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  1. @gasman gasman created this gist Aug 14, 2010.
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    #!/usr/bin/env ruby

    # Command line util for acquiring a one-off Twitter OAuth access token
    # Based on http://blog.beefyapps.com/2010/01/simple-ruby-oauth-with-twitter/

    require 'rubygems'
    require 'oauth'

    puts <<EOS
    Set up your application at https://twitter.com/apps/ (as a 'Client' app),
    then enter your 'Consumer key' and 'Consumer secret':
    Consumer key:
    EOS
    consumer_key = STDIN.readline.chomp
    puts "Consumer secret:"
    consumer_secret = STDIN.readline.chomp

    consumer = OAuth::Consumer.new(
    consumer_key,
    consumer_secret,
    {
    :site => 'http://twitter.com/',
    :request_token_path => '/oauth/request_token',
    :access_token_path => '/oauth/access_token',
    :authorize_path => '/oauth/authorize'
    })

    request_token = consumer.get_request_token

    puts <<EOS
    Visit #{request_token.authorize_url} in your browser to authorize the app,
    then enter the PIN you are given:
    EOS

    pin = STDIN.readline.chomp
    access_token = request_token.get_access_token(:oauth_verifier => pin)

    puts <<EOS
    Congratulations, your app has been granted access! Use the following config:
    TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY = '#{consumer_key}'
    TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET = '#{consumer_secret}'
    TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN = '#{access_token.token}'
    TWITTER_ACCESS_SECRET = '#{access_token.secret}'
    And use the following code to connect to Twitter:
    require 'twitter'
    auth = Twitter::OAuth.new(TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY, TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET)
    auth.authorize_from_access(TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN, TWITTER_ACCESS_SECRET)
    client = Twitter::Base.new(auth)
    EOS