Plsql client for twitter api (using oauth)

Question

Hi,
I am probably being a bit optimistic, but does anybody have a plsql client for twitter that will allow me to post status updates from oracle? I found this http://somecodinghero.blogspot.com/2010/09/updating-twitter-from-database-using.html, but it doesn't work, simply giving me 401 Unauthorized whenver I try.
Make my day? Please?
Thanks
Ralph

Answer 1

So.... Are you ready? Let's go.....
Twitter Part:
1. Acess https://dev.twitter.com
2. Login
3. Create New Application
4. Fill out the data requested by twitter(and create application).
5. Click button "Create my acess token".
6. Copy Consumer key     ,Consumer secret     ,Access token     ,Access token secret     to Notepad++(or elsewhere).
7. Click the Tab Settings, and change Application Type to "Read, Write and Access direct messages". click the "Update..."
After installing DB and verified that you have Java 1.5 in your local machine and downloaded twitter4j jar.
1. Open Jdeveloper(i'm working with 11.1.2.1.0)
2. Create a new Application. Create a java Class with:
package client;
import twitter4j.*;
import twitter4j.conf.ConfigurationBuilder;
public class TweetMeMan {
    public static String sendTweet(String msg, String sOAuthConsumerKey, String sOAuthConsumerSecret, String  sOAuthAccessToken, String sOAuthAccessTokenSecret ) {
        String result = "Ok";       
        try {
            ConfigurationBuilder cb = new ConfigurationBuilder();
            cb.setOAuthConsumerKey(sOAuthConsumerKey);
            cb.setOAuthConsumerSecret(sOAuthConsumerSecret);
            cb.setOAuthAccessToken(sOAuthAccessToken);
            cb.setOAuthAccessTokenSecret(sOAuthAccessTokenSecret);           
            TwitterFactory tf = new TwitterFactory(cb.build());
            Twitter twitter = tf.getInstance();
            Status status = twitter.updateStatus(msg);
            System.out.println("Successfully updated the status to [" + status.getText() + "].");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Error : " + e.getMessage());
            result = e.getMessage();
        return result;
}3. Click Project Settings and in Libraries add twitter4j(version).jar
4. Compile project. No errors? Nice.... Errors? Check the log and fix them ;)
5. Create a New Deployment Profile
5.1. Profle Type : Jar File
5.2 Deployment Profile Name : vrodriguestweet (in my case)
6. Deploy the vrodriguestweet (it will save de jar file in deploy folder)
7. Open command line (cmd.exe)
8. Write
loadjava -r -f -o -user vrodrigues/yourpaswword@YourDB your_location_of_the_jar_created_above\vrodriguestweet.jar9. Open Sqldeveloper(or sqlplus) and check if there is under Java this name exists : client/TweetMeMan
9.1 client is the java package i created the java file.
10. Now let's create the function:
CREATE FUNCTION letsTweetVR (p_message varchar2, p_OAuthConsumerKey varchar2, p_OAuthConsumerSecret varchar2, p_OAuthAccessToken varchar2, p_OAuthAccessTokenSecret varchar2  )
   RETURN VARCHAR2
   AS LANGUAGE JAVA
   NAME 'client/TweetMeMan.sendTweet
     (java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String) return java.lang.String';   10.1. No errors? Amazing....keep going you are almost there...
11. Let's tweet:
BEGIN
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(letsTweetVR('Tweeting from database...Awesome, right?',
                                          'your_OAuthConsumerKey',
                                         ' your_OAuthConsumerSecret',
                                         'your_OAuthAccessToken',
                                        'your_OAuthAccessTokenSecret')
END;Of course you can do this inside a package or passing the values from some interface.... And you can also do other things that twitter4j does... Like Search for Tweets and so on and so on. ;)
Did someone like this? Or i'm an idiot? : D
All credits goes to the developer of twitter4j....
P.S Remember that this is my first usage of java in DB...so if you can do better, please advise ;)
P.S.1. I will blog this with entire full steps.... just trying to get the time for it :/
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ktXgF_N5rQU/Tz0hx8cEbgI/AAAAAAAAA-s/LOoTf_5pnd0/s864/twiiter.png
Edited by: Vitor Rodrigues on 16/Fev/2012 15:46