How to post tweet on behalf of an user from asp.net using oauth authentication
In this article i am going to explain how to post tweet on behalf of an user to twitter programmatically from asp.net through oauth authentication, you just need twitter access token and token secret that i have already explain in my previous post how to get access token, token secret and screen name.
Step 1) Firstly you have to create an application then get access token and access secret key of the user, complete first step going through the link Login with twitter using oauth authentication in asp.net and get access token,
Step 2) Ensure that Access Laval Read/Write check box check in twitter application setting tab.
Step 3) Use PostTwitsOnBehalfOf method of OAuthHelper Class as below (Pass access token, token secret , tweet text as parameter)
protected void btnTweet_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
Class OAuthHelper : Download OAuthHelper (Edit this class change oauth_consumer_key, oauth_consumer_secret as per your twitter application and change callback url as per your virtual name or domain name)
Class OAuthUtility : Download OAuthUtility
Step 1) Firstly you have to create an application then get access token and access secret key of the user, complete first step going through the link Login with twitter using oauth authentication in asp.net and get access token,
Step 2) Ensure that Access Laval Read/Write check box check in twitter application setting tab.
Step 3) Use PostTwitsOnBehalfOf method of OAuthHelper Class as below (Pass access token, token secret , tweet text as parameter)
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (Session["twname"] != null)
lblTwitterId.Text = "@" + Session["twname"].ToString();
else
Response.Redirect("twitterlogin.aspx");
}
{
string oauthAccessToken = Session["twtoken"].ToString();
string oauthAccessTokenSecret = Session["twsecret"].ToString();
OAuthHelper oauthhelper = new OAuthHelper();
oauthhelper.TweetOnBehalfOf(oauthAccessToken, oauthAccessTokenSecret, txtTweet.Text);
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(oauthhelper.oauth_error))
Response.Write("Twit Posted Successfully");
else
Response.Write(oauthhelper.oauth_error);
}
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
public class OAuthHelper
{
public OAuthHelper() { }
static string oauth_consumer_key = "w5LCgZnBYBmEFGVCv99g";
static string oauth_consumer_secret = "sO1R4AgXdI8h87f8yPAG7CZd5eNtUXOSWl7g2YaQPog";
static string callbackUrl = "http://127.0.0.1/twitshoppers/oauth/oauthreturn.aspx";
#region (Changable) Do Not Change It
static string REQUEST_TOKEN = "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token";
static string AUTHORIZE = "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize";
static string ACCESS_TOKEN = "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token";
public static string GetConsumerKey { get { return oauth_consumer_key; } }
public static string GetConsumerSecret { get { return oauth_consumer_secret; } }
public static string GetAUTHORIZE { get { return AUTHORIZE; } }
public enum httpMethod
{
POST, GET
}
public string oauth_request_token { get; set; }
public string oauth_access_token { get; set; }
public string oauth_access_token_secret { get; set; }
public string user_id { get; set; }
public string screen_name { get; set; }
public string oauth_error { get; set; }
public void LoginWithTwitter()
{
HttpWebRequest request = FetchRequestToken(httpMethod.POST, oauth_consumer_key, oauth_consumer_secret);
string result = getResponce(request);
Dictionary<string, string> resultData = OAuthUtility.GetQueryParameters(result);
if (resultData.Keys.Contains("oauth_token"))
this.oauth_request_token = resultData["oauth_token"];
else
this.oauth_error = result;
}
public void GetUserTwAccessToken(string oauth_token, string oauth_verifier)
{
HttpWebRequest request = FetchAccessToken(httpMethod.POST, oauth_consumer_key, oauth_consumer_secret, oauth_token, oauth_verifier);
string result = getResponce(request);
Dictionary<string, string> resultData = OAuthUtility.GetQueryParameters(result);
if (resultData.Keys.Contains("oauth_token"))
{
this.oauth_access_token = resultData["oauth_token"];
this.oauth_access_token_secret = resultData["oauth_token_secret"];
this.user_id = resultData["user_id"];
this.screen_name = resultData["screen_name"];
}
else
this.oauth_error = result;
}
public void PostTwitsOnBehalfOf(string oauth_access_token, string oauth_token_secret, string postData)
{
HttpWebRequest request = OAuthHelper.PostTwits(oauth_consumer_key, oauth_consumer_secret, oauth_access_token, oauth_token_secret, postData);
string result = OAuthHelper.getResponce(request);
Dictionary<string, string> dcResult = OAuthUtility.GetQueryParameters(result);
if (dcResult["status"] != "200")
{
this.oauth_error = result;
}
}
public static string getResponce(HttpWebRequest request)
{
try
{
HttpWebResponse resp = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(resp.GetResponseStream());
string result = reader.ReadToEnd();
reader.Close();
return result + "&status=200";
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
string statusCode = "";
if (ex.Message.Contains("403"))
statusCode = "403";
else if (ex.Message.Contains("401"))
statusCode = "401";
return string.Format("status={0}&error={1}", statusCode, ex.Message);
}
}
static HttpWebRequest FetchRequestToken(httpMethod method, string oauth_consumer_key, string oauth_consumer_secret)
{
string OutUrl = "";
string OAuthHeader = OAuthUtility.GetAuthorizationHeaderForPost_OR_QueryParameterForGET(new Uri(REQUEST_TOKEN), callbackUrl, method.ToString(), oauth_consumer_key, oauth_consumer_secret, "", "", out OutUrl);
if (method == httpMethod.GET)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(OutUrl + "?" + OAuthHeader);
request.Method = method.ToString();
return request;
}
else if (method == httpMethod.POST)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(OutUrl);
request.Method = method.ToString();
request.Headers["Authorization"] = OAuthHeader;
return request;
}
else
return null;
}
static HttpWebRequest FetchAccessToken(httpMethod method, string oauth_consumer_key, string oauth_consumer_secret, string oauth_token, string oauth_verifier)
{
string postData = "oauth_verifier=" + oauth_verifier;
string AccessTokenURL = string.Format("{0}?{1}", ACCESS_TOKEN, postData);
string OAuthHeader = OAuthUtility.GetAuthorizationHeaderForPost_OR_QueryParameterForGET(new Uri(AccessTokenURL), callbackUrl, method.ToString(), oauth_consumer_key, oauth_consumer_secret, oauth_token, "", out AccessTokenURL);
if (method == httpMethod.GET)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(AccessTokenURL + "?" + OAuthHeader);
request.Method = method.ToString();
return request;
}
else if (method == httpMethod.POST)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(AccessTokenURL);
request.Method = method.ToString();
request.Headers["Authorization"] = OAuthHeader;
byte[] array = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(postData);
request.GetRequestStream().Write(array, 0, array.Length);
return request;
}
else
return null;
}
public static HttpWebRequest PostTwits(string oauth_consumer_key, string oauth_consumer_secret, string oauth_access_token, string oauth_token_secret, string postData)
{
postData = "trim_user=true&include_entities=true&status=" + postData;
string updateStatusURL = "https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/update.json?" + postData;
string outUrl;
string OAuthHeaderPOST = OAuthUtility.GetAuthorizationHeaderForPost_OR_QueryParameterForGET(new Uri(updateStatusURL), callbackUrl, httpMethod.POST.ToString(), oauth_consumer_key, oauth_consumer_secret, oauth_access_token, oauth_token_secret, out outUrl);
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(outUrl);
request.Method = httpMethod.POST.ToString();
request.Headers["Authorization"] = OAuthHeaderPOST;
byte[] array = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(postData);
request.GetRequestStream().Write(array, 0, array.Length);
return request;
}
#endregion
}
Class OAuthUtility : Download OAuthUtility
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
public class OAuthUtility
{
public OAuthUtility()
{
//
// TODO: Add constructor logic here
//
}
#region *******Common Methods**********
protected static string unreservedChars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789-_.~";
public static string UrlEncode(string value)
{
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
foreach (char symbol in value)
{
if (unreservedChars.IndexOf(symbol) != -1)
{
result.Append(symbol);
}
else
{
result.Append('%' + String.Format("{0:X2}", (int)symbol));
}
}
return result.ToString();
}
public static string GenerateTimeStamp()
{
TimeSpan ts = DateTime.UtcNow - new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
return Convert.ToInt64(ts.TotalSeconds).ToString();
}
public static string GenerateNonce()
{
// Just a simple implementation of a random number between 123400 and 9999999
Random random = new Random();
return random.Next(123400, 9999999).ToString();
}
public static Dictionary<string, string> GetQueryParameters(string dataWithQuery)
{
Dictionary<string, string> result = new Dictionary<string, string>();
string[] parts = dataWithQuery.Split('?');
if (parts.Length > 0)
{
string QueryParameter = parts.Length > 1 ? parts[1] : parts[0];
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(QueryParameter))
{
string[] p = QueryParameter.Split('&');
foreach (string s in p)
{
if (s.IndexOf('=') > -1)
{
string[] temp = s.Split('=');
result.Add(temp[0], temp[1]);
}
else
{
result.Add(s, string.Empty);
}
}
}
}
return result;
}
#endregion Common Methods
public static string GetAuthorizationHeaderForPost_OR_QueryParameterForGET(Uri url, string callbackUrl, string httpMethod, string consumerKey, string consumerSecret, string token, string tokenSecret, out string normalizedUrl)
{
string normalizedParameters = "";
Dictionary<string, string> parameters = new Dictionary<string, string>();
parameters.Add("oauth_version", "1.0");
if (token != "")
parameters.Add("oauth_token", token);
parameters.Add("oauth_nonce", GenerateNonce()); //Random String
parameters.Add("oauth_timestamp", GenerateTimeStamp()); // Current Time Span
parameters.Add("oauth_consumer_key", consumerKey); //Customer Consumer Key
parameters.Add("oauth_signature_method", "HMAC-SHA1"); //Singnatur Encription Method
parameters.Add("oauth_callback", UrlEncode(callbackUrl)); //return url
Dictionary<string, string> drQuery = GetQueryParameters(url.Query);
foreach (string key in drQuery.Keys)
parameters.Add(key, drQuery[key]);
if (url.Query != "")
normalizedUrl = url.AbsoluteUri.Replace(url.Query, "");
else
normalizedUrl = url.AbsoluteUri;
List<string> li = parameters.Keys.ToList();
li.Sort();
StringBuilder sbOAuthHeader = new StringBuilder("OAuth ");
StringBuilder sbSignatureBase = new StringBuilder();
foreach (string k in li)
{
sbSignatureBase.AppendFormat("{0}={1}&", k, parameters[k]); // For Signature and Get Date (QueryString)
sbOAuthHeader.AppendFormat("{0}=\"{1}\", ", k, parameters[k]); // For Post Request (Post Data)
}
string signature = GenerateSignatureBySignatureBase(httpMethod, consumerSecret, tokenSecret, normalizedUrl, sbSignatureBase);
if (httpMethod == "POST")
{
string OAuthHeader = sbOAuthHeader.Append("oauth_signature=\"" + UrlEncode(signature) + "\"").ToString();
normalizedParameters = OAuthHeader;
}
else if (httpMethod == "GET")
{
normalizedParameters = sbSignatureBase.AppendFormat("{0}={1}", "oauth_signature", signature).ToString(); ;
}
return normalizedParameters;
}
private static string GenerateSignatureBySignatureBase(string httpMethod, string consumerSecret, string tokenSecret, string normalizedUrl, StringBuilder sbSignatureBase)
{
string normalizedRequestParameters = sbSignatureBase.ToString().TrimEnd('&');
StringBuilder signatureBase = new StringBuilder();
signatureBase.AppendFormat("{0}&", httpMethod.ToString());
signatureBase.AppendFormat("{0}&", UrlEncode(normalizedUrl));
signatureBase.AppendFormat("{0}", UrlEncode(normalizedRequestParameters));
HMACSHA1 hmacsha1 = new HMACSHA1();
hmacsha1.Key = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(string.Format("{0}&{1}", UrlEncode(consumerSecret), UrlEncode(tokenSecret)));
byte[] hashBytes = hmacsha1.ComputeHash(System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(signatureBase.ToString()));
return Convert.ToBase64String(hashBytes);
}
}
