Generates OAuth access key & secret for Twitter apps

oauth_generator.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

consumer_key = ENV['KEY']
consumer_secret = ENV['SECRET']

unless consumer_key && consumer_secret
  puts "Please set consumer key and secret from your Twitter app's settings: KEY=... SECRET=... ruby oauth_generator.rb"
  exit 1
end

begin
  require 'oauth'
rescue LoadError
  puts "Please install oauth gem."
  exit 1
end

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

rt = oauth.get_request_token
request_token = rt.token
request_secret = rt.secret

puts "Request token => #{request_token}"
puts "Request secret => #{request_secret}"
puts "Authentication URL => #{rt.authorize_url} [OPEN THIS]"

print "Provide the PIN that Twitter gave you here: "
pin = gets.chomp

at = rt.get_access_token(:oauth_verifier => pin)
access_token = at.token
access_secret = at.secret

puts "Access token => #{at.token}"
puts "Access secret => #{at.secret}"