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Can't tweet from Python despite elevated access

I have the following function:

import tweepy

def tweet_message(text):
    # Replace these with your own API key and secret
    api_key = API_KEY
    api_secret = API_KEY_SECRET
    access_token = ACCESS_TOKEN
    access_token_secret = ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET

    # Authenticate with Twitter API
    auth = OAuthHandler(access_token, access_token_secret)
    api = tweepy.API(auth)

    # Tweet the text
    api.update_status(status=text)

I am using Tweepy to post tweets via Python.

I have elevated access developer account and I have all of the following keys:

API_KEY = '...'
API_KEY_SECRET = '...'
BEARER_TOKEN = '...'
CLIENT_ID = '...'
CLIENT_SECRET = '...'
ACCESS_TOKEN = '...'
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = '...'

But when I run the function, I get this error:

TweepError: [{'code': 220, 'message': 'Your credentials do not allow access to this resource.'}]

Where am I going wrong? My credentials should allow access to it.

Solution

  • It seems like you are using api keys to authenticate but you should be using user access tokens.

    statuses/update is an API that you (as the app owner) call on behalf of the user. To be able to do this, you need to authenticate the user and call the API using the access tokens that you got from Twitter for that user.