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Just three steps
private String getTwitterStream(String screenName) {
String results = null;
// Step 1: Encode consumer key and secret
try {
// URL encode the consumer key and secret
String urlApiKey = URLEncoder.encode(CONSUMER_KEY, "UTF-8");
String urlApiSecret = URLEncoder.encode(CONSUMER_SECRET, "UTF-8");
// Concatenate the encoded consumer key, a colon character, and the
// encoded consumer secret
String combined = urlApiKey + ":" + urlApiSecret;
// Base64 encode the string
String base64Encoded = Base64.encodeToString(combined.getBytes(), Base64.NO_WRAP);
// Step 2: Obtain a bearer token
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(TwitterTokenURL);
httpPost.setHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + base64Encoded);
httpPost.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8");
httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity("grant_type=client_credentials"));
String rawAuthorization = getResponseBody(httpPost);
Authenticated auth = jsonToAuthenticated(rawAuthorization);
// Applications should verify that the value associated with the
// token_type key of the returned object is bearer
if (auth != null && auth.token_type.equals("bearer")) {
// Step 3: Authenticate API requests with bearer token
HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(TwitterStreamURL + screenName);
// construct a normal HTTPS request and include an Authorization
// header with the value of Bearer <>
httpGet.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + auth.access_token);
httpGet.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
// update the results with the body of the response
results = getResponseBody(httpGet);
}
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ex) {
} catch (IllegalStateException ex1) {
}
return results;
}
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