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Problems implementing Tinder API in vb .net

Hello

I am just trying to toy around with the Tinder API, I've found the following link describing the tinder API:
https://gist.github.com/rtt/10403467

When I try the Authenticating function, I get a 403 Forbidden Error with the following vb.net code:

Dim wHeader As WebHeaderCollection = New WebHeaderCollection()

        wHeader.Clear()
        'wHeader.Add("Content-type: application/json")
        'wHeader.Add("User-agent: User-Agent: Tinder/3.0.4 (iPhone; iOS 7.1; Scale/2.00)")
        wHeader.Add("facebook_token: ####")
        wHeader.Add("facebook_id: 1391287###")

        Dim sUrl As String = "https://api.gotinder.com/auth"

        Dim wRequest As HttpWebRequest = DirectCast(System.Net.HttpWebRequest.Create(sUrl), HttpWebRequest)

        wRequest.ContentType = "application/json"
        wRequest.UserAgent = "Tinder/3.0.4 (iPhone; iOS 7.1; Scale/2.00)"
        wRequest.Headers = wHeader
        wRequest.Method = "GET"
        Try
            Dim wResponse As HttpWebResponse = DirectCast(wRequest.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)
            Dim sResponse As String = ""
            Using srRead As New StreamReader(wResponse.GetResponseStream())
                sResponse = srRead.ReadToEnd()
            End Using
            MsgBox(sResponse)
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.Message)
        End Try

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You can get your facebook token from here:
https://www.facebook.com/dialog/oauth?client_id=464891386855067&redirect_uri=https://www.facebook.com/connect/login_success.html&scope=basic_info,email,public_profile,user_about_me,user_activities,user_birthday,user_education_history,user_friends,user_interests,user_likes,user_location,user_photos,user_relationship_details&response_type=token
and you can find your facebook id with the following website:
http://findmyfacebookid.com/

What am I doing wrong, is the API changed or am I doing something wrong in my .net code?

Bob Learned

I don't have any experience with the Tinder API, so I will need to figure out how the OAuth piece works. If you are passing Facebook ID and Facebook token, and hitting the correct URL (api.gotinder.com/auth), then it sounds like it is going to be more challenging.

Bob Learned

A few of the reasons that I don't like Tinder:

A brilliant Tinder hack made hundreds of bros unwittingly flirt with each other
http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/25/8277743/tinder-hack-bros-swiping-bros

JoachimPetersen

ASKER

Well, granted that any API can be misused, there is also a lot more potential in a constructive perspective.
I think I'll just have to sniff the app and see if the API has changed, as far as I can understand, my .net code is not the source of the error.

Bob Learned

I see where you are using the version in the user agent:

wRequest.UserAgent = "Tinder/3.0.4 (iPhone; iOS 7.1; Scale/2.00)"

I also see that there is a 4.0.4 version.

JoachimPetersen

ASKER

Found out that the API has changed, ALOT (sniffed out the data and found the new parameters) , but the problem I am facing now is that when I try to set an header, ie: Content-Type, I get the following error: "The Content-Type header cannot be changed from its default value for this request.", any idea how I cound fix this, as this is an actual 'code' question

System.Net.ServicePointManager.CertificatePolicy = new MyPolicy(); //To sign the SS to avoid error
      
            string URL = "https://api.gotinder.com/auth";
            WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
            //webClient.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentType] = "application/json";
            //webClient.Headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json";
            //webClient.Headers.Set("Content-Type", "application/json");
            //When I try to change the content-type at this point, I end up with this error "The Content-Type header cannot be changed from its default value for this request."
            webClient.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.UserAgent] = "Tinder Android Version 4.1.6";
            System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection formData = new System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection();
            formData["facebook_token"] = "***Facebook Token***";
            formData["locale"] = "da";
            byte[] responseBytes = webClient.UploadValues(URL, "POST", formData);
            string Result = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(responseBytes);

            textBox1.Text = Result;

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Here is the MyPolicy to sign the SSL to avoid any SSL errors:

using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
using System.Net;

public class MyPolicy : ICertificatePolicy
{
    public bool CheckValidationResult(ServicePoint srvPoint,
      X509Certificate certificate, WebRequest request,
      int certificateProblem)
    {
        //Return True to force the certificate to be accepted.
        return true;
    }
}

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Bob Learned

You can't set Content-type with UploadValues, you would need to use UploadData instead.

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JoachimPetersen

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figured it out myself