Currently I'm grabbing a user's latest checkin and displaying it on a page. This is done using an access token, e.g.
var url = "https://api.foursquare.com/v2/users/self/checkins?oauth_token=" + access_token + "&v=20120214";
What I'm trying to do is have a link go to the check in URL on Foursquare, however that link asks for users to log in. The link is created like so:
foursquare.com/{username}/checkin/{checkinID}
This goes to a "log in to foursquare" page, but if I view the link for Twitter, it has an extra parameter, "s=", which shows the check in regardless of being logged into Foursquare or not.
So my question is how can I generate a share link for the check in? I can't find anything in the docs about having a signature, nor is it something I find in the checkin object.
Check-ins are only visible to a user's friends, unless they choose to publish it to another system like Twitter or Facebook. Because of this, a potential viewer needs to log-in so we can verify that they are a friend of the user.
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I am new to this Instagram API, and I read their doc about endpoints, this is the endpoint that I am using:
/v1/tags/{tag-name}/media/recent?access_token=ACCESS-TOKEN
It is fetching the images, but, only on my accounts photos. I want is, I will give an tag-name, and it wll display all, not just the photos on my account, but all the photos in Instagram too.
I know has been a long time, but just for the record.
Since you need the public_scope permission for this (the permission that gives you access to all public data on instagram, and not only your account) you need your app to be reviewed and approved by Instagram. However, if you're using the API for a one-site personal project, Instagram will not approve it.
Here's from Instagram's docs:
1: Which use case best describes your Instagram integration?
R: I want to display hashtag content and public content on my website.
A: This use case is not supported. We do not approve the
public_content permission for one-off projects such as displaying
hashtag based content on your website. As alternative solution, you
can show your own Instagram content, or find a company that offers
this type of service (content discover, moderation, and display).
You can find more information in the Permission Review documentation.
Your client is in Sandbox Mode and can only search for tags of photos posted by invited users. You have to login into https://www.instagram.com/developer, edit your client and click on the "GO LIVE" button.
If the "GO LIVE" button is disabled, you have get your app reviewed by Instagram first: Click on the Permissions tab and submit for review. (Company Name, Contact Email and Privacy Policy URL are required to start a submission.) Once approved, u will be able to click Go Live.
By hashtag you mean tags.
It works for me. Despite I'm using python client, it should work well when you're developing your own client. Look:
from instagram.client import InstagramAPI
api =InstagramAPI(client_secret=settings.CLIENT_SECRET,
access_token=settings.ACCESS_TOKEN)
result = api.tag_recent_media(tag_name='castle')
media = result[0]
for m in media:
print (m.images)
print (m.user)
print (m.tags)
You can try it and it is working for me.
/v1/tags/{tag-name}/media/recent?client_id={YOUR_CLIENT_ID}
My client id is created before "permission review", it is working now and I am trying to submit permission review to Instagram now, hope it will pass.
I am using the Google Plus API to get information about the logged in user. I wrote the following URL:
https://www.googleapis.com/plus/v1/people/114518101688116406504?key=AIzaSyCedmALgpuHY1FjfwKBg6LOeo-OxCxgPKc
But with this link, I am only able to access the user with id="114518101688116406504". I want information for the current logged in user.
For example, in Facebook's API we write /me.
What parameter should I include in my URL so that I can access the current logged in user's information?
You can use the special id of me instead of the userid for this as well. See https://developers.google.com/+/api/latest/people/get for further details.
I'm having a hard time understanding how Facebook communicates with my server when a user logs in (after approving my facebook app). I've been looking through guides and other Stackoverflow questions for hours on end but can't seem to get the hang of it. The documentation on http://developers.facebook.com/ isn't to much help much either.
What I want to do is to have a Facebook login button on my page which opens a Facebook login window (using Facebook's Javascript SDK). When the user then logs in to Facebook and approves my app I want to get the user's data (name, email, age) and store it in my database. How do I get this data, SECURELY (server-side confirmation/authorization)?
Basically, in this order;
a user clicks log-in button on my site
a pop-up is shown where the user can log in & approve the app on Facebook
check if user has already logged in before by getting user's user_id
if it's the users first time logging in, the user's Facebook data (specifically: full name, picture, email adress, age) is gathered by me and stored in my database
After the user logs/approves the app in the Facebook pop-up, where is the user's data then sent?
After the user approves the app, the user's data is not sent anywhere. You need to make an API call to retrieve the data.
Facebook is an OAuth provider. You use Facebook Login so the user can give you permission to access her Facebook data (such as email, friend list, messages, news feed etc). You can also get permissions to take action on behalf of the user (such as uploading a photo, posting to news feed etc.) While starting the OAuth flow, you specify which permissions you will request from the user. These are called scopes.
The authorization flow that happens in the pop-up window is there for the user to give you permission to access the data that you request. This permission is represented as an access token which you have to use everytime you want to retreive user data, or attempt to do something on behalf of the user.
Once you have the access token, you can use the Facebook Graph API to get whatever data you want from Facebook. If you try to access some data that you did not get permission for, then the API method will return an access denied error.
I wanted to give some more links about scopes and access tokens from the Facebook Developers site but my reputation score is too low :)
I inherited an application that has tons of users already authorized to get twitter data on their behalf.
The problem is the guy who created is not around anymore and I am left with consumerKey and consumerToken only.
That in itself is sufficient to interact with twitter API, but I now need to know the account details ( in particular the screen_name that created the app) .
I could not find any API to get such details. Any ideas on how to get it.?
There isn't a direct way to find the app owner's screen name, but here are a few things you can do to investigate:
Use the ConsumerKey and ConsumerSecret, that you have, to start the OAuth process.
On the Twitter Authorization screen, you can see the name of the app and who created it.
You might be able to do a Twitter search for the person who created the app and get their screen name.
Continue to authorize the app - this will put it in your app list.
Visit your personal Twitter Settings tab, click on Apps, and find the App that you authorized.
Click on the owner's name, which will lead you to a Web site.
The Web site might be the company Web site, in which case, there is no further help.
The Web site might belong to the owner and it might have a link to the owner's Twitter account where you can get their screen name.
Just know that there's nothing keeping you from using the ConsumerKey/ConsumerSecret that the other guy set up. You can create your own app - preferably with an account that belongs to the company with credentials that the company can access if you're no longer around. Then use the ConsumerKey/ConsumerSecret from the new app on subsequent deployments.
Is it possible to post onto Twitter using the sharing URL, for example:
http://twitter.com/home?status=My Status Update
But, instead of creating a link for a user to click, I want to have an input box that will post the content of the input box as the status. So, whatever the user types into the input box would replace My Status Update.
I'm thinking there should be a way to use the form to post onto this URL hxxp://twitter.com/home?status=XXXX where XXXX is the input value. Is this possible?
UPDATE: I realize I described this wrong - it doesn't have to ACTUALLY POST the status, it can take them to Twitter, ask them to logged in (if not, skip), and then put the status update inside the Tweet Box and require the user to press Tweet to send it
Thanks!
No, Twitter require the status to be sent from it's interface.
You can provide the user an option to send status from your site only with twitter application and only after the user authorized your application to sends twits in his account.
Sadly, the solution to this may be more complicated then you think.
Twitter recently switched to full OAuth authentication to interact with their api and to post status updates etc.
In short, to do what you suggest above will require your visitors to log in.
To simplify this, on my websites I use the Official Twitter Tweet Button because I feel that my visitors will trust it the most and will enter in their username/pass without worry.
The Official Twitter Tweet Button page has a builder where you can select various options to change the look and content of the tweet itself.
Be sure to checkout the full documentation for the advanced usage examples and the full reference of properties that can be used with the javascript tweet button
p.s.
On my site I registered for an app so I could include the following js file:
<script src="http://platform.twitter.com/anywhere.js?id=MY-APP-ID&v=1"></script>
And my links look something like this:
Tweet