Twitter authentication without authorization

Question

I wish to get the tweeter usename of a visitor to my site.

I do not wish to post statuses or access any other information.

I'd be happy to use OAuth, possibly with a 'Sign in with Twitter' button, but this then takes the user to a page which requests authorization for the application, that I wish to avoid.

Is there a way to get the username without authorization?

Thanks,

Daniel

Answer 1

You can just have a text field with popup, like submit your twitter user name here. That will serve your purpose, You can use that name and can read all public tweets made by him.