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    # authenticate against Identi.ca
    my $dentauth = Authen::Simple::Twitter->new(identica => 1);

    if ( $dentauth->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) {
        # successful Identi.ca authentication
    }

=head1 FUNCTIONS

=head2 new

This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are valid
particularly for this module:

=over

=item * identica

A boolean indicating whether or not to authenticate to Identi.ca instead
of Twitter.

=back

See L<Authen::Simple> for other common parameters which are also valid.


=head2 authenticate( $username, $password )

Returns true on success and false on failure.

=cut

sub check {
    my ( $self, $username, $password ) = @_;

    $self->net_twitter->credentials(
        $username, $password,
        $self->net_twitter->{apihost},
        $self->net_twitter->{apirealm}
    );

    if ( my $response = $self->net_twitter->verify_credentials() ) {

        $self->log->debug(qq/Successfully authenticated user '$username'./)
          if $self->log;

        return 1;
    }

    $self->log->debug(qq/Failed to authenticate user '$username'./)
      if $self->log;

    return 0;
}

sub init {
    my ( $self, $parameters ) = @_;

    my $initret = $self->SUPER::init($parameters);

    $self->net_twitter(
        Net::Twitter->new(
            {
                identica => $self->identica,

                clientname => 'Authen::Simple::Twitter',
                clientver  => $VERSION,
                clienturl  => 'http://github.com/mgrdcm/authen-simple-twitter'
            }
        )
    );

    return $initret;
}

=head1 AUTHOR

Dan Moore, C<< <dan at moore.cx> >>

=head1 BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to C<bug-authen-simple-twitter at rt.cpan.org>, or through
the web interface at L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Authen-Simple-Twitter>.  I will be notified, and then you'll
automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

=head1 SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Authen::Simple::Twitter


You can also look for information at:

=over 4

=item * Net::Authen::Twitter's github page

L<http://github.com/mgrdcm/authen-simple-twitter>

=item * RT: CPAN's request tracker

L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Authen-Simple-Twitter>

=item * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

L<http://annocpan.org/dist/Authen-Simple-Twitter>

=item * CPAN Ratings

L<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Authen-Simple-Twitter>

=item * Search CPAN

L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Authen-Simple-Twitter/>

=back