[twitter-dev] Re: converting existing users to OAuth
I would guess that there won't be a form to take CSV files but perhaps there will be a temporary API method that jus returns access tokens. The CSV file would have to include the users passwords to verify that the submitter actually had permission to edit their profiles. Probably not a good idea to have CSV files with loads of Twitter username:passwords hanging around. It is a little bit more work but you already have the basic auth code and you will have to write the OAuth code. Might as well have them running in parallel with an if check to see if they have set up OAuth yet. Abraham On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 15:23, Ivan wrote: > > I apologize if this has already been addressed. > > Is there an automated way to convert a set of twitter users in a 3rd > party application (i.e. usernames and passwords), into usable OAuth > credentials? > > If not, this makes the transition difficult, both because additional > user action is required and app logic needs to include provisions for > different kinds of twitter accounts. That's translates to lots of > friction for the whole twitter developer userbase. > > I'd be fine with a one-off mechanism that isn't open to an API but > involves submitting a CSV file or something like it to a form. > > Thanks, > Ivan > http://tipjoy.com > -- Abraham Williams | http://the.hackerconundrum.com Web608 | Community Evangelist | http://web608.org This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private. Sent from: Madison Wisconsin United States.
[twitter-dev] Re: Hot to identify mutual friends
You need two API calls, I believe: http://twitter.com/friendships/exists.xml?user_a=SALLY&user_b=JOE http://twitter.com/friendships/exists.xml?user_a=JOE&user_b=SALLY To see if Sally follows Joe and Joe follows Sally. My example of how to do this with curl and XML is here (commandline Unix script, use the -v flag to show mutual relationship between two Twitter users): http://twitreport.tntluoma.com/doesfollow.sh
[twitter-dev] Hot to identify mutual friends
Hi, What is the most efficient way to identify a mutual friendship? Does the 'exist' method show this? thanks Dominic.
[twitter-dev] Re: unauthenticated way to fetch profiles by ID?
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Alex wrote: > The only way I can think of offhand to fetch the profile is via the > users/show call, i.e. > http://twitter.com/users/show.xml?user_id=12345 > > Is there an easier way to do this? Ideally a way that does not > require user authentication? That doesn't require user authentication, but it is rate limited by IP. > Alternatively, would you consider adding an option for the social > graph calls to return actual usernames instead of the user_id? It's been requested but they can't do it without killing performance. See http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=265 > I forgot that we could just fetch their profile via HTTP GET such as: > http://twitter.com/users/show/12667242.xml > > Do queries such as this count towards the max limit per IP per hour? Yes. In general, GET requests do count, but POSTs do not. You can also apply for whitelisting here by describing to Twitter what your app does: http://twitter.com/help/request_whitelisting -damon -- http://twitter.com/damon
[twitter-dev] converting existing users to OAuth
I apologize if this has already been addressed. Is there an automated way to convert a set of twitter users in a 3rd party application (i.e. usernames and passwords), into usable OAuth credentials? If not, this makes the transition difficult, both because additional user action is required and app logic needs to include provisions for different kinds of twitter accounts. That's translates to lots of friction for the whole twitter developer userbase. I'd be fine with a one-off mechanism that isn't open to an API but involves submitting a CSV file or something like it to a form. Thanks, Ivan http://tipjoy.com
[twitter-dev] sending credentials from one third party app to another
Hi, The current username/password basic auth system for the Twitter API makes it easy to transfer credentials between third party applications. For example, any mobile or desktop client can use TwitPic's API using the username/password they store. This makes it so apps can leverage eachother, and is a very good thing. In my understanding, oauth access tokens don't commute, because the oauth_consumer_key & oauth_consumer_secret are required and shouldn't be shared. How can 3rd party apps play nice with each other with OAuth based authentication? This is an issue for Tipjoy. You can see a growing set of tools for twitter app developers to use us for payments here: http://tipjoy.com/api They won't work well without sharing authorization. I don't have a good solution for this, and would love to hear what ideas people have. Best, Ivan http://tipjoy.com
[twitter-dev] php-twitter wrapper class
Hey folks- It's been a *very* long time since I updated the php twitter class ( http://code.google.com/p/php-twitter/). The latest beta of version 1.1 of the class is available but it needs testing. It's been updated with almost all of the stuff that Twitter has put out since August of last year but it needs some thorough testing. If anyone wants to develop with it and pass back: 1) Bugs 2) Patches 3) Both The class does not include OAuth API as I am not on the testing list, but I do want to make v1.1 stable before OAuth is in the wild. Would very much appreciate your help if you are building PHP based Twitter apps. :) Thanks -- Aaron Brazell web:: www.technosailor.com phone:: 410-608-6620 skype:: technosailor twitter:: @technosailor
[twitter-dev] Re: Passing curl to XML
Hi,
I am really new to all of this. I got the greatbundi's code to work
and also another code. What I am not understanding is why it does not
display other informormation. For instance, for me at least, this
code does not tell me what friend's update I am reading. It only
shows the text and for the life of me I can not figure out why!
