Introduction:
In
this article I will explain how to create app in twitter and implement twitter login authentication for website in asp.net.
Description:
In previous post I explained article how to integrate facebook login authentication for website in asp.net. Now I will explain how to allow users to login with twitter accounts in website using asp.net.
In previous post I explained article how to integrate facebook login authentication for website in asp.net. Now I will explain how to allow users to login with twitter accounts in website using asp.net.
Before
implement twitter login authentication we need to get consumerKey and consumerSecret
key
from twitter for that we need to create application in twitter by using this
link https://dev.twitter.com/apps/new once open that will display window like this
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Once app page opened enter Application Name, Description,
website (Ex: http://aspdotnet-suresh.com)
and callback url details and click create new application button and here one
more thing we need to remember is twitter won’t support for
localhost sites (ex: http://localhost/Default.aspx) because of that we need to
give hosted domain site url.
If you want to test this with your local application no
worries check this post how host website in IIS with custom URL .Once our app created in twitter that would
be like as shown below image here we can change logo of our application
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Now create new application using visual
studio and write following code aspx page
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1">
<title>Twitter Login Authentication for Website in asp.net</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1"
runat="server">
<asp:ImageButton ID="imgTwitter"
runat="server"
ImageUrl="~/TwitterSigning.png"
onclick="imgTwitter_Click" />
<table id="tbleTwitInfo"
runat="server"
border="1"
cellpadding="4"
cellspacing="0"
visible="false">
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><b>Twitter User Profile</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>UserName:</b></td>
<td><%=username%></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Full Name:</b></td>
<td><%=name%></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Profile Image:</b></td>
<td><img src="<%=profileImage%>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Twitter Followers:</b></td>
<td><%=followersCount%></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Number Of Tweets:</b></td>
<td><%=noOfTweets%></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Recent Tweet:</b></td>
<td><%=recentTweet%></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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Now
in code behind add following namespaces
C# Code
C# Code
using System;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Xml;
using oAuthExample;
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After
completion of adding namespaces write following code in code behind
string url = "";
string xml = "";
public string name
= "";
public string
username = "";
public string
profileImage = "";
public string
followersCount = "";
public string
noOfTweets = "";
public string
recentTweet = "";
protected void
Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
GetUserDetailsFromTwitter();
}
private void
GetUserDetailsFromTwitter()
{
if(Request["oauth_token"]!=null & Request["oauth_verifier"]!=null)
{
imgTwitter.Visible = false;
tbleTwitInfo.Visible = true;
var oAuth = new oAuthTwitter();
//Get the access token and
secret.
oAuth.AccessTokenGet(Request["oauth_token"], Request["oauth_verifier"]);
if (oAuth.TokenSecret.Length > 0)
{
//We now have the credentials, so
make a call to the Twitter API.
url = "http://twitter.com/account/verify_credentials.xml";
xml = oAuth.oAuthWebRequest(oAuthTwitter.Method.GET,
url, String.Empty);
XmlDocument xmldoc=new XmlDocument();
xmldoc.LoadXml(xml);
XmlNodeList xmlList = xmldoc.SelectNodes("/user");
foreach (XmlNode
node in xmlList)
{
name = node["name"].InnerText;
username = node["screen_name"].InnerText;
profileImage = node["profile_image_url"].InnerText;
followersCount = node["followers_count"].InnerText;
noOfTweets = node["statuses_count"].InnerText;
recentTweet = node["status"]["text"].InnerText;
}
}
}
}
protected void
imgTwitter_Click(object sender, ImageClickEventArgs e)
{
var oAuth = new oAuthTwitter();
if (Request["oauth_token"]
== null)
{
//Redirect the user to Twitter
for authorization.
//Using oauth_callback for local
testing.
oAuth.CallBackUrl = "http://aspdotnet-suresh.com/TwitterAuthentication.aspx";
Response.Redirect(oAuth.AuthorizationLinkGet());
}
else
{
GetUserDetailsFromTwitter();
}
}
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If you observe above code I used oAuthTwitter class file you can get this class file from downloadable code.
Now get consumerKey and consumerSecret key from twitter and add it in web.config file like this
<appSettings>
<add key="consumerKey" value="Gyew474of7tpEBqnpDw" />
<add key="consumerSecret" value="ytgklq3b8lkxgPShCWeawqzrYpUa1bgsaeGRwW" />
</appSettings>
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Demo
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Download
sample code attached
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47 comments :
INDEED YOUR THE BEST...
Thank you very much,but have can I get the user mail address?
hi,
excellent blog .
thanks ,
Ajay
http://api.twitter.com/1/account/verify_credentials.xml. The response contains the user id, screen name etc. but not the email ID.
Is it possible at all to retrieve the email ID of the user?
best one yarrr thank u....
thank u but how to get followers/following users images using asp.net
hello sureshbhai.. I follow your article for login using facebook in website..now i want that get user login data like email ,paassword for storing in our database..and i also want how to get this data at server side means how to get username,password etc on server side to store it on our database
Hi...But how to get other details like firstname,lastname,email,city,state etc....
