Direct Messaging problem

[nst]

Direct Messaging problem

[nst]

You should login with the iOS Twitter account and perform reverse authentication with your own consumer tokens. You will end up with access tokens that will let your own application access direct messages. Let me know if it doesn't work.

[muhammad786]

Hello,

Thanks for your reply, So here is the code that i am using for fetching direct messages of any user that is login currently

-(void) getDirectMessages
{
STTwitterAPI *twitter = [STTwitterAPI twitterAPIWithOAuthConsumerName:nil
consumerKey:ConsumerKey
consumerSecret:ConsumerSecret];

[twitter postReverseOAuthTokenRequest:^(NSString *authenticationHeader)
 {

     STTwitterAPI *twitterAPIOS = [STTwitterAPI twitterAPIOSWithFirstAccount];

     [twitterAPIOS verifyCredentialsWithSuccessBlock:^(NSString *username) {

         [twitterAPIOS postReverseAuthAccessTokenWithAuthenticationHeader:authenticationHeader
                                                             successBlock:^(NSString *oAuthToken,
                                                                            NSString *oAuthTokenSecret,
                                                                            NSString *userID,
                                                                            NSString *screenName) {

                                                                 STTwitterAPI *x = [STTwitterAPI twitterAPIWithOAuthConsumerName:nil
                                                                                                                     consumerKey:ConsumerKey
                                                                                                                  consumerSecret:ConsumerSecret
                                                                                                                      oauthToken:oAuthToken
                                                                                                                oauthTokenSecret:oAuthTokenSecret];

                                                                 [x verifyCredentialsWithSuccessBlock:^(NSString *username)
                                                                  {
                                                                      [x getDirectMessagesSinceID:nil count:100 successBlock:^(NSArray *messages)
                                                                       {
                                                                           NSLog(@"%@",messages);
                                                                           [AMISharedMessageResources getSharedMessageResources].rawRecentMessages = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:messages];//messages;
                                                                           [self parseRecentMessages];
                                                                           // ...
                                                                       } errorBlock:^(NSError *error) {

                                                                           if ([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(recentMessagesFetchingError)]) {
                                                                               [self.delegate recentMessagesFetchingError];
                                                                           }

                                                                           NSLog(@"%@",error);
                                                                           // ...
                                                                       }];

                                                                  } errorBlock:^(NSError *error) {
                                                                      if ([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(recentMessagesFetchingError)]) {
                                                                          [self.delegate recentMessagesFetchingError];
                                                                      }

                                                                      NSLog(@"%@",error);
                                                                  }];


                                                             } errorBlock:^(NSError *error) {
                                                                 if ([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(recentMessagesFetchingError)]) {
                                                                     [self.delegate recentMessagesFetchingError];
                                                                 }

                                                                 NSLog(@"%@",error);
                                                             }];

     } errorBlock:^(NSError *error) {

         if ([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(recentMessagesFetchingError)]) {
             [self.delegate recentMessagesFetchingError];
         }

         NSLog(@"%@",error);
     }];

 } errorBlock:^(NSError *error) {

     if ([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(recentMessagesFetchingError)]){
         [self.delegate recentMessagesFetchingError];
     }

     NSLog(@"%@",error);
 }];    

}

And i am using the consumer secret and consumer key of my own twitter App(that i developed using my own twitter credentials), so problem is that if i login on device using my own account then this application/code fetches my Direct messages but if i login on device using any other twitter account then this application/code showing this Error

Error Domain=STHTTPRequest Code=93 "This application is not allowed to access or delete your direct messages." UserInfo=0xaaa2250 {NSLocalizedDescription=This application is not allowed to access or delete your direct messages.}

As per my understanding through this code i can only access my own direct messages. So if my application want to access any other user direct messages on behalf of his account then we have to get twitter approval for "XAUTH" that's why i submitted request to twitter but they rejected by saying may be some other Authentication is more suitable for you.

Or please guide me if any other authentication is more suitable for my app other then reverse authentication. As i m already facing the Rest api limit issues because my app have direct message chat system as well.

Thanks

Thanks

[muhammad786]

As per Twitter i have to first implement complete web based Auth flow for "getting a Special Request Token" and after it i will request for "Access Token " for Actual reverse authentication and then my app can access any users Direct messages then i would not face this issues for getting any user direct messages

"Error Domain=STHTTPRequest Code=93 "This application is not allowed to access or delete your direct messages." UserInfo=0xaaa2250 {NSLocalizedDescription=This application is not allowed to access or delete your direct messages.}"

If i am right then how can i do the web based Auth flow using your library and will process further for getting the any user direct message and not only mine.

Thanks

[nst]

I haven't tested yet but I think your users should be able to access their direct messages if:

• you use the web based authentication, as in the STTwitter iOS demo project
• you setup your Twitter application permissions to access direct messages

Let me know it it works or not.

[nst]

I just tested the methodology I advised in my last message and it works, so:

1. make sure your Twitter app is set to access direct messages (you don't need Twitter's approval for that)
2. authenticate your user with web-based authentication (as in STTwitter iOS demo project)
3. perform reverse auth. and let any user access their direct messages https://gist.github.com/nst/8052682