Twitter authentication with Javascript

Question

I want to get an access_token according to this documentation http://dev.twitter.com/doc/post/oauth/request_token. I use javascript.

$.ajax({
    url: "http://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token",
    type: "POST",
    contentType: "json",
    data: {
        oauth_consumer_key: "DFwQqCnOTaYVbZQdBFqpR",
        oauth_signature_method: "HMAC-SHA1",
        oauth_timestamp: parseInt((new Date()).getTime() / 1000),
        oauth_nonce: "R" + parseInt((new Date()).getTime() / 1000),
        oauth_version: "1.0"
    },
    success: function (data) {
        debugger;
    },
    error: function (a, b, c) {
        debugger;
    }
});

But it does not work at all. Always return error, never success.

Please indent your code with four spaces instead of adding HTML tags. — SLaks
– SLaks, Commented Jun 16, 2011 at 17:38
Hi Alexander. You can use 4 spaces (or the {} button in the question entry form) to format your code to be more readable, as I have done so above. Also, html br elements are not necessary (and are in fact ignored) — Matt
– Matt, Commented Jun 16, 2011 at 17:39
Also, please define "does not work" - what behavior, exactly, are you seeing? — Matt
– Matt, Commented Jun 16, 2011 at 17:41
Maybe a stupid suggestion, but just to be sure; Are you sure you have included jQuery in your HTML as well? — fijter
– fijter, Commented Jun 16, 2011 at 17:49

Ivan Krechetov · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-11 15:41:12Z

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Check user login & signup provided by Twitter's @Anywhere JavaScript library. https://dev.twitter.com/docs/anywhere/welcome#login-signup

That may be exactly what you want, much easier to use than the raw OAuth.

answered Nov 11, 2011 at 15:41

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Pardeep Jain Over a year ago

attached URL is no more working, please Update with newer one

abraham · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-16 18:44:09Z

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You are not signing your request. You can read a more in depth direction on how to sign an OAuth reqeust on dev.twitter.com. You will likely want to use a JavaScript library to generate oauth_signature.

answered Jun 16, 2011 at 18:44

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pawlik · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-16 17:47:07Z

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You're probably calling this script outside the api.twitter.com domain. Try with dataType: "jsonp".

answered Jun 16, 2011 at 17:47

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Alexander Over a year ago

It has not helped. Response says: Failed to validate oauth signature and token.

Alexander Over a year ago

"b" and "c" are empty. "a" has parameter error="errror". that is all

Alexander Over a year ago

In firebug at the Net tab I see the status of the request. It is "401 Unauthorized"

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