Bug #39370 for Flickr-Upload: code: Invalid auth token

Wed Sep 17 18:19:22 2008 emmajane [...] ubuntu.com - Ticket created

Subject:	code: Invalid auth token
Date:	Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:18:57 -0400
To:	bug-Flickr-Upload [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Emma Jane Hogbin <emmajane [...] ubuntu.com>

Version: Flickr-Upload-1.31 Although it is very possible I have done something wrong, I have not gotten error messages in the installation process. $ flickr_upload --auth --key <api key> --secret <api secret> generates a URL that Flickr recognizes. I go to Flickr and am able to accept the authentication. I receive the success message: You have successfully authorized the application GScrot. You can go ahead and close this window now. When I press enter back at the command line I am issued an authentication token. It is 17 numbers-16 alphanumeric characters. $ flickr_upload --auth_token <token> screenshot_03.png and receive the following error message: Uploading screenshot_03.png...upload failed: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <rsp stat="fail"> <err code="98" msg="Invalid auth token" /> </rsp>

Wed Sep 17 19:08:03 2008 cpb [...] cpan.org - Taken

Wed Sep 17 19:13:11 2008 cpb [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

This may be something to highlight in the documentation... You're generating the authentication token against your own key and secret: Show quoted text

> $ flickr_upload --auth --key <api key> --secret <api secret>

But you're uploading using the Flickr::Upload key and secret: Show quoted text

> $ flickr_upload --auth_token <token> screenshot_03.png

The authentication token is only valid against a specific app/secret combination. So you either need the --key and --secret options on the upload itself, as well, or if you're lazy like me you'll put it all into a .flickrrc file: cat >>~/.flickrrc key=<api key> secret=<api secret> auth_token=<token> ^D At which point, you should be able to just do: flickr_upload screenshot_03.png

Wed Sep 17 19:13:13 2008 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Wed Sep 17 19:27:04 2008 emmajane [...] ubuntu.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #39370] code: Invalid auth token
Date:	Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:26:50 -0400
To:	bug-Flickr-Upload [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Emma Jane Hogbin <emmajane [...] ubuntu.com>

Christophe Beauregard via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> This may be something to highlight in the documentation...

Yes, please! Show quoted text

>> $ flickr_upload --auth_token <token> screenshot_03.png

Changing this to include the --key and --secret from flickr: $ flickr_upload --auth_token <token> \ --key <api key> --secret <api secret> \ 'file.jpg' makes it WORK! Excellent, thanks very much! My hope is to incorporate Flickr::Upload into GScrot (a GNOME screen shot app written in perl). The first step was understanding how it actually all works, which flickr_upload is helping with. Thanks again!

Wed Sep 17 20:29:07 2008 cpb [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Wed Sep 17 19:27:04 2008, emmajane@ubuntu.com wrote: Show quoted text

> Christophe Beauregard via RT wrote:

> > This may be something to highlight in the documentation...

> > Yes, please!

Added a brief blurb to the discussion of the --key and --secret options which should help clear that up. Also added a --check option to invoke Flickr's checkToken method so you/I can test without trying to upload a picture. Flickr::Upload 1.32 is heading to CPAN as I type.

Wed Sep 17 20:29:09 2008 cpb [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'