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OAuth::getRequestToken

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(PECL OAuth >= 0.99.1)

Fetch a request token

Description

OAuth::getRequestToken(string $request_token_url, [string $callback_url], [string $http_method]): array

Fetch a request token, secret and any additional response parameters from the service provider.

Parameters

request_token_url: URL to the request token API.
callback_url: OAuth callback URL. If callback_url is passed and is an empty value, it is set to "oob" to address the OAuth 2009.1 advisory.
http_method: HTTP method to use, e.g. GET or POST.

Return Values

Returns an array containing the parsed OAuth response on success or false on failure.

Changelog

Version	Description
PECL oauth 1.0.0	Null
PECL oauth 0.99.9	The `callback_url` parameter was added

Examples

OAuth::getRequestToken() example

php

<?php
try {
    $oauth = new OAuth(OAUTH_CONSUMER_KEY,OAUTH_CONSUMER_SECRET);
    $request_token_info = $oauth->getRequestToken("https://example.com/oauth/request_token");
    if(!empty($request_token_info)) {
        print_r($request_token_info);
    } else {
        print "Failed fetching request token, response was: " . $oauth->getLastResponse();
    }
} catch(OAuthException $E) {
    echo "Response: ". $E->lastResponse . "\n";
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

output

Array
(
    [oauth_token] => some_token
    [oauth_token_secret] => some_token_secret
)