PFTwitterUtils no longer working after Twitter changed callback

[TechMindsYT]

My ios app was working with PFTwitterUtils up until yesterday when Twitter can done something to the Callback urls. I'm only using PFtwitterUtils for signup or log in to my app but now i get the error message "Failed to request authorization token from Twitter" when trying to invoke the twitter sign in screen using [PFTwitterUtils logInWithBlock:^(PFUser *user, NSError *error).

From previous documentation I read the "Enable Callback Locking checkbox " must be unchecked on my twitter app @ app.twitter and a valid callback url. It would appear from Twitters recent announcement that they are going to remove the checkbox and force all to enable callback locking.

Is there something I can do so fix this? Or is this an issue that needs to be resolved in PFTwitterUtils?

Thanks,

[flovilmart]

So we should probably adapt in the SDK for those new changes. I wasn’t aware

[flovilmart]

Do you have more informations regarding recommended twitter login flows etc... ?

[TechMindsYT]

I only just found out about this when I was testing the login features of my app and a search bought me to the following tweet from twitterapi:

https://twittercommunity.com/t/action-required-sign-in-with-twitter-users-must-whitelist-callback-urls/105342

I cant seem to find any information about mobile apps though as Im sure the callbacks where just for web based authentication.

[flovilmart]

So I believe everything should work as expected if uou’re following the guides from twitter to setup the authentication Correctly?

[TechMindsYT]

Well I can’t figure it out, I’ve tried but I just can’t get my app to open the Twitter login dialog now. After looking into it a bit deeper the response is a 403 when requesting an auth token from twitter. If you find anything please let me know.

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[flovilmart]

I won’t have time to look into it in the coming days. So feel free to investigate also acquiring an access token from twitter without the Parse SDK.

The iOS SDK let you provide any custom authentication provider, so if you manage to acquire a valid authentication, you can still move forward using it.

[btanev]

Hi @MMSSolutions

I had a similar problem recently, i'm not using the ParseTwitterUtils but the twitter SDK and this also happens.

The solutions was to add the callback url you use in your application (or Parse Twitter utils uses) in https://apps.twitter.com

For the official twitter SDKs the callback urls are (this is from a tweet):

Callback URLs will be required to native apps too. If you are using custom URI scheme just enter the scheme as the callback URL. twitterkit-<consumerKey>:// if using Twitter Kit for iOS or twittersdk:// if using Twitter Kit for Android.

Just from a quick search in the code of Parse Twitter Utils I've found this (method: _getRequestTokenAsync:(BOOL)isReverseAuth):
https://github.com/parse-community/Parse-SDK-iOS-OSX/blob/master/ParseTwitterUtils/ParseTwitterUtils/PF_Twitter.m#L191

It looks like you have to add the following URL as a callback url in you twitter app configuration:

http://twitter-oauth.callback

[flovilmart]

It looks like you have to add the following URL as a callback url in you twitter app configuration:

This looks like it would work, I believe, let us know @MMSSolutions , we'll add it to the docs if that's all good with that.

[TechMindsYT]

Hi @btanev @flovilmart

Thank you so much! For me, in my test application it is now working. Now I will get my client to add to their callback url.

Thanks again!

I think some of the PFTwitterUtils tutorials out there will need updating for this as not ANY valid url can be used anymore.

Cheers!

[flovilmart]

@MMSSolutions do you have any link to the existing tutorials that could help us put the right URL's there?

[erinlee1109]

The documentation for PFFacebookUtils and PFTwitterUtils disappeared, and the repository has been archived. I guess they are deprecated..?

[MuhammadBilalShakoorIlsa]

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