Twitter Account always returns blank timeline?

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I have recently begun an Xcode project, and it requires me to get the feed, or timeline, from a Twitter account. I am following this tutorial. Although when I compile my code, it has no errors, it does not log any tweets. I also downloaded the source code for the project, but it still returns nothing. I realize that it could be a problem from my account, but I have tweeted something recently, followed some people, retweeted, basically everything you could do to update a timeline! Thanks for the help! Twitter Account:@Pushahk

-(void)getTwitterFeed{
ACAccountStore *account = [[ACAccountStore alloc] init];
ACAccountType *accountType = [account accountTypeWithAccountTypeIdentifier:ACAccountTypeIdentifierTwitter];
[account requestAccessToAccountsWithType:accountType options:nil completion:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error){
    if (granted == YES) {
        NSArray *arrayOfAccounts = [account accountsWithAccountType:accountType];
        if ([arrayOfAccounts count] > 0) {
            ACAccount *twitterAccount = [arrayOfAccounts lastObject];
            NSURL *requestAPI = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/user_timeline.json"];
            NSMutableDictionary *parameters = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
            [parameters setObject:@"100" forKey:@"count"];
            [parameters setObject:@"1" forKey:@"include_entities"];
            SLRequest *posts = [SLRequest requestForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter requestMethod:SLRequestMethodGET URL:requestAPI parameters:parameters];
            posts.account = twitterAccount;
            [posts performRequestWithHandler:
            ^(NSData *response, NSHTTPURLResponse
                                              *urlResponse, NSError *error)
            {

                // The NSJSONSerialization class is then used to parse the data returned and assign it to our array.

                self.TwitterPosts = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:response options:NSJSONReadingMutableLeaves error:&error];

                    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                        NSLog(@"Hi");
                        for (int i = 0; i < [self.TwitterPosts count]; i++) {
                            NSLog(@"%@", [self.TwitterPosts objectAtIndex:i]);
                            NSLog(@"Hi");
                        }

                    });


            }];
        }
    }
    else{
        NSLog(@"%@", [error localizedDescription]);
    }
}];

}

You pass in an error object to JSONObjectWithData, does this contain anything afterwards? You could also crate an NSString from the NSData response to see what it contains, this may provide more information. This code needs to be more error sensitive, at the moment it assumes everything will go correctly. — WDUK
It could also be because include_entities is no longer a valid parameter within the v1.1 API (it was in the v1 API). You may also need to provide a screen name, as I believe setting the .account property on the request is only for OAuth purposes. Source: dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/statuses/user_timeline — WDUK
@WDUK, it was actually the second one! Thanks! If you post an answer, I will consider it correct! — chandhooguy

WDUK WDUK · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-30T10:44:22

It's because include_entities is no longer a valid parameter within the v1.1 API (it was in the v1 API). You may also need to provide a screen name, as I believe setting the .account property on the request is only for OAuth purposes.

Source: http://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/statuses/user_timeline

Twitter Account always returns blank timeline?

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