Can't get direct messages? Read, Write and Access direct messages enabled

MandeepMehrok · 2011-09-23T05:28:59.000Z

Further i am having another problem with oAuth approach, i am not able to change the profile pic as it also fails to authenticate.

armay1219 · 2011-09-23T15:25:26.000Z

What mean you found the good solution of you problem?

BitzBlitzer · 2011-09-27T19:38:23.000Z

Yeah, that’s what I was afraid of. See, now I (as a developer) have to start keeping track of which users I’ve gotten DM access from, so that I can decide whether or not to prompt them.

Maybe there’s a way I can ask Twitter who has DM access? SInce Twitter has to keep track anyway… but this is all kind of a mess, I wish developers just had a single URL they could configure to achieve the desired behavior. Makes me want to move back over to Facebook!

kurrik · 2011-09-27T19:52:11.000Z

Well if you’re keeping track of the user’s token you must have a persistence store. Hopefully adding a bit field into that store isn’t too much of a difficulty. I’ll agree that this isn’t the most direct flow, but it really is more of an exception with the API, not the norm.

The way to determine whether a user has DM access would be to try and load their DM feed - an error response should indicate that the token does not support DMs: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/application-permission-model

BitzBlitzer · 2011-09-27T20:12:40.000Z

It’s not that adding the bit is difficult … it’s the dual maintenance. What if my “belief” that the user has DM access somehow gets out of sync with Twitter’s belief? In fact, this has happened already. Some of my users entered my service AFTER the change was made, so a number of them have DM and I don’t know who.

I’ll guess try the “DM feed load” hack. As for this being an exception vs. norm … we’re talking about authentication and authorization, this is the MOST important thing! If I’m having trouble getting users in the door, all the other bells and whistles don’t really matter.

payaljain32 · 2011-09-30T11:43:40.000Z

log out functionality of twitter app in android app.please help me…its urgent

episod · 2011-09-30T14:38:48.000Z

There’s no “log out” method in the Twitter API. The user controls the access your app has through the authorization screen and app management on twitter.com. What are you needing to “log out” exactly?

MandeepMehrok · 2011-10-01T07:58:35.000Z

Does any one having solution for this or can share some code snippet.

Thanks!

episod · 2011-10-03T14:59:00.000Z

OAuth and xAuth are no different as far as uploading goes. xAuth is but one-step of OAuth.

Here is an example of uploading to the Twitter API correctly: https://github.com/themattharris/tmhOAuth/blob/master/examples/images.php

MandeepMehrok · 2011-10-04T06:14:44.000Z

Thanks @episod for providing me an example, but its in PHP and I am totally blank with PHP.

I am developing the application in .NET(desktop application). Can you provide a link in .NET

Sinister_svk · 2011-10-17T05:29:04.000Z

Hi all!
How long time does it usually takes to update settings from “Read and Write” to “Read, Write and Access direct messages”? I’ve tried to change and wait for about 5 or 6 hours, and all this time my application was inaccessible using neither oauth/authenticate nor oauth/authorize. So I had to rollback application type to “Read and Write” and authentication was fixed.

Cluster_M · 2011-11-30T18:45:33.000Z

getAuthorizeURL($token, FALSE);

Not “true”.

Antkittu · 2011-12-01T06:33:22.000Z

Hi Taylor,
We also updated the application access to:
Read, Write and Access
And Are using “oauth/authorize” for the user-entering-their-credentials step of OAuth
but when getting direct messages it says:
This application is not allowed to access or delete your direct messages

Any thoughts How to resolve with this issue.

ABISimmons2 · 2012-04-14T19:46:08.000Z

I can’t get it to work

denismack · 2012-06-27T14:46:30.000Z

SOLVED: getAuthorizeURL(oauth_token, 0)

vishalshah2012 · 2012-07-27T10:22:17.000Z

it worked perfectly.thanks

Lyarossma · 2012-08-12T03:53:26.000Z

abcd

The_Shirt_Board · 2012-08-20T14:50:58.000Z

I can’t even find where to change from READ ONLY to READ/WRIGHT to even get to all of your problems. It automatically goes to READ ONLY. I never found an option to change it.

Proben5 · 2013-05-23T16:15:48.000Z

When you changes the Access type from Read/Write to Read, Write and Access direct messages from Settings tab of you application goes to Details and recreate your access tokens.

usawebtester · 2013-07-01T19:48:18.000Z

I have same problem with Read, Write and Access direct messages and now changed Read/Write model and now it is solved.

Any way I can have Read, Write and Access direct messages with " Sign in with Twitter" option?.