JavaSnap provides a simple Java interface to the Snapchat API, which has been unofficially documented. It could be used to do the following, and more:
- Download Snaps to your computer or Android device.
- Send a local File as a Snap to your friends.
Build a jar with Maven using:
mvn clean compile assembly:assembly
Run the jar in target/ with:
java -jar target/JavaSnap-1.1-SNAPSHOT-withDependency-ShadedForAndroid.jar
It should look something like this:
samuelsternsmbp:JavaSnap samstern$ java -jar target/JavaSnap-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar
Snapchat username:
YOUR_USERNAME
Snapchat password:
YOUR_PASSWORD
Logging in...
<options, etc>
You can either send a local jpg file to a friend as a Snap, or download all of your unviewed image snaps to the local directory as jpg files using the presented options.
JSONObject loginObj = Snapchat.login(username, password);
String authToken = loginObj.getString(Snapchat.AUTH_TOKEN_KEY);
Note: Keep track of the loginObj and authToken, you will need them as arguments to other methods.
A list of your Snapchat friends is returned in the loginObj from the login() method. You can use the following code to extract them as Java objects containing the friends' Snapchat usernames and real names (as you have assigned them):
Friend[] friends = Snapchat.getFriends(loginObj);
The JSONObject returned after login contains all of the metadata for your Snaps. The following code will extract it into Snap objects.
Snap[] snaps = Snapchat.getSnaps(loginObj);
A separate API call will be needed to download each Snap. The getSnaps() method will return some Snaps that are not available to download, such as already-viewed Snaps or snaps that don't contain media (such as friend requests). A Snap can be downloaded if snap.isIncoming() == true, snap.isMedia() == true, and snap.isViewed() == false.
To get a list of only such snaps, you can pass the Snap[] to method Snapchat.filterDownloadable(Snap[] snaps).
Once you have determined a Snap candidate for downloading using the methods above, the following code will fetch the actual media and save it to a file:
byte[] snapBytes = Snapchat.getSnap(snap, username, authToken);
File snapFile = new File(...);
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(snapFile);
snapOs.write(snapBytes);
snapOs.close();
Sending a Snap consists of two steps: uploading and sending. When you upload a Snap, you provide a unique identifier called media_id which you will use when sending the snap to its eventual recipients.
The following code demonstrates uploading a File as a Snap:
File file = new File(...);
String mediaId = Snapchat.upload(file, username, authToken);
If that succeeds, use the following code to send it:
List<String> recipiends = new ArrayList<String>();
recipients.add("somebody");
recipients.add("somebodyElse123");
int viewTime = 10; //seconds
boolean myStory = false; // add to story, or not
boolean result = Snapchat.send(mediaId, recipients, myStory, viewTime, username, authToken);
- This code is based on the Gibson Security guide to the Snapchat API here.