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rmacostwitteroauth
StarkJA
StarkJA

Reputation: 75

twitteR authorization - cannot get PIN

I would like to use twitteR and am trying to get my pin number so that I can complete the authorization. There appears to be no error in the code:

library(twitteR)
reqURL<-"https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token"
accessURL<-"https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token"
authURL<-"https://api.twitter.com/oauth.authorize"
consumerKey<-"MyKey"
consumerSecret<-"MySecret"
twitCred<-OAuthFactory$new(consumerKey=consumerKey, 
                   consumerSecret=consumerSecret, 
                   requestURL=reqURL,
                   accessURL=accessURL,
                   authURL=authURL)
twitCred$handshake()

I receive the URL to type in a web browser:https://api.twitter.com/oauth.authorize?oauth_token=LettersaNdNumbErs

but I get a twitter page saying that page doesn't exist! I've tried with and without the "s" in https:// but I get the same result. Any ideas what I could be doing wrong? I am using a mac with JGR (you can copy and paste the URL) and RStudio (have to type URL by hand, so to speak).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 729

Answers (2)

Troy
Troy

Reputation: 8691

I had a similar problem. I couldn't copy the link from RStudio because I couldn't select the text below the last completed prompt. The issue was that the token had expired by the time I'd retyped the URL.

I solved it by using the basic R gui instead, which let me copy and paste - worked fine.

Upvotes: 0

Stedy
Stedy

Reputation: 7469

You accidentally put a dot instead of a slash, try this instead:

authURL <- https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize

And that should bring up the link to the twitter developer page to authorize your application

Upvotes: 1

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