OAuth 2 with the Twitter API

access_token.js

localStorage.getItem("twttr_anywhere");
// "9436992-QKOV6cNsfeRe9Kagyy4AmQF7WX2efs3rRDgyEy7Bvsfeaf"

callback.html

<!-- User hits the oauth_callback_url with an oauth_access_token -->
http://abrah.am/#oauth_access_token=9436992-QKOV6cNsfeRe9Kagyy4AmQF7WX2efs3rRDgyEy7Bvsfeaf&oauth_bridge_code=JKOPZJbnQ7fPAQxFoYJasfsefSFefss7WDP7z5l

connect.html

<!-- Use your oauth_callback_url and your oauth_client_identifier aka the @Anywhere API key -->
https://oauth.twitter.com/2/authorize?oauth_callback_url=http://abrah.am/&oauth_mode=flow_web_client&oauth_client_identifier=9QR94sYuXI3j6XkYrr1Ybw

direct_messages.json

// $ curl -d 'screen_name=abraham&text=test+message&oauth_access_token=9436992-QKOV6cNsfeRe9Kagyy4AmQF7WX2efs3rRDgyEy7Bvsfeaf' https://api.twitter.com/direct_messages/new.json

{
    "created_at": "Fri Aug 20 09:15:59 +0000 2010",
    "sender": {
        "description": "Hacker Advocate looking for interesting people and projects. Drupal and Twitter API developer. Currently learning Python, App Engine, Ruby on Rails, and jQuery.",
        "listed_count": 295,
        "lang": "en",
        "profile_use_background_image": false,
        "time_zone": "Pacific Time (US & Canada)",
        "created_at": "Sun Oct 14 12:50:47 +0000 2007",
        "friends_count": 412,
        "location": "Seattle, WA",
        "statuses_count": 17149,
        "notifications": false,
        "profile_background_color": "ffffff",
        "show_all_inline_media": false,
        "profile_background_image_url": "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/63275387/White_Crystal.jpg",
        "favourites_count": 483,
        "contributors_enabled": false,
        "following": false,
        "profile_text_color": "454545",
        "geo_enabled": true,
        "profile_background_tile": false,
        "profile_link_color": "33ccff",
        "verified": false,
        "protected": false,
        "profile_image_url": "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/54160223/chart-black-small_normal.png",
        "follow_request_sent": false,
        "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "ffffff",
        "name": "Abraham Williams",
        "screen_name": "abraham",
        "id": 9436992,
        "utc_offset": -28800,
        "profile_sidebar_border_color": "12BEF2",
        "followers_count": 2206,
        "url": "http://abrah.am/"
    },
    "sender_screen_name": "abraham",
    "recipient": {
        "description": "Hacker Advocate looking for interesting people and projects. Drupal and Twitter API developer. Currently learning Python, App Engine, Ruby on Rails, and jQuery.",
        "listed_count": 295,
        "lang": "en",
        "profile_use_background_image": false,
        "time_zone": "Pacific Time (US & Canada)",
        "created_at": "Sun Oct 14 12:50:47 +0000 2007",
        "friends_count": 412,
        "location": "Seattle, WA",
        "statuses_count": 17149,
        "notifications": false,
        "profile_background_color": "ffffff",
        "show_all_inline_media": false,
        "profile_background_image_url": "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/63275387/White_Crystal.jpg",
        "favourites_count": 483,
        "contributors_enabled": false,
        "following": false,
        "profile_text_color": "454545",
        "geo_enabled": true,
        "profile_background_tile": false,
        "profile_link_color": "33ccff",
        "verified": false,
        "protected": false,
        "profile_image_url": "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/54160223/chart-black-small_normal.png",
        "follow_request_sent": false,
        "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "ffffff",
        "name": "Abraham Williams",
        "screen_name": "abraham",
        "id": 9436992,
        "utc_offset": -28800,
        "profile_sidebar_border_color": "12BEF2",
        "followers_count": 2206,
        "url": "http://abrah.am/"
    },
    "recipient_screen_name": "abraham",
    "sender_id": 9436992,
    "recipient_id": 9436992,
    "id": 1506478094,
    "text": "test message"
}

verify_credentials.json

// $ curl https://api.twitter.com/1/account/verify_credentials.json?oauth_access_token=9436992-QKOV6cNsfeRe9Kagyy4AmQF7WX2efs3rRDgyEy7Bvsfeaf

{
    "statuses_count": 17149,
    "description": "Hacker Advocate looking for interesting people and projects. Drupal and Twitter API developer. Currently learning Python, App Engine, Ruby on Rails, and jQuery.",
    "show_all_inline_media": false,
    "lang": "en",
    "profile_use_background_image": false,
    "time_zone": "Pacific Time (US & Canada)",
    "favourites_count": 483,
    "created_at": "Sun Oct 14 12:50:47 +0000 2007",
    "location": "Seattle, WA",
    "status": {
        "in_reply_to_user_id": null,
        "in_reply_to_status_id": null,
        "geo": null,
        "created_at": "Fri Aug 20 08:39:14 +0000 2010",
        "coordinates": null,
        "retweeted": false,
        "favorited": false,
        "truncated": false,
        "contributors": null,
        "source": "web",
        "place": {
            "bounding_box": {
                "type": "Polygon",
                "coordinates": [
                    [
                        [-122.324689, 47.611409],
                        [-122.324689, 47.611409],
                        [-122.324689, 47.611409],
                        [-122.324689, 47.611409]
                    ]
                ]
            },
            "attributes": {
                "street_address": "1215 Seneca St"
            },
            "full_name": "Tuscany Apartments, Seattle",
            "place_type": "poi",
            "name": "Tuscany Apartments",
            "country": "The United States of America",
            "country_code": "US",
            "id": "adb50bed081f9502",
            "url": "http://api.twitter.com/1/geo/id/adb50bed081f9502.json"
        },
        "in_reply_to_screen_name": null,
        "retweet_count": null,
        "id": 21648851863,
        "text": "One quarter of a century..."
    },
    "contributors_enabled": false,
    "notifications": null,
    "profile_background_color": "ffffff",
    "geo_enabled": true,
    "profile_background_image_url": "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/63275387/White_Crystal.jpg",
    "following": null,
    "profile_text_color": "454545",
    "verified": false,
    "profile_background_tile": false,
    "follow_request_sent": null,
    "profile_link_color": "33ccff",
    "protected": false,
    "profile_image_url": "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/54160223/chart-black-small_normal.png",
    "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "ffffff",
    "followers_count": 2206,
    "name": "Abraham Williams",
    "screen_name": "abraham",
    "id": 9436992,
    "listed_count": 295,
    "utc_offset": -28800,
    "friends_count": 412,
    "profile_sidebar_border_color": "12BEF2",
    "url": "http://abrah.am/"
}