Update and improve oauth.py example

diff --git a/examples/oauth.py b/examples/oauth.py
index e6c3b1e26aa0a2fe21d95cefdbcc215181e2ac34..c737d5b69616d29d890eb77fb1b19fdf2e7e816f 100644 (file)
--- a/examples/oauth.py
+++ b/examples/oauth.py
@@ -1,31 +1,25 @@
 import tweepy
 
-# == OAuth Authentication ==
-#
-# This mode of authentication is the new preferred way
-# of authenticating with Twitter.
+# Your app's API/consumer key and secret can be found under the Consumer Keys
+# section of the Keys and Tokens tab of your app, under the
+# Twitter Developer Portal Projects & Apps page at
+# https://developer.twitter.com/en/portal/projects-and-apps
+consumer_key = ""
+consumer_secret = ""
 
-# The consumer keys can be found on your application's Details
-# page located at https://dev.twitter.com/apps (under "OAuth settings")
-consumer_key=""
-consumer_secret=""
-
-# The access tokens can be found on your applications's Details
-# page located at https://dev.twitter.com/apps (located
-# under "Your access token")
-access_token=""
-access_token_secret=""
+# Your account's (the app owner's account's) access token and secret for your
+# app can be found under the Authentication Tokens section of the
+# Keys and Tokens tab of your app, under the
+# Twitter Developer Portal Projects & Apps page at
+# https://developer.twitter.com/en/portal/projects-and-apps
+access_token = ""
+access_token_secret = ""
 
 auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
 auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
 
 api = tweepy.API(auth)
 
-# If the authentication was successful, you should
-# see the name of the account print out
-print(api.verify_credentials().name)
-
-# If the application settings are set for "Read and Write" then
-# this line should tweet out the message to your account's
-# timeline. The "Read and Write" setting is on https://dev.twitter.com/apps
-api.update_status(status='Updating using OAuth authentication via Tweepy!')
+# If the authentication was successful, this should print the
+# screen name / username of the account
+print(api.verify_credentials().screen_name)