Field Notice: FN - 63626 - SocialMiner Twitter Account Does Not Authorize - Software Upgrade Recommended

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Updated:March 13, 2013

Document ID:FN63626

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Revision History

Revision	Publish Date	Comments
1.0	31-Jul-14	Initial Release
10.0	16-Nov-17	Migration to new field notice system

Products Affected

Affected OS Type	Affected Release	Affected Release Number	Comments
NON-IOS	8	8.5(5),8.5(4)
NON-IOS	9	9.0(1)

Defect Information

Defect ID	Headline
CSCue76034	SocialMiner OAuth requests to Twitter fails due to REST API change.

Problem Description

SocialMiner Twitter Account does not authorize.

Background

Customers are not able to add or reauthorize Twitter accounts on SocialMiner with the third Cisco Options Package (COP). The oAuth protocol fails because Twitter changed its application programming interface (API) URLs.

Problem Symptom

The issue impact is high. Customers are unable to add a Twitter account.

In the Cisco Configuration Professional (CCP) API logs, you see these exceptions:

0000000230: 172.22.23.135: Feb 25 2013 10:22:39.255 -0600: %CCBU_________CCPAPI-3-REST_API_EXCEPTION: %[exception=com.cisco.ccbu.ccp.feeds.exception.FeedOAuthException: oauth.signpost.exception.OAuthCommunicationException: Communication with the service provider failed: Service provider responded in error: 301 (Moved Permanently)][message_string=feed]: The REST API has caught an exception

0000000231: 172.22.23.135: Feb 25 2013 10:22:39.255 -0600: %CCBU_________CCPAPI-3-EXCEPTION_INFO: %[build_date=Dec 31, 1969 6:00 PM][build_type=rel][exception=com.cisco.ccbu.ccp.feeds.exception.FeedOAuthException: oauth.signpost.exception.OAuthCommunicationException: Communication with the service provider failed: Service provider responded in error: 301 (Moved Permanently)

Workaround/Solution

If you have SocialMiner Release 8.5(5), you must upgrade to

Release 9.0(1). Then apply the COP3 file, and follow the workaround instructions.

If you have SocialMiner Release 9.0(1) with COP1 file or COP2 file applied, then you must upgrade to COP3, and follow the workaround instructions.

Download the SocialMiner Release 9.0(1) COP3 software: http://software.cisco.com/download/release.html?mdfid=283613136&flowid=22101&softwareid=283812550&release=9.0%281%29&relind=AVAILABLE&rellifecycle=&reltype=latest

Twitter has modified their authentication URLs.

The URLs used to authenticate with Twitter can be modified to match Twitter's updated URLs. Follow these steps to update:

1. Log into VOS CLI as admin.

2. Enter run sql INSERT INTO mmca_propertydef (propertydefid, propertyname, description, defaultvalue, subsystype, ouid) VALUES (88020,

"twitterUrlOauthAuthorize", "Twitter oAuth Authorize URL",

"https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize", 0, 2).

3. Enter run sql INSERT INTO mmca_propertydef (propertydefid, propertyname,

description, defaultvalue, subsystype, ouid) VALUES (88021,

"twitterUrlOauthAccessToken", "Twitter oAuth Access Token URL",

"https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token", 0, 2).

4. Enter run sql INSERT INTO mmca_propertydef (propertydefid, propertyname,

description, defaultvalue, subsystype, ouid) VALUES (88022,

"twitterUrlOauthRequestToken", "Twitter oAuth Request Token URL",

"https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token", 0, 2).

5. Enter the command utils service restart Cisco Tomcat.

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