How can I use my own server to host AutoTweet authorization files?
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Disclaimer: Usage of AutoTweet authorization server files is at your own risk and without any warranty.
To do authorization of Twitter and Facebook channels easiest as possible, AutoTweet uses some programming logic together with the apps on Twitter and Facebook (Without this additional logic it is really hard to get the tokens and id manually on Facebook/Twitter...). The files providing this logic are hostet on the server of 1st-movers.com.
The authorization process has the following steps:
- When pushing the authorization button in AutoTweet backend, the app (AutoTweet standard or your own) is called on Facebook/Twitter.
- After logging in to Facebook/Twitter you are redirected to the app and the app is calling back the authorization files on the 1st-movers.com server.
This process is easy to use and works without extra work for you. But it has two major disadvantages:
- The process depends on the availability of the 1st-movers.com server and so you can't do authorization when the server is down or busy.
- It generates traffic and load on my site. ;-)
To avoid this disadvantages you can host the AutoTweet authorization server files on your own host:
- Of course this is working with your own app only (and NOT with the AutoTweet standard app).
- Download the files at the download area (available for subscriber only).
- Put the files in a folder in your Joomla root like "twitter" and/or "facebook".
- Go to your own app and change the Canvas URL/Callback URL to the URL of the authorization files on your server:
- Example for Facebook Canvas URL: http://www.mysite.com/facebook/ (and of course https://www.mysite.com/facebook/ as the Secure Canvas URL if you use SSL)
- Example for Twitter Callback URL: http://www.mysite.com/twitter/autotweet_twitter.php
Disclaimer: Usage of AutoTweet authorization server files is at your own risk and without any warranty.