Debugged Twitter API OAuth and Enhanced Error Handling

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📅 2025-05-28 — Session: Debugged Twitter API OAuth and Enhanced Error Handling

🕒 03:50–05:10
🏷️ Labels: Twitter Api, Oauth, Debugging, Error Handling, Python
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to debug and enhance the handling of Twitter API requests, specifically focusing on OAuth permissions and error handling.

Key Activities

  • Enhanced the request method for a Twitter client to include detailed debug prints and error handling for various HTTP status codes.
  • Resolved a 403 Forbidden error by adjusting OAuth permissions in the Twitter Developer Portal.
  • Debugged OAuth 1.0a permissions, focusing on app permissions and token regeneration.
  • Configured local OAuth testing for a Twitter application, detailing app type selection and callback URI requirements.

Achievements

  • Successfully enhanced error handling and debugging for Twitter API requests.
  • Resolved OAuth permission issues causing 403 errors.
  • Set up a framework for local OAuth testing.

Pending Tasks

  • Further testing of OAuth configurations to ensure robustness in different environments.

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