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Follow/Unfollow example OAuth for Tumblr API
#!/usr/bin/env python
import oauth2 as oauth
import urlparse
import urllib
consumer_key = '<your-key-here>'
consumer_secret = '<your-secret-key-here>'
request_token_url = 'http://www.tumblr.com/oauth/request_token'
access_token_url = 'http://www.tumblr.com/oauth/access_token'
authorize_url = 'http://www.tumblr.com/oauth/authorize'
consumer = oauth.Consumer(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
client = oauth.Client(consumer)
# Step 1: Get a request token. This is a temporary token that is used for
# having the user authorize an access token and to sign the request to obtain
# said access token.
resp, content = client.request(request_token_url, "GET")
if resp['status'] != '200':
raise Exception("Invalid response %s." % resp['status'])
request_token = dict(urlparse.parse_qsl(content))
print "Request Token:"
print " - oauth_token = %s" % request_token['oauth_token']
print " - oauth_token_secret = %s" % request_token['oauth_token_secret']
print
# Step 2: Redirect to the provider. Since this is a CLI script we do not
# redirect. In a web application you would redirect the user to the URL
# below.
print "Go to the following link in your browser:"
print "%s?oauth_token=%s" % (authorize_url, request_token['oauth_token'])
print
# After the user has granted access to you, the consumer, the provider will
# redirect you to whatever URL you have told them to redirect to. You can
# usually define this in the oauth_callback argument as well.
accepted = 'n'
while accepted.lower() == 'n':
accepted = raw_input('Have you authorized me? (y/n) ')
oauth_verifier = raw_input('What is the PIN? ')
# Step 3: Once the consumer has redirected the user back to the oauth_callback
# URL you can request the access token the user has approved. You use the
# request token to sign this request. After this is done you throw away the
# request token and use the access token returned. You should store this
# access token somewhere safe, like a database, for future use.
token = oauth.Token(request_token['oauth_token'],
request_token['oauth_token_secret'])
token.set_verifier(oauth_verifier)
client = oauth.Client(consumer, token)
resp, content = client.request(access_token_url, "POST")
access_token = dict(urlparse.parse_qsl(content))
print "Access Token:"
print " - oauth_token = %s" % access_token['oauth_token']
print " - oauth_token_secret = %s" % access_token['oauth_token_secret']
print
print "You may now access protected resources using the access tokens above."
print
token = oauth.Token(access_token['oauth_token'], access_token['oauth_token_secret'])
client = oauth.Client(consumer, token)
print client.request("http://api.tumblr.com/v2/user/unfollow", method="POST", body=urllib.urlencode({"url" : "derekg.tumblr.com"}))
print client.request("http://api.tumblr.com/v2/user/follow", method="POST", body=urllib.urlencode({"url" : "derekg.tumblr.com"}))
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