A brief explanation would be appreciated. Thank you.
On Jan 7, 8:29 pm, "thegreatbund...@gmail.com"
wrote:
> Worked perfectly, thanks Chad!
>
> I'm sure I'll have another problem soon, but for now I'm rolling.
> Thanks again! :D
>
> On Jan 7, 8:05 pm, "Chad Etzel" wrote:
>
> > I think the XML parser will choke on the headers that are being
> > returned from your curl_exec.
>
> > Try setting this instead:
> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
>
> > You'll also want to set this:
> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
>
> > so that the XML is actually stored in $str when curl_exec returns;
>
> > Try that out,
> > -Chad
>
> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:29 PM, thegreatbund...@gmail.com
>
> > wrote:
>
> > > Hello everyone,
> > > I'm working on my first Twitter-related project and am very excited to
> > > be doing so.
>
> > > What I'm trying to do is create a site that lists my
> > > "friends_timeline." With that account, I'm following a group of
> > > individuals in a particular industry.
>
> > > Right now, I've been able to use curl to display the raw XML. Now I'm
> > > struggling to display that data the way I need to.
>
> > > Here's what I have written.
>
> > >
> > > > > // set user/pswd
> > > $username = '123';
> > > $password = 'abc';
>
> > > // create a new curl resource
> > > $ch = curl_init();
>
> > > // set URL and options
> > > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://twitter.com/statuses/
> > > friends_timeline/ACCOUNT+NAME.xml");
> > > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
> > > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username:$password");
>
> > > // execute and pass to browser
> > > $str = curl_exec($ch);
>
> > > // close curl resource
> > > curl_close($ch);
>
> > > $xml = simplexml_load_string ($str);
> > > foreach ($xml->status as $status) {
> > >print $status->text . "\n";
> > > }
>
> > > ?>
>
> > > Again, this outputs the last 20 entries in "friends_outline" as XML
> > > just fine, but fails at the array. The following appears immediately
> > > afterward.
>
> > >
> > > Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]:
> > > Entity: line 1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found in /
> > > projects/tweets/test/curltest.php on line 20
>
> > > Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]: 1
> > > in /projects/tweets/test/curltest.php on line 20
>
> > > Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]: ^
> > > in /projects/tweets/test/curltest.php on line 20
>
> > > Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /projects/tweets/
> > > test/curltest.php on line 21
>
> > > I only have rudimentary PHP skills, but I'm a fairly quick study. Any
> > > advice is appreciated!
>
> > > Thanks in advance for the help!
>
> > > --Alex
[twitter-dev] Re: Passing curl to XML
NEVER MIND! I finally pulled my head out and figured it out.
I am real new to all of this so thank you.
Although I have should have posted something a lot sooner, because as
usual right after I post a question I figure it out.
Mike
On Jan 7, 8:29 pm, "thegreatbund...@gmail.com"
wrote:
> Worked perfectly, thanks Chad!
>
> I'm sure I'll have another problem soon, but for now I'm rolling.
> Thanks again! :D
>
> On Jan 7, 8:05 pm, "Chad Etzel" wrote:
>
> > I think the XML parser will choke on the headers that are being
> > returned from your curl_exec.
