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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Command line util for acquiring a one-off Twitter OAuth access token
# Based on http://blog.beefyapps.com/2010/01/simple-ruby-oauth-with-twitter/
require 'rubygems'
require 'oauth'
puts <<EOS
Set up your application at https://twitter.com/apps/ (as a 'Client' app),
then enter your 'Consumer key' and 'Consumer secret':
Consumer key:
EOS
consumer_key = STDIN.readline.chomp
puts "Consumer secret:"
consumer_secret = STDIN.readline.chomp
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 <<EOS
Visit #{request_token.authorize_url} in your browser to authorize the app,
then enter the PIN you are given:
EOS
pin = STDIN.readline.chomp
access_token = request_token.get_access_token(:oauth_verifier => pin)
puts <<EOS
Congratulations, your app has been granted access! Use the following config:
TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY = '#{consumer_key}'
TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET = '#{consumer_secret}'
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN = '#{access_token.token}'
TWITTER_ACCESS_SECRET = '#{access_token.secret}'
And use the following code to connect to Twitter:
require 'twitter'
auth = Twitter::OAuth.new(TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY, TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET)
auth.authorize_from_access(TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN, TWITTER_ACCESS_SECRET)
client = Twitter::Base.new(auth)
EOS
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The sample code apears after getting access token does not work with updated twitter gem since OAuth module has been removed.

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