Twitter OAuth Helper

twitter_oauth_helper.rb

# handy ruby script which allows developers to get oauth token/secret
# for a twitter application identified by consumer_key and consumer_secret.

require 'oauth'

print "consumer_key: "
consumer_key = STDIN.gets.strip

print "consumer_secret: "
consumer_secret = STDIN.gets.strip

consumer = OAuth::Consumer.new(
  consumer_key,
  consumer_secret,
  {
    site: 'http://twitter.com',
    request_token_path: '/oauth/request_token',
    access_token_path: '/oauth/access_token',
    authorize_path: '/oauth/authorize'
  })

request_token = consumer.get_request_token
puts "go to this url in your browser: #{request_token.authorize_url}"

print "pin: "
pin = STDIN.gets.strip

access_token = request_token.get_access_token(oauth_verifier: pin)
token = access_token.token
secret = access_token.secret

puts "token: #{token}"
puts "secret: #{secret}"