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Christian Fazzini
Christian Fazzini

Reputation: 19723

Keep getting Twitter::Error::Unauthorized, only with some users

I am using the Twitter gem at (https://github.com/jnunemaker/twitter). Keep getting Twitter::Error::Unauthorized, only with some users. For other users, the request is fulfilled without any problems.

user = User.first
client = Twitter::Client.new(:oauth_token => user.authentications.where(:provider => 'twitter').first.token, :oauth_token_secret => user.authentications.where(:provider => 'twitter').first.secret)
client.follower_ids

The exact error: Twitter::Error::Unauthorized: This method requires authentication.

This happens on a case to case basis. The problem affects a number of users on our system. The first thing you might think, is that their oauth_token and oauth_token_secret might be invalid. I am storing these tokens the same way I am storing the tokens for every user. So there is no reason to suspect that the tokens may be invalid.

Anyone know why?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2464

Answers (2)

Agung Yuliaji
Agung Yuliaji

Reputation: 504

The Could not authenticate with OAuth error means the oauth_token and oauth_secret are no longer valid.

Earlier today we had some similar reports saying the values copied directly from the Your access token section of this site were not working.

Upvotes: 1

Michael Koper
Michael Koper

Reputation: 9791

I had the same problem and came with a silly solution. The twitter API changed and you need your oauth_token and your oauth_token_secret(even though you post with somebody else their token). You have to generate them in the twitter developer page. Kind of double.... But it worked for me.

Twitter.configure do |config|
  config.consumer_key = 'key'
  config.consumer_secret = 'secret'
  config.oauth_token = 'oauth_token'
  config.oauth_token_secret = 'oauth_token_secret'
end

Hope it helps!

Upvotes: 0

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