Simplest Java example retrieving user_timeline with twitter API version 1.1

Question

I was looking for a simple Java example using the Twitter 1.1 API and couldn\'t find one. Using the PHP sample posted here: Simplest PHP example for retrieving user_timeline

Answer 1

You are wrong with the oauth_nonce. It is a random 32 bytes string encoded in base 64.

You can build them like this :

public String generateNonce() {
    Random gen = new Random(System.currentTimeMillis());
    StringBuilder nonceBuilder = new StringBuilder("");
    String base = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
    int baseLength = base.length();

    // Taking random word characters
    for (int i = 0; i < 32; ++i) {
        int position = gen.nextInt(baseLength);
        nonceBuilder.append(base.charAt(position));
    }

    String nonce = toBase64(nonceBuilder.toString());

    return nonce;
}

// In your code :
String oAuthNonce = generateNonce();

With String toBase64(String); which is a method to encode a String with Base 64.