Comments on: Twitter API 101 – Authentication with PHP and cURL http://nicolasrosental.com/2009/01/23/twitter-api-101-authentication-with-php-and-curl/ Web Development, Coworking and 42 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:56:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: nic http://nicolasrosental.com/2009/01/23/twitter-api-101-authentication-with-php-and-curl/#comment-63 nic Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:19:26 +0000 http://nicolasrosental.com/?p=42#comment-63 Hi Hugo, I'm glad it helped, but keep in mind that this authentication method is out of date and won't work anymore. You should definitely look into OAuth, I've been meaning to write an post on it but it might be a little while. I think that the only way you'd be able to get the email address is if you are acting as the user itself, I don't think there are any third party calls that will give you that info. Hi Hugo,

I’m glad it helped, but keep in mind that this authentication method is out of date and won’t work anymore. You should definitely look into OAuth, I’ve been meaning to write an post on it but it might be a little while.

I think that the only way you’d be able to get the email address is if you are acting as the user itself, I don’t think there are any third party calls that will give you that info.

]]> By: Hugo Ferreira http://nicolasrosental.com/2009/01/23/twitter-api-101-authentication-with-php-and-curl/#comment-62 Hugo Ferreira Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:01:29 +0000 http://nicolasrosental.com/?p=42#comment-62 Hi! I used your class and it was helpful! but there's a way to get the user's email address from twitter api. such as in facebook api? thank you Hi! I used your class and it was helpful! but there’s a way to get the user’s email address from twitter api. such as in facebook api?

thank you

]]> By: Nick http://nicolasrosental.com/2009/01/23/twitter-api-101-authentication-with-php-and-curl/#comment-16 Nick Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:21:58 +0000 http://nicolasrosental.com/?p=42#comment-16 Oke thanks for the info! Oke thanks for the info!

]]> By: Nic http://nicolasrosental.com/2009/01/23/twitter-api-101-authentication-with-php-and-curl/#comment-15 Nic Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:55:10 +0000 http://nicolasrosental.com/?p=42#comment-15 Crystal. Basic authentication is going to be deprecated soon, so you will want to look into OAuth. http://apiwiki.twitter.com/OAuth-FAQ If you happen to still use basic auth and have the user's username and password, you can use account/verify_credentials http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method:-account%C2%A0verify_credentials It returns HTTP status codes that will help you create your own boolean check. 200 + user info if valid, or a 401 if invalid. The start of the response will look something like HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:16:24 GMT I go into a bit more detail here http://nicolasrosental.com/2009/11/10/twitter-response-codes-simplified/ I will very likely be writing a post on OAuth soon, but I haven't had a chance to hack at it yet. Crystal. Basic authentication is going to be deprecated soon, so you will want to look into OAuth. http://apiwiki.twitter.com/OAuth-FAQ
If you happen to still use basic auth and have the user’s username and password, you can use account/verify_credentials http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method:-account%C2%A0verify_credentials
It returns HTTP status codes that will help you create your own boolean check. 200 + user info if valid, or a 401 if invalid. The start of the response will look something like

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:16:24 GMT

I go into a bit more detail here http://nicolasrosental.com/2009/11/10/twitter-response-codes-simplified/

I will very likely be writing a post on OAuth soon, but I haven’t had a chance to hack at it yet.

]]> By: Nick http://nicolasrosental.com/2009/01/23/twitter-api-101-authentication-with-php-and-curl/#comment-14 Nick Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:33:15 +0000 http://nicolasrosental.com/?p=42#comment-14 Hi Nic, thanks for the reaction. I have an application to post messages to twitter, which works fine. But I want users to sign in first before they're able to send a message. That way I want to make sure the message is posted on the right profile. So what I want is a code for users to identify themselves, and if they do, they're able to post a message using the form I already made... I hope that's more clear ;) Hi Nic, thanks for the reaction. I have an application to post messages to twitter, which works fine. But I want users to sign in first before they’re able to send a message. That way I want to make sure the message is posted on the right profile. So what I want is a code for users to identify themselves, and if they do, they’re able to post a message using the form I already made… I hope that’s more clear ;)

]]> By: Nic http://nicolasrosental.com/2009/01/23/twitter-api-101-authentication-with-php-and-curl/#comment-13 Nic Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:25:21 +0000 http://nicolasrosental.com/?p=42#comment-13 Hi Nick, I'm sorry if you received my previous reply, I had misunderstood your question. Are you trying to check whether a user's credentials are valid? If you explain a little bit more of what you are trying to accomplish I might have some suggestions. Hi Nick, I’m sorry if you received my previous reply, I had misunderstood your question. Are you trying to check whether a user’s credentials are valid? If you explain a little bit more of what you are trying to accomplish I might have some suggestions.

]]> By: nick http://nicolasrosental.com/2009/01/23/twitter-api-101-authentication-with-php-and-curl/#comment-12 nick Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:38:12 +0000 http://nicolasrosental.com/?p=42#comment-12 Hi, Is it also possible just to check the username and password without making a query? I want to check the username and password to get a true or false returned. (I did found an article on the web, but it didn't work...) Hi, Is it also possible just to check the username and password without making a query? I want to check the username and password to get a true or false returned. (I did found an article on the web, but it didn’t work…)

]]> By: Nic http://nicolasrosental.com/2009/01/23/twitter-api-101-authentication-with-php-and-curl/#comment-11 Nic Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:09:11 +0000 http://nicolasrosental.com/?p=42#comment-11 Hi Lami, thanks for stopping by. I don't use Windows, but it seems the answer to your first question is as follows Click the WAMP icon in task tray, then go to PHP > PHP Extensions > php_curl. Then restart apache. The entire discussion is here http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=180453.0 As per OAuth, I haven't had a chance to play with it yet, but there are a lot of resources out there. Hi Lami, thanks for stopping by. I don’t use Windows, but it seems the answer to your first question is as follows

Click the WAMP icon in task tray, then go to PHP > PHP Extensions > php_curl. Then restart apache. The entire discussion is here http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=180453.0

As per OAuth, I haven’t had a chance to play with it yet, but there are a lot of resources out there.

]]> By: lami http://nicolasrosental.com/2009/01/23/twitter-api-101-authentication-with-php-and-curl/#comment-10 lami Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:49:08 +0000 http://nicolasrosental.com/?p=42#comment-10 bonjour,comment je peux activer curl sur wampserveur? je veux exploiter Oauth on twitter dans mon application comment je peux l'utiliser?c très urgent,merci bonjour,comment je peux activer curl sur wampserveur?
je veux exploiter Oauth on twitter dans mon application comment je peux l’utiliser?c très urgent,merci

]]> By: Twitter Response Codes Simplified | NicDev http://nicolasrosental.com/2009/01/23/twitter-api-101-authentication-with-php-and-curl/#comment-9 Twitter Response Codes Simplified | NicDev Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:18:16 +0000 http://nicolasrosental.com/?p=42#comment-9 [...] We will be using PHP and cURL to access the API. If you aren’t too familiar, please read this post. [...] [...] We will be using PHP and cURL to access the API. If you aren’t too familiar, please read this post. [...]

]]>