net::OAuth::Simple object. Beginning with Net::Twitter 3.00, the OAuth methods were delegated to Net::OAuth::Simple. They have since made first class methods. Net::Simple::OAuth is no longer used. A warning will be displayed when accessing OAuth methods via the <oauth> method. The "oauth" method will be removed in a future release.

is_authorized

Use "authorized" instead.

oauth_authorization_url

Use "get_authorization_url" instead.

oauth_token

   $nt->oauth_token($access_token, $access_token_secret);
    

Use "access_token" and "access_token_seccret" instead:

   $nt->access_token($access_token);
   $nt->access_token_secret($access_token_secret);
    

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

AUTHORS

Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@bulknews.net>

LICENSE

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