>
> > Try setting this instead:
> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
>
> > You'll also want to set this:
> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
>
> > so that the XML is actually stored in $str when curl_exec returns;
>
> > Try that out,
> > -Chad
>
> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:29 PM, thegreatbund...@gmail.com
>
> > wrote:
>
> > > Hello everyone,
> > > I'm working on my first Twitter-related project and am very excited to
> > > be doing so.
>
> > > What I'm trying to do is create a site that lists my
> > > "friends_timeline." With that account, I'm following a group of
> > > individuals in a particular industry.
>
> > > Right now, I've been able to use curl to display the raw XML. Now I'm
> > > struggling to display that data the way I need to.
>
> > > Here's what I have written.
>
> > >
> > > > > // set user/pswd
> > > $username = '123';
> > > $password = 'abc';
>
> > > // create a new curl resource
> > > $ch = curl_init();
>
> > > // set URL and options
> > > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://twitter.com/statuses/
> > > friends_timeline/ACCOUNT+NAME.xml");
> > > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
> > > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username:$password");
>
> > > // execute and pass to browser
> > > $str = curl_exec($ch);
>
> > > // close curl resource
> > > curl_close($ch);
>
> > > $xml = simplexml_load_string ($str);
> > > foreach ($xml->status as $status) {
> > >print $status->text . "\n";
> > > }
>
> > > ?>
>
> > > Again, this outputs the last 20 entries in "friends_outline" as XML
> > > just fine, but fails at the array. The following appears immediately
> > > afterward.
>
> > >
> > > Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]:
> > > Entity: line 1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found in /
> > > projects/tweets/test/curltest.php on line 20
>
> > > Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]: 1
> > > in /projects/tweets/test/curltest.php on line 20
>
> > > Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]: ^
> > > in /projects/tweets/test/curltest.php on line 20
>
> > > Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /projects/tweets/
> > > test/curltest.php on line 21
>
> > > I only have rudimentary PHP skills, but I'm a fairly quick study. Any
> > > advice is appreciated!
>
> > > Thanks in advance for the help!
>
> > > --Alex
[twitter-dev] Re: Freelance Twitter API Dev directory?
One more: Twitter Username: @lucasaraujo URL: http://code.google.com/p/friendfeed-as3/ URL: http://code.google.com/p/hellotxt-as3/ URL: http://code.google.com/p/migreme-as3/ Email: araujo.lu...@gmail.com Technology: PHP, AS3 Lucas Araujo, http://twitter.com/lucasaraujo
[twitter-dev] Total # of items of a search result
Is there any simple way to return, via an API call, the total # of hits for a hashtag search? -- G. Frydman
[twitter-dev] Re: unauthenticated way to fetch profiles by ID?
I forgot that we could just fetch their profile via HTTP GET such as: http://twitter.com/users/show/12667242.xml Do queries such as this count towards the max limit per IP per hour? Thanks. On Feb 28, 9:50 am, Alex wrote: > I'm really liking the new social graph API calls and looking at > options for implementing new features in our app based on them. > > The problem is that they return profiles by ID number and not any > other useful info, such as their actual username. > > The only way I can think of offhand to fetch the profile is via the > users/show call, i.e.http://twitter.com/users/show.xml?user_id=12345 > > Is there an easier way to do this? Ideally a way that does not > require user authentication? > > Alternatively, would you consider adding an option for the social > graph calls to return actual usernames instead of the user_id? > > Thanks!
[twitter-dev] unauthenticated way to fetch profiles by ID?
I'm really liking the new social graph API calls and looking at options for implementing new features in our app based on them. The problem is that they return profiles by ID number and not any other useful info, such as their actual username. The only way I can think of offhand to fetch the profile is via the users/show call, i.e. http://twitter.com/users/show.xml?user_id=12345 Is there an easier way to do this? Ideally a way that does not require user authentication? Alternatively, would you consider adding an option for the social graph calls to return actual usernames instead of the user_id? Thanks!
[twitter-dev] since_id functionality for friends timeline changed?
Hello, My Twitter client has been using the since_id parameter in friends timeline to get all the tweets that have been sent since that time. It used to work as expected until today, when I noticed that it only gets the last 20, irrespective of the actual number of tweets that have been sent in between. Has there been a change? My apologies, if this has already been asked. Nick Nick Toumpelis email: n...@toumpelis.me.uk twitter: macsphere