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Hi sureshbhai i got this error on return url,
The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.
Once i click on Authrize app im getting a window with pin number and it ask me to type it in my website
Hey Suresh good example, I did the same thing and am getting a 404 exception. Not sure whats wrong though..
Again thanks sir...
Yeah ,it doesn't work anymore I guess something changed by twitter.
url = "http://twitter.com/account/verify_credentials.xml";
xml = oAuth.oAuthWebRequest(oAuthTwitter.Method.GET, url, String.Empty);
after this line I get 404 error.
Change the foolwing url with
http://api.twitter.com/1/account/verify_credentials.xml
it worked
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Pls reflesh the source code links
it does.nt work
url = "http://api.twitter.com/1/account/verify_credentials.xml";
xml = oAuth.oAuthWebRequest(oAuthTwitter.Method.GET, url, String.Empty);
after this it gives error
The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request.
Hello
Sir,
Really a very nice blog...but i am fresher dev
So i have task to do the twitter integration
I have follow your code but how i get the
<add key="consumerKey"
<add key="consumerSecret"
of the individual user ...
please suggest what i suppose to do ...
https://dev.twitter.com/apps/new
you can get <add key="consumerKey"
<add key="consumerSecret"
on this link
It does not work for me.
I got the following Error,
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Server Error in '/ThanthiTv' Application.
The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.
Source Error:
Line 294: finally
Line 295: {
Line 296: webRequest.GetResponse().GetResponseStream().Close();
Line 297: responseReader.Close();
Line 298: responseReader = null;
Source File: c:\kalai\website\Thanthi\App_Code\oAuthTwitter.cs Line: 296
Any Solution ?
Following Code will work,XML ends on 2012.Here Use JSON
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if (oAuth.TokenSecret.Length > 0)
{
//We now have the credentials, so make a call to the Twitter API.
url = "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/account/verify_credentials.json";
xml = oAuth.oAuthWebRequest(oAuthTwitter.Method.GET, url, String.Empty);
JObject o = JObject.Parse(xml);
name = Convert.ToString(o["name"]);
username = Convert.ToString(o["screen_name"]);
profileImage = Convert.ToString(o["profile_image_url"]);
followersCount = Convert.ToString(o["followers_count"]);
noOfTweets = Convert.ToString(o["statuses_count"]);
recentTweet = Convert.ToString(o["status"]["text"]);
}
Hello,
It doesn't work it gives error 401 ... Any solutions,Please?
Regards
I solved the problems :)
after long time trying I figured out those changes:
1- Open oAuthTwitter.cs file.
2- Change the links as follow:
public const string REQUEST_TOKEN = "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token";
public const string AUTHORIZE = "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize";
public const string ACCESS_TOKEN = "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token";
private string _callBackUrl = "http://127.0.0.1:12345/"; // your app link or any other link...
This problem occure because Twitter has changed the links from(http to https )
this works for me .
Thanks, with modified code in some user comment in your blog. It works
hey,It gives me error :
The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.
Nice Blog Thanks !
how to get user email from api?
I got the following error
The remote server returned an error: (407) Proxy Authentication Required.
what is the problem ???
It gives error
remote server returned error:(401)Unauthorized)
It gives error
remote server returned error:(401)Unauthorized)
Follow "R koyee" comment above. It worked for me. http to https. Nice work Suresh.
Hi,
Without login in twitter,posible to get tweet information using email addredd in asp.net.
My Requirement is below:
with the use of email address i want to show user profile details & user tweet in my web application.
I create application in twitter for getting api key.
but every time need to login with application.it is not good for me.
So please any idea about how to get those information without login.
this code is not working.its gives me error 401
can u help me??what is the procedure to remove the error
public string WebResponseGet(HttpWebRequest webRequest)
{
StreamReader responseReader = null;
string responseData = "";
try
{
responseReader = new StreamReader(webRequest.GetResponse().GetResponseStream());
responseData = responseReader.ReadToEnd();
}
catch
{
throw;//ih this line error is showed error 401.
}
finally
{
webRequest.GetResponse().GetResponseStream().Close();
responseReader.Close();
responseReader = null;
}
return responseData;
}
Hi,
Code is working fine for me and I am getting data from twitter. But if I refresh the page, its goes to error 401. Any idea?
i get 401 unauthorized too
and i used https as suggested by R koyee
but it still does not works...
The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.
not return and retrieve the TokenSecret.
url = "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/account/verify_credentials.json";
xml = oAuth.oAuthWebRequest(oAuthTwitter.Method.GET, url, String.Empty);
The remote server returned an error: (401) Bad Request.
good blogs suresh,can you tell me how to find the email address of twitter user along with above information
change the following Url to this.
http://api.twitter.com/1/account/verify_credentials.xml