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Twitter Simple Tweet (Post Status Update)

Demonstrates sending a simple Twitter status update (tweet).

This example is deprecated and no longer valid.

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llSuccess = .F.

// It requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
// This initial setup, which involves setting the OAuth1 properties and connecting
// to api.twitter.com, is only required once at the beginning.  Once connected, the same
// object instance may be re-used, and if necessary, it will automatically reconnect
// as needed.

// Assume we've previously obtained an access token and saved it to a JSON file..
loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
llSuccess = loJson.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/twitter.json")

loRest = createobject("CkRest")
loOauth1 = createobject("CkOAuth1")

loOauth1.ConsumerKey = "TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY"
loOauth1.ConsumerSecret = "TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET"
loOauth1.Token = loJson.StringOf("oauth_token")
loOauth1.TokenSecret = loJson.StringOf("oauth_token_secret")
loOauth1.SignatureMethod = "HMAC-SHA1"
loOauth1.GenNonce(16)

loRest.SetAuthOAuth1(loOauth1,.F.)

llBAutoReconnect = .T.
llSuccess = loRest.Connect("api.twitter.com",443,.T.,llBAutoReconnect)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    release loJson
    release loRest
    release loOauth1
    return
endif

// This ends the initial setup...
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------

lcTweetContent = "This is a test tweet."

// Send a tweet...
loRest.ClearAllQueryParams()
loRest.AddQueryParam("status",lcTweetContent)
lcResp = loRest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/1.1/statuses/update.json")
if (loRest.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    release loJson
    release loRest
    release loOauth1
    return
endif

loJsonResponse = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJsonResponse.EmitCompact = .F.
loJsonResponse.Load(lcResp)

if (loRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) then
    ? loJsonResponse.Emit()
    release loJson
    release loRest
    release loOauth1
    release loJsonResponse
    return
endif

// Show the successful response:
? loJsonResponse.Emit()
? "Success."

// A successful JSON response looks like this:

// 	{
// 	  "created_at": "Tue Oct 18 01:58:44 +0000 2016",
// 	  "id": 788111589581114111,
// 	  "id_str": "788111189585711352",
// 	  "text": "This is a test tweet.",
// 	  "truncated": false,
// 	  "entities": {
// 	    "hashtags": [
// 	    ],
// 	    "symbols": [
// 	    ],
// 	    "user_mentions": [
// 	    ],
// 	    "urls": [
// 	    ]
// 	  },
// 	  "source": "\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.chilkatsoft.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eChilkatTestApp\u003c\/a\u003e",
// 	  "in_reply_to_status_id": null,
// 	  "in_reply_to_status_id_str": null,
// 	  "in_reply_to_user_id": null,
// 	  "in_reply_to_user_id_str": null,
// 	  "in_reply_to_screen_name": null,
// 	  "user": {
// 	    "id": 85647455,
// 	    "id_str": "85647455",
// 	    "name": "Chilkat Software",
// 	    "screen_name": "chilkatsoft",
// 	    "location": "",
// 	    "description": "",
// 	    "url": "https:\/\/t.co\/hSTR4sOuis",
// 	    "entities": {
// 	      "url": {
// 	        "urls": [
// 	          {
// 	            "url": "https:\/\/t.co\/hSTR4sOuis",
// 	            "expanded_url": "http:\/\/www.chilkatsoft.com",
// 	            "display_url": "chilkatsoft.com",
// 	            "indices": [
// 	              0,
// 	              23
// 	            ]
// 	          }
// 	        ]
// 	      },
// 	      "description": {
// 	        "urls": [
// 	        ]
// 	      }
// 	    },
// 	    "protected": false,
// 	    "followers_count": 36,
// 	    "friends_count": 0,
// 	    "listed_count": 4,
// 	    "created_at": "Tue Oct 27 19:56:13 +0000 2009",
// 	    "favourites_count": 0,
// 	    "utc_offset": null,
// 	    "time_zone": null,
// 	    "geo_enabled": false,
// 	    "verified": false,
// 	    "statuses_count": 6,
// 	    "lang": "en",
// 	    "contributors_enabled": false,
// 	    "is_translator": false,
// 	    "is_translation_enabled": false,
// 	    "profile_background_color": "C0DEED",
// 	    "profile_background_image_url": "http:\/\/abs.twimg.com\/images\/themes\/theme1\/bg.png",
// 	    "profile_background_image_url_https": "https:\/\/abs.twimg.com\/images\/themes\/theme1\/bg.png",
// 	    "profile_background_tile": false,
// 	    "profile_image_url": "http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/115893001012741111\/clLweDSg_normal.jpg",
// 	    "profile_image_url_https": "https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/115893001012741111\/clLweDSg_normal.jpg",
// 	    "profile_link_color": "0084B4",
// 	    "profile_sidebar_border_color": "C0DEED",
// 	    "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "DDEEF6",
// 	    "profile_text_color": "333333",
// 	    "profile_use_background_image": true,
// 	    "has_extended_profile": false,
// 	    "default_profile": true,
// 	    "default_profile_image": false,
// 	    "following": false,
// 	    "follow_request_sent": false,
// 	    "notifications": false
// 	  },
// 	  "geo": null,
// 	  "coordinates": null,
// 	  "place": null,
// 	  "contributors": null,
// 	  "is_quote_status": false,
// 	  "retweet_count": 0,
// 	  "favorite_count": 0,
// 	  "favorited": false,
// 	  "retweeted": false,
// 	  "lang": "en"
// 	}
// 


release loJson
release loRest
release loOauth1
release loJsonResponse