Twitter Service

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09/14/2022

Warning

(This API will be removed in the future.)

The Twitter Service allows users to retrieve or publish data to Twitter.

Twitter Developer Site is the main content site for all Twitter developers. Visit the Twitter Apps List to manage existing apps.

Create new Twitter App can be used to create a new app within the Twitter portal.

Try it in the sample app

App Setup

Consumer Key Copy this from the Keys and Access Tokens tab on your application page.

Consumer Secret Copy this from the Keys and Access Tokens tab on your application page.

Callback URI Enter a unique URI for your application. This must match the Callback URL field on the Application Details tab in Twitter. Example: https://myapp.company.com - (this does not have to be a working URL)

Overview

In the code section below the GetUserTimeLineAsync method returns some Tweet objects. The Tweet class returns some basic information along with the tweet text itself.

Property	Type	Description
CreatedAt	string	The date and time of the Tweet formatted by Twitter
Text	string	The text of the Tweet (if retweet, the text might not be complete - use the RetweetedStatus object for the original tweet)
Id	string	The Twitter status identifier
GeoData	TwitterGeoData	A class containing the latitude and longitude of the Tweet
User	TwitterUser	A class containing the user ID, Name, ScreenName, and ProfileImageUrl
RetweetedStatus	Tweet	if this tweet is a retweet, this object will contain the original tweet

Syntax

// Initialize service
TwitterService.Instance.Initialize(ConsumerKey.Text, ConsumerSecret.Text, CallbackUri.Text);

// Login to Twitter
if (!await TwitterService.Instance.LoginAsync())
{
    return;
}

// Get current user info
var user = await TwitterService.Instance.GetUserAsync();
ProfileImage.DataContext = user;

// Get user time line
ListView.ItemsSource = await TwitterService.Instance.GetUserTimeLineAsync(user.ScreenName, 50);

// Post a tweet
await TwitterService.Instance.TweetStatusAsync(TweetText.Text);

var status = new TwitterStatus
    {
        Message = TweetText.Text,

        // Optional parameters defined by the Twitter "update" API (they may all be null or false)

        DisplayCoordinates = true,
        InReplyToStatusId = "@ValidAccount",
        Latitude = validLatitude,
        Longitude = validLongitude,
        PlaceId = "df51dec6f4ee2b2c", // As defined by Twitter
        PossiblySensitive = true,  // As defined by Twitter (nudity, violence, or medical procedures)
        TrimUser = true
    }

await TwitterService.Instance.TweetStatusAsync(status);

// Post a tweet with a picture
await TwitterService.Instance.TweetStatusAsync(TweetText.Text, stream);

await TwitterService.Instance.TweetStatusAsync(status, stream);

// Search for a specific tag
ListView.ItemsSource = await TwitterService.Instance.SearchAsync(TagText.Text, 50);

// Open a connection with the stream service in order to receive live tweets and events
ListView.ItemsSource = _tweets;
await TwitterService.Instance.StartUserStreamAsync(async tweet =>
{
    await Dispatcher.RunAsync(CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal, () =>
    {
        if (tweet != null)
        {
            _tweets.Insert(0, tweet);
        }
    });
});

// Stop receiving live tweets and events
TwitterService.Instance.StopUserStream();

' Initialize service
TwitterService.Instance.Initialize(ConsumerKey.Text, ConsumerSecret.Text, CallbackUri.Text)

' Login to Twitter
If Not Await TwitterService.Instance.LoginAsync() Then
    Return
End If

' Get current user info
Dim user = Await TwitterService.Instance.GetUserAsync()
ProfileImage.DataContext = user

' Get user time line
ListView.ItemsSource = Await TwitterService.Instance.GetUserTimeLineAsync(user.ScreenName, 50)

' Post a tweet
Await TwitterService.Instance.TweetStatusAsync(TweetText.Text)
Dim status = New TwitterStatus With {
    .Message = TweetText.Text,

    ' Optional parameters defined by the Twitter "update" API (they may all be null or false)

    .DisplayCoordinates = True,
    .InReplyToStatusId = "@ValidAccount",
    .Latitude = validLatitude,
    .Longitude = validLongitude,
    .PlaceId = "df51dec6f4ee2b2c",  ' As defined by Twitter
    .PossiblySensitive = True,      ' As defined by Twitter (nudity, violence, or medical procedures)
    .TrimUser = True
}
Await TwitterService.Instance.TweetStatusAsync(status)

' Post a tweet with a picture
Await TwitterService.Instance.TweetStatusAsync(TweetText.Text, stream)
Await TwitterService.Instance.TweetStatusAsync(status, stream)

' Search for a specific tag
ListView.ItemsSource = Await TwitterService.Instance.SearchAsync(TagText.Text, 50)

' Open a connection with the stream service in order to receive live tweets and events
ListView.ItemsSource = _tweets
Await TwitterService.Instance.StartUserStreamAsync(
    Async Sub(tweet)
        Await Dispatcher.RunAsync(
        CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal,
        Sub()
            If tweet IsNot Nothing Then
                _tweets.Insert(0, tweet)
            End If
        End Sub)
    End Sub)

' Stop receiving live tweets and events
TwitterService.Instance.StopUserStream()

Posting to timeline fails to appear

Twitter app models allows for read only applications. If the app is tagged as Readonly, but attempts to post there is no error returned. The post is just eaten by the service.

If you are posting from your app and never seeing them show up in the timeline check the Permissions tab on the app page. You want to ensure that you have Read and Write checked on that tab.

Using the service on non-UWP platforms

This service has built-in UWP and .NET Framework support. To use the service outside of UWP and .NET Framework platform, you'll need to implement some interfaces. These interfaces are the IAuthenticationBroker, IPasswordManager and IStorageManager.

IAuthenticationBroker

The IAuthenticationBroker only has the Authenticate method. This method receives a request uri and a callback uri, which you'll use to authenticate with the API. The method returns an AuthenticationResult that tells the service the authentication result.

IPasswordManager

The IPasswordManager will allow the service to manage passwords. The methods you'll have to implement are Get, Store and Remove.

The Get method receives a string key and returns a PasswordCredential.

The Store method receives a string resource and a PasswordCredential.

The Remove method receives a string key.

IStorageManager

The IStorageManager will allow the service to store application data. The methods you'll have to implement are Get and Set.

The Get method receives a string key and returns the saved string.

The Set method receives a string key and a string value.

ISignatureManager

Finally, the ISignatureManager will provide a GetSignature method, to sign an OAuth request. This method receives a baseString, a secret string and an append boolean. In return, you'll get the signed baseString. In case the append boolean is true, the final string will have a &amp at the end.

The toolkit has implementations of each of them for UWP. You can find them as UwpAuthenticationBroker, UwpPasswordManager, UwpStorageManager and UwpSignatureManager.

Sample Project

Twitter Service Sample Page Source. You can see this in action in the Windows Community Toolkit Sample App.

Requirements

Device family	Universal, 10.0.16299.0 or higher
Namespace	Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Services
NuGet package	Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Services

API

Twitter Service source code

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