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Sample OAuth2 bearer token auth flow
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auth.js
//Install this module to send easily your requests
var request=require('request');
//DEFINE YOUR TWITTER APP KEYS HERE
var twitter_ConsKey;
var twitter_SecretKey;
//MUST BE USED IN ANY REQUEST HEADER TO TWITTER API
var bearerToken=null;
var _getBearerCredentialToken = function(){
return new Buffer(twitter_ConsKey+ ':' + twitter_SecretKey).toString('base64');
};
var _getBearer= function(cb){
if(bearerToken===null){
var bearerCreds= _getBearerCredentialToken();
//Prepare Bearer token request
var oauthOptions = {
'url': 'https://api.twitter.com/oauth2/token',
'method': 'POST',
'headers':{
'Authorization': 'Basic '+ bearerCreds,
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8'
},
'body': 'grant_type=client_credentials'
};
//Send POST request for Oauth2
request.post(oauthOptions, function(err, res, body) {
if(err) {
cb(err);
} else {
var bodyjson = JSON.parse(body);
bearer = bodyjson.access_token;
console.log("TWITTER API: OAUTH2");
console.log("request: "+JSON.stringify(oauthOptions));
console.log("response: "+ JSON.stringify(res));
console.log("Bearer token: "+ bearer);
console.log();
bearerToken = bearer;
cb(null);
}
});
} else {
cb(null);
}
}
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