twitter-oauth-example.rb

# Usage: ruby twitter-oauth-example.rb
require "rubygems"
require "oauth"
require "json"

CONSUMER_KEY = 'fill me'
CONSUMER_SECRET = 'fill me'
ACCESS_TOKEN = ''         # don't worry
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = ''  # you'll get them!

consumer = OAuth::Consumer.new(
  CONSUMER_KEY,
  CONSUMER_SECRET,
  :site => "http://twitter.com/"
)

request_token = consumer.get_request_token
if ACCESS_TOKEN.empty?
  puts "Go to #{request_token.authorize_url}"
  print "PIN: "
  @access_token = request_token.get_access_token(:oauth_verifier => gets.chomp ) 
else
  @access_token = OAuth::AccessToken.new(consumer, ACCESS_TOKEN, ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)
end

# Now You can manage your access token until it doesn't expire
me = JSON.parse(@access_token.get('/account/verify_credentials.json').body)
puts "\nHi --> #{me['name']} <--, I'll post a status for you"
puts status = 'Hello from Twitter OAuth Example :P'

@access_token.post('/statuses/update.json', :status => status )

if ACCESS_TOKEN.empty?
  puts "Congratulation You got the keys! Paste them in the code so You won't type the PIN again."
  puts "ACCESS_TOKEN = '"+@access_token.token+"'"
  puts "ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = '"+@access_token.secret+"'"
end