Get the current user's twitter information with /account/verify_credentials.

This is more robust against potentially-changing screen names.

Closes #51.

diff --git a/tornado/auth.py b/tornado/auth.py
index 773d9e4824fc17c11ab98b2ca2f1c260b48c68fa..42400e1996b6d5b7d3f6d913eea6d2a9a778fe5a 100644 (file)
--- a/tornado/auth.py
+++ b/tornado/auth.py
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ class TwitterMixin(OAuthMixin):
     @gen.coroutine
     def _oauth_get_user_future(self, access_token):
         user = yield self.twitter_request(
-            "/users/show/" + escape.native_str(access_token["screen_name"]),
+            "/account/verify_credentials",
             access_token=access_token)
         if user:
             user["username"] = user["screen_name"]