Authorize and Post on Twitter Using Twitterizer

This article briefly describes how to authorize and post on Twitter using Twitterizer in ASP.Net with C#.

First of all you need to install Twitterizer using the package manager console or you can add reference manually.



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Now you must create a new application on Twitter and fill in the required details and accept the terms and supply the security code.



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Note: You need to enable Read and Write access type in the settings tab.



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As you can see, the consumer key, secret and token has been generated in the details tab.

Now let's work on the UI.

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using Twitterizer;

 

public partial class PostOnTwitter : System.Web.UI.Page

{

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

        CheckAuthorization();

    } 

    private void CheckAuthorization()

    {

        var oauth_consumer_key = "                               ";

        var oauth_consumer_secret = "                                             ";

 

        if (Request["oauth_token"] == null)

        {

            OAuthTokenResponse reqToken = OAuthUtility.GetRequestToken(

                oauth_consumer_key,

                oauth_consumer_secret,

                Request.Url.AbsoluteUri);

 

            Response.Redirect(string.Format("http://twitter.com/oauth/authorize?oauth_token={0}",

                reqToken.Token));

 

        }

        else

        {

            string requestToken = Request["oauth_token"].ToString();

            string pin = Request["oauth_verifier"].ToString();

 

            var tokens = OAuthUtility.GetAccessToken(

                oauth_consumer_key,

                oauth_consumer_secret,

                requestToken,

                pin);

 

            OAuthTokens accesstoken = new OAuthTokens()

            {

                AccessToken = tokens.Token,

                AccessTokenSecret = tokens.TokenSecret,

                ConsumerKey = oauth_consumer_key,

                ConsumerSecret = oauth_consumer_secret

            };

 

            TwitterResponse<TwitterStatus> response = TwitterStatus.Update(

                accesstoken,

                "India clinched the first Test against Australia with a comfortable eight-wicket victory new.");

 

            if (response.Result == RequestResult.Success)

            {

                Response.Write("Did it yaar");

            }

            else

            {

                Response.Write("Try some other time");

            }

        }       
    }   
}

Now run the application to see the result.



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Supply the credentials and click "Authorize app".

if (response.Result == RequestResult.Success)

            {

                Response.Write("Did it yaar");

            }

            else

            {

                Response.Write("Try some other time");

            }

This code shows the status of your post message.



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