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I am trying to use the Social features of Mathematica 10. The Facebook interaction works, but with Twitter I am getting "Cannot import data as JSON".

Example: 

In[16]:= ServiceExecute["Twitter", "LastTweet", {"ScreenName" -> "stephen_wolfram"}] During evaluation of In[16]:= Import::fmterr: Cannot import data as JSON format. >> Out[16]= ServiceExecute["Twitter", "LastTweet", {"ScreenName" -> "stephen_wolfram"}]

I have tried ClearSystemCache[] but this has no impact. I am getting the valid token from Twitter and it is marked as an allowed App with read access.

If I use SocialMediaData[] it fails but returns numbers. Example: 

In[17]:= SocialMediaData["Twitter", "Followers"] // Short

Generates this: output showing numbers

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong, or how to diagnose/solve this?

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Further testing.

Restarting the client then ServiceExecute[] works. However SocialMediaData[] doesn't. Restarting the client and running SocialMediaData[] first fails but displays some names. Eg.

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Also I've noticed that ServiceExecute allows you to save your Auth key, but SocialMediaData doesn't.

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    $\begingroup$ It works for me. It might be something temporary for you, so try restarting MMA etc. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 31, 2014 at 18:55
  • $\begingroup$ Actually that fixes ServiceExecute, but SocialMediaData is still broken. :( $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 31, 2014 at 19:40
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    $\begingroup$ Maybe send a message as "product feedback" here and see what they have to say about intermittent problems. Perhaps there is an explanation you can report back. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 31, 2014 at 19:49
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    $\begingroup$ Done. Will see what they say. Thanks. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 31, 2014 at 19:52

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This is the temporary answer at this time.

I got a response from support and they have reproduced the issue and reported it to development. So it is under investigation.

Update: 14th Sept 2015. I've tested this on Mathematica 10.2 and it appears to work for the first option. You get a popup to authenticate with Twitter. You can have it remember connection.

For the other calls, it still seems to fail.

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  • $\begingroup$ Do you have any update for us? :) $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 15:34
  • $\begingroup$ @VividD Forgot all about this. Updated answer. $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 17:03

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