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Ruby on Rails OAuth application works on client but not on server (OAuth::Unauthorized (401 Unauthorized))

I have a Ruby on Rails application that works great in my computer and in my server. I'm moving this application to another server that runs on another hosting service, and I got a problem related to ...
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Can access token be longer than 255 characters?

When allowing login by OAuth (such as OpenID, Facebook, Twitter, etc), we save the access token given by the Oath provider in mysql database for future authentication. In some tutorials, the column ...
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twitter4j getHomeTimeline Bad Authentication data

i am trying to get my getHomeTimeline using twitter4j. My twitter account is already authenticated a read/write access for the app and i have stored the access-token and access-token-secret. but when ...
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Simple Twitter Oauth authorization asking for credentials every time

I am making a simple twitter based login/signup system using the tutorial here. I get the oauth_token as well as oauth token secret every time I get the user to login. However, even when the user is ...
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Should I trust an API that uses GET method for user auth?

I've been researching PASTEBIN type API's that would enable storage of code snippets for a project I'm working on. The problem is that most if the API's I've found do not support edit/update of ...
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changing app permissions on twitter causes auth dialog not to redirect to callback url

I'm having trouble with authentication of my app through twitter when I change the default app permissions on twitter. Previously, I've had the app permissions be read-only. I went into the app on ...
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Difference between https url vs http url as oauth auth callback

According to https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/post/oauth/request_token, it is strongly recommended you use HTTPS for all OAuth authorization steps. However, I found out the callback url is not ...
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Logging into Twitter once in C# app

I'm a beginner in developing in C# and I'm developing a console twitter application. Now, I'd like to be able to log in once and not go through the process of re-authenticating all over again every ...
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Why do iOS apps recently change authentication method?

Recently I just notice how Path, Pinterest, and the like change the way they authenticate their users. Currently it seems that they require us to create an account associated with Facebook or Twitter. ...
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How to tweet from a local webpage

I made a webpage that I open in my browser that uses Javascript to help me construct what I want to send on twitter. Then I have to copy and paste the text into a Twitter client in order to actually ...
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sharekit:OAuth authentication failed for twitter

Some time I am getting the error message OAuth Authentication faileed while I am trying to login/share the date to Twitter using sharekit.Can any one help why I am getting this error? #define ...
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Twitter User Hash for Sorcery Authentication

I'm using the Sorcery gem and their external module to authenticate with Twitter. I've got the authentication working, but I want to store the user's Twitter profile image URL in my database after a ...
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Can someone explain what an OAuth Response Token/TokenSecret are used for?

I'm playing around with adding user authentication on my website using OAuth. I'm using Twitter as the website to authenticate against. When I accept the app on the Twitter site, I get bounced back ...
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Twitter OAuth library for Facebook Connect functionality for iPhone App

I'm looking for a library that allows me to authenticate via Twitter's OAuth schema that looks and works similar to Facebook Connect for iPhone. Searching on here and Google I found some examples but ...
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Linking several oauth accounts to a single user: what's considered safe practice and what's not?

In my web app, users are authorized either through Twitter or Facebook. I intend to also allow them, while logged in with, say, Twitter, to login with Facebook. Even at this point, could a user's ...

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