Re: [twitter-dev] how to get twitter user's email address

2010-12-20 Thread Marco Kaiser
you can't, and that's by design for privacy reasons. On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Zhou Tong wrote: > I don't find any api can get friends email address. > it's very important to my application. > help me ,thanks > > -- > Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/d

Re: [twitter-dev] I'm sure you guys know this, but ...

2010-06-15 Thread Marco Kaiser
I would question the "fully recovered" if I look at the still unrealistic values returned for number of tweets per user... On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Taylor Singletary < taylorsinglet...@twitter.com> wrote: > Twitter had quite a night. > http://status.twitter.com/post/699623494/site-availab

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: countdown to OAuth / basic auth removal / OAuthcalypse

2010-04-25 Thread Marco Kaiser
Did you whitelist your app for xAuth? On Apr 25, 2010 1:22 PM, "Craig Hockenberry" wrote: Hi Raffi! Is there a delay/verification after a new app is created? I just created a new app and am seeing problems getting the OAuth token with a xAuth HTTP request that looks like this: xAuth consumer k

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Twitter buying Tweetie

2010-04-10 Thread Marco Kaiser
There are more colors (or shades of grey) in my world than just black and white... On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Dewald Pretorius wrote: > If you're an entrpreneur with strong ethical standards, then never > ever accept investment capital. > > Investors could not give a shit about your ethica

Re: [twitter-dev] Introduce yourself!

2010-02-20 Thread Marco Kaiser
I'm Marco Kaiser (@marco), started playing with the API in Summer 2007 and developed AIR-based twhirl back then. It was acquired by Seesmic almost two years ago now, and I joined the company, too. Did a couple more Twitter desktop apps since then... :) I am based in Germany, and I also act

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Search API: new HTTP response code 420 for rate limiting starting 1/18/2010

2009-12-22 Thread Marco Kaiser
yeah, doesn't make much sense to have two different codes indicating that the limit is exceeded... 2009/12/23 DustyReagan > Will you be changing the REST API error code to match the Search API? > RE: 420 = rate limit exceeded. > > On Dec 22, 4:44 pm, Wilhelm Bierbaum wrote: > > We're changing t

Re: [twitter-dev] Retweet API methods returning 404

2009-12-17 Thread Marco Kaiser
okay - just noticed that they work on my whitelisted account, but not on a regular account. so yeah - looks as if RTs are down right now in general. Marco 2009/12/17 Marco Kaiser > They are working for me, both on the API and the website - are they back > for you, too? Or are just some

Re: [twitter-dev] Retweet API methods returning 404

2009-12-17 Thread Marco Kaiser
They are working for me, both on the API and the website - are they back for you, too? Or are just some users affected? Marco 2009/12/17 Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> > Retweets are disabled on twitter.com. I don't see any status message > announcing it though. > > Abraham > > > On Thu, D

[twitter-dev] Re: Lists API

2009-11-02 Thread Marco Kaiser
thank you :) 2009/11/2 Marcel Molina > > You may (until further notice) ;-) > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:12 AM, wrote: > > > > Can I translate that into 'the current URL to get a list using the slug > will not be deprecated'? > > > > Marco > > > > > > -Original Me

[twitter-dev] Re: user+password

2009-10-30 Thread Marco Kaiser
As lists are available to 100% of users now, any unprotected (i.e., non-private) list resource doesn't seem to require auth anymore. Marco 2009/10/30 Abava > > and how to read list memebers (just id's) without credential? > How to read list names for the particularly user without credential? >

[twitter-dev] Re: Lists Prediction - So Set Rules And Prepare For It Now

2009-10-30 Thread Marco Kaiser
Whom are you addressing - twitter or devs? or both? Marco 2009/10/30 Dewald Pretorius > > Just like the number of followers on Twitter has become a status > symbol and a commodity, the number of lists you are on is also going > to become a status symbol and commodity. > > You can expect service

[twitter-dev] Re: Find username/screenname through email addresses

2009-10-27 Thread Marco Kaiser
No Marco 2009/10/27 dhaval > > Hey all > > Is it possible to find the screen name of a twitter user from an email > address? > > Say suppose an email address is a...@abc.com then what is the > corresponding screen name of the user with that email id if there > exists a registered user with that

[twitter-dev] Re: Checking if a user exists by email

2009-10-20 Thread Marco Kaiser
No one accused you to be a spammer, and there are definitely very useful scenarios for such a functionality. But, and that's the key point, there a many many more scenarios in which it could be abused by spammers... Marco 2009/10/20 HAR Devel > > I can see how this might look like a spammer's re

[twitter-dev] Re: Nero 9 - FULL Version - [Precracked] 51MB ONLY!

2009-10-19 Thread Marco Kaiser
you probably wouldn't believe how much spam we delete before it actually hits the list... 2009/10/19 Dave Briccetti > > Google group admins can actually DELETE spam, too, which would be > nice. >

[twitter-dev] Re: Download Avira 2010 an key 2014

2009-10-15 Thread Marco Kaiser
ah - now I understand what you mean: set him as moderated in the members list. A bit funny to do that with the group owner... but yeah, maybe. 2009/10/15 Marco Kaiser > sure, that removes them from the archive. but the messages are still sent > out to the subscribers... > > Marco &g

[twitter-dev] Re: Download Avira 2010 an key 2014

2009-10-15 Thread Marco Kaiser
sure, that removes them from the archive. but the messages are still sent out to the subscribers... Marco 2009/10/15 Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> > We are just going to have to moderate his messages like mine currently are. > > Abraham > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 a

[twitter-dev] Re: Download Avira 2010 an key 2014

2009-10-15 Thread Marco Kaiser
uhm... should I ban @al3x now from the group?! seriously - what's up with Google Groups? Marco 2009/10/15 Avira > Download Avira 2010 an key 2014 > > http://bit.ly/2dWFN5 > > http://bit.ly/2dWFN5 > > Download Avira 2010 an key 2014 >

[twitter-dev] Re: Updates to the retweet API payload

2009-10-07 Thread Marco Kaiser
tus node separated... then we > