From: Vatsal Parekh Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 16:54:55 +0000 (+0530) Subject: Update in the Documentation about 'oauth_token' X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=368cee2a8d8da1ba63dc123854f9ff9b4813db04;p=tweepy.git Update in the Documentation about 'oauth_token' --- diff --git a/docs/auth_tutorial.rst b/docs/auth_tutorial.rst index ed2fc6e..72cd0a3 100644 --- a/docs/auth_tutorial.rst +++ b/docs/auth_tutorial.rst @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ using the API. We must complete the following steps: us. Otherwise the user must manually supply us with the verifier code. -#. Exchange the authorized request token for an access token. +#. Exchange the authorized request token for an access token. So let's fetch our request token to begin the dance:: @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ twitter as a GET query parameter in the URL. # Example using callback (web app) verifier = request.GET.get('oauth_verifier') - + # Example w/o callback (desktop) verifier = raw_input('Verifier:') @@ -93,13 +93,14 @@ treasure box. To fetch this token we do the following:: auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret) token = session.get('request_token') session.delete('request_token') - auth.request_token = token - + auth.request_token = { 'oauth_token' : token, + 'oauth_token_secret' : verifier } + try: auth.get_access_token(verifier) except tweepy.TweepError: print 'Error! Failed to get access token.' - + It is a good idea to save the access token for later use. You do not need to re-fetch it each time. Twitter currently does not expire the tokens, so the only time it would ever go invalid is if the user