[twitter-dev] Re: Twitter4J getAuthorizationURL versus Authentication?

2009-08-02 Thread Coderanger
Not knowing anything about Twitter4J, but I believe normally once authorised you would have to persist/save the following values for re- use on signing any future requests. * access pin * access token * access token secret * consumer key * consumer secret The authorisation process only needs to b

[twitter-dev] OAuth Suggestions

2009-08-02 Thread Coderanger
I am looking into adding OAuth authentication to twitcher (http:// coderanger.com/twitcher), my twitter client, and have a couple of suggestions: 1. The authorisation page at twitter.com, isnt particularly clear as to the account being authorised. This could be an issue with users authorising mul

[twitter-dev] Re: follwers ids and friends ids

2009-08-02 Thread Robert Fishel
I'm pretty sure this is a verified bug with the number of followers not being exact but I can't seem to find the reference anywhere... -Bob On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Dan Kurszewski wrote: > > I am having problems with the followers ids and friends ids calls. > > reprosites has 6318 friend

[twitter-dev] Twitter4J getAuthorizationURL versus Authentication?

2009-08-02 Thread bosher
The Twitter4J code I've gotten to work forces the user to click “Allow” on the Twitter authorization page (An application would like to connect to your account), every time the code is run. Any ideas on how the flow can be changed so that anytime a user goes through the Authentication Process, if

[twitter-dev] follwers ids and friends ids

2009-08-02 Thread Dan Kurszewski
I am having problems with the followers ids and friends ids calls. reprosites has 6318 friends and 5960 followers. If I do a regular call with no paging I get the proper results. But if I page some wierd stuff happens. http://twitter.com/friends/ids/reprosites.xml?page=1 returns 5000 results l

[twitter-dev] Re: set the from [Application]

2009-08-02 Thread James Todd
set the "source" parameter. hth, - james On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Pek wrote: > > how do you set the from field when you tweet from the API. Right now > mine says from API. I'd like it to say from [My Application] > > I've set all the fields necessary from the apps settings

[twitter-dev] set the from [Application]

2009-08-02 Thread Pek
how do you set the from field when you tweet from the API. Right now mine says from API. I'd like it to say from [My Application] I've set all the fields necessary from the apps settings

[twitter-dev] Python Twitter library (Tango) renamed to Twython

2009-08-02 Thread Ryan McGrath
Hey, I figured it's worth dropping a note here about a name change of a Python library I wrote to wrap Twitter's API, as some people from this list took some interest in it when I first announced it. *shrug* The library (Tango) has been renamed to Twython, simply because I realized (and subseque

[twitter-dev] Re: Daylight savings

2009-08-02 Thread JDG
What do you mean? The time of a tweet? If so, you have the created_at parameter in the status object which is the UTC time of the tweet, and the user object within the status object lists the user's utc_offset. Using that, you're able to get the exact time of the tweet, relative of course to the us

[twitter-dev] Daylight savings

2009-08-02 Thread Matt
Is it possible to get a user's actual time including daylight savings? Matt

[twitter-dev] Re: Search is no longer indexing Portuguese (pt) tweets

2009-08-02 Thread caio ariede
OMG! Anyone from Twitter Team can reply this issue? What's wrong? What can I do? Help! Caio Ariede http://caioariede.com/ On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Vincent Nguyen wrote: > You're right! > Maybe it's twitter's bug then! > > > 2009/8/1 caio ariede >> >> But why this tweet: >> >> http

[twitter-dev] Re: Fun140 and Truetwit developers

2009-08-02 Thread Josh Roesslein
Agree that seems like a big hole for bot creators to get by the system. On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Caliban Darklock wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Andrew Badera wrote: > > > > TrueTwit is the most valuable, useful, awesome Twitter third-party app > I've > > seen in months. Maybe

[twitter-dev] Re: track syntax

2009-08-02 Thread Joel Strellner
Other than my username and password, this is an example that I know is working: $needle) { $keyword_needles[$i] = urlencode($needle); } $poststr = 'track=' . implode(',', $keyword_needles); $fp = fsockopen("stream.twitter.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 10); if (!$fp) { echo "$errstr ($errno)

[twitter-dev] Re: Submitting Actionscript OAuth Library

2009-08-02 Thread Coderanger
> You can email the links here or to a...@twitter.com Ok, my simple class is http://www.coderanger.com/twitcher/OAuth.zip with a sample FlexBuilder project at http://www.coderanger.com/twitcher/OAuthTwitterTest.zip. Comments welcome.

[twitter-dev] Re: 2 week advance notice: changes to /friends/ids and /followers/ids

2009-08-02 Thread janole
Hi Alex, > In two weeks, we'll be addressing this with a change in back-end > infrastructure. The "page" parameter will be replaced with a "cursor" does this mean the "page" parameter won't work anymore after the change? What's happening to those calls to the API still containing the "page=x" p

[twitter-dev] Pagination limit for REST API(3200)

2009-08-02 Thread dp
When the REST API limit for using count/page reaches 3200 for a particular user account, does it mean that that user account can never use count/page parameters any-more?? Does this limit reset?

[twitter-dev] Re: track syntax

2009-08-02 Thread Tom Fitzgerald
Joel, For some reason when I try your code I get a timeout error. Any suggestions? What you have is exactly what I'm looking for. It could really help me out a jam, thanks! On Jul 27, 4:02 pm, Joel Strellner wrote: > Here is a working example of how to do /track: > > $count = 1; > $startparsing

[twitter-dev] Re: Fun140 and Truetwit developers

2009-08-02 Thread Andrew Badera
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Caliban Darklock wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Andrew Badera wrote: > > > > TrueTwit is the most valuable, useful, awesome Twitter third-party app > I've > > seen in months. Maybe ever. > > I particularly love how all you have to do is see one TrueTwit

[twitter-dev] Re: Fun140 and Truetwit developers

2009-08-02 Thread Caliban Darklock
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Andrew Badera wrote: > > TrueTwit is the most valuable, useful, awesome Twitter third-party app I've > seen in months. Maybe ever. I particularly love how all you have to do is see one TrueTwit DM, go sign up for TrueTwit yourself, and stop getting those messages e

[twitter-dev] Re: Fun140 and Truetwit developers

2009-08-02 Thread Andrew Badera
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Aaron Brazell wrote: > I'm assuming whoever the developer is behind these two sites is also on > this list. There is a lot of concern among twiytter users about your apps > sending auto dms to people. It's perceived as abusive and spammy and I > agree. After gettin

[twitter-dev] Re: Replying to direct messages

2009-08-02 Thread Abraham Williams
Direct messages have no concept of threading and in_reply_to_status_id will be ignored. To send a DM use direct_messages/new. Abraham On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 13:35, Duane Roelands wrote: > > The direct_messages/new request does not accept any sort of "in-reply- > to" parameter. Am I correct in a

[twitter-dev] Re: Fun140 and Truetwit developers

2009-08-02 Thread Aaron Brazell
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Dean Collins wrote: > > I don't get why people are so uptight about direct messages. > > If you aren't getting value from following someone...or having someone > following you - then unsubscribe. > > FFS the only issue is for people who want to inflate their number

[twitter-dev] Re: Fun140 and Truetwit developers

2009-08-02 Thread Aaron Brazell
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Dossy Shiobara wrote: > You opt out by unfollowing whomever DM's you. Didn't we have this exact > discussion on this very list no more than 3 months ago? > If it was just me, then I would. Sometimes the people are people I want to follow or are friends that have

[twitter-dev] Re: Fun140 and Truetwit developers

2009-08-02 Thread Dean Collins
I don't get why people are so uptight about direct messages. If you aren't getting value from following someone...or having someone following you - then unsubscribe. FFS the only issue is for people who want to inflate their numbers by having a 'huge' following number. Regards, Dean Coll

[twitter-dev] Re: Fun140 and Truetwit developers

2009-08-02 Thread Dossy Shiobara
On 8/2/09 10:47 AM, Aaron Brazell wrote: I've asked Twitter to look into your apps, but I'm also making a personal plea to figure out another way of doing this and allowing people to opt out of messages from your apps. Or better yet, opt in. You opt out by unfollowing whomever DM's you. Didn'

[twitter-dev] Replying to direct messages

2009-08-02 Thread Duane Roelands
The direct_messages/new request does not accept any sort of "in-reply- to" parameter. Am I correct in assuming that a reply to a direct message is sent as a normal status update via statuses/update (with in_reply_to_status_id set and the username in the text). Does Twitter know that in_reply_to_

[twitter-dev] Re: Fun140 and Truetwit developers

2009-08-02 Thread Kevin Mesiab
While I laud them for what is obviously a successful campaign, this is getting a little ridiculous... http://screencast.com/t/XB7jPjnBWlr On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Jesse Stay wrote: > Agreed. These things have to stop. > > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Dale Merritt wrote: > >> I th

[twitter-dev] Re: Fun140 and Truetwit developers

2009-08-02 Thread Jesse Stay
Agreed. These things have to stop. On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Dale Merritt wrote: > I think that should be standard. Opt in only (put in Twitter TOS) > > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Aaron Brazell wrote: > >> I'm assuming whoever the developer is behind these two sites is also on >>

[twitter-dev] Re: Newbie Question about signing requests

2009-08-02 Thread JDG
http://oauth.net/core/1.0/#signing_process On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 17:16, CB wrote: > > I am testing the Twitter API for a Firefox extension I am writing, and > trying out the OAuth flow for desktop clients, as described on > http://twitterapi.pbworks.com/Authentication. > > I get stuck in the ve

[twitter-dev] Re: Fun140 and Truetwit developers

2009-08-02 Thread Dale Merritt
I think that should be standard. Opt in only (put in Twitter TOS) On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Aaron Brazell wrote: > I'm assuming whoever the developer is behind these two sites is also on > this list. There is a lot of concern among twiytter users about your apps > sending auto dms to peop

[twitter-dev] Fun140 and Truetwit developers

2009-08-02 Thread Aaron Brazell
I'm assuming whoever the developer is behind these two sites is also on this list. There is a lot of concern among twiytter users about your apps sending auto dms to people. It's perceived as abusive and spammy and I agree. After getting a "tweaked toucan" in my DM inbox, I wonder why I have to put

[twitter-dev] Re: Submitting Actionscript OAuth Library

2009-08-02 Thread Abraham Williams
You can email the links here or to a...@twitter.com Abraham On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 06:34, Duane Roelands wrote: > > This is a good question. I'd like to submit the TwitterOAuth library > I use for .NET, as well. > > On Aug 2, 4:15 am, Coderanger wrote: > > I have created an Actionscript class

[twitter-dev] Re: Showing Twitter profile information on OAuth sites - rate limit problem

2009-08-02 Thread Duane Roelands
Caching the data seems like the right solution. Profile ins't the sort of stuff that changes daily. I would think you could update an individual profile daily (or less). On Aug 1, 7:14 pm, Scott Aikin wrote: > I've got an OAuth site that lets people register through Twitter to > create a profi

[twitter-dev] Re: Submitting Actionscript OAuth Library

2009-08-02 Thread Duane Roelands
This is a good question. I'd like to submit the TwitterOAuth library I use for .NET, as well. On Aug 2, 4:15 am, Coderanger wrote: > I have created an Actionscript class and examples for using OAuth in > Flex/Air. How do I go about adding this to the OAuth examples page for > others to use?

[twitter-dev] Submitting Actionscript OAuth Library

2009-08-02 Thread Coderanger
I have created an Actionscript class and examples for using OAuth in Flex/Air. How do I go about adding this to the OAuth examples page for others to use?