Verifying Credentials

Check to see that a user’s credentials are okay.

Entity: [[Account|Account Entity]] Type: AccountType.VerifyCredentials

Parameters/Filters:

Name	Purpose	Type	Required
IncludeEmail	Includes email address in User entity for VerifyCredentials query (requires Twitter approval)	bool	no
IncludeEntities	Include Twitter entities	bool	no
SkipStatus	Exclude status information	bool	no

v3.0 Example:

            try
            {
                var verifyResponse =
                    await
                        (from acct in twitterCtx.Account
                         where acct.Type == AccountType.VerifyCredentials
                         select acct)
                        .SingleOrDefaultAsync();

                if (verifyResponse != null && verifyResponse.User != null)
                {
                    User user = verifyResponse.User;

                    Console.WriteLine(
                        "Credentials are good for {0}.",
                        user.ScreenNameResponse); 
                }
            }
            catch (TwitterQueryException tqe)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(tqe.Message);
            }

v2.1 Example:

            var accounts =
                from acct in twitterCtx.Account
                where acct.Type == AccountType.VerifyCredentials
                select acct;

            try
            {
                Account account = accounts.SingleOrDefault();
                User user = account.User;
                Status tweet = user.Status ?? new Status();
                Console.WriteLine(
                    "User ID: {0}\nScreen Name: {1}\nTweet: {2}\n Tweet ID: {3}",
                     user.Identifier.ID,
                     user.Identifier.ScreenName,
                     tweet.Text, 
                     tweet.StatusID);

                Console.WriteLine("Account credentials are verified.");
            }
            catch (WebException wex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(
                    "Twitter did not recognize the credentials. Response from Twitter: " 
                    + wex.Message);
            }

Note: Whenever credentials are okay, Twitter returns the user’s Account object. Otherwise, Twitter returns an HTTP 401, which results in an Exception in .NET.

Twitter API: account/verify_credentials