twitteR throws Forbidden error after entering twitter API PIN
oauth, r, twitter, twitter-bootstrap, twitter-oauth
Solution
Change your access URL from http to https.
Problem
I am trying to analyze some tweets using R and twitteR package. The handshake and registration code seems to work properly and I get the authorization link from R. However, when I enter the PIN obtained from https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize I get a "Forbidden Error." Any help is appreciated. The Code: ``` TwitterOAuth<-function(){ reqURL <- "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token" accessURL <- "http://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token" authURL <- "http://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize" consumerKey <- "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" consumerSecret <- "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" twitCred <- OAuthFactory$new(consumerKey=consumerKey, consumerSecret=consumerSecret, requestURL=reqURL, accessURL=accessURL, authURL=authURL) options(RCurlOptions = list(cainfo = system.file("CurlSSL", "cacert.pem", package = "RCurl"))) twitCred$handshake() registerTwitterOAuth(twitCred) } ``` The Response: TwitterOAuth() To enable the connection, please direct your web browser to: http://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize?oauth_token=X0AwET4FXBC7YRIWWN3iF61WFNE1DjxbfibqtfFjgcc When complete, record the PIN given to you and provide it here: 1998913 Error: Forbidden My sessionInfo() R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25) Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) locale: [1] LC_COLLATE=Turkish_Turkey.1254 LC_CTYPE=Turkish_Turkey.1254 LC_MONETARY=Turkish_Turkey.1254 [4] LC_NUMERIC=C LC_TIME=Turkish_Turkey.1254 attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base other attached packages: [1] twitteR_1.1.7 rjson_0.2.13 ROAuth_0.9.3 digest_0.6.4 RCurl_1.95-4.1 bitops_1.0-6 loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] tools_3.0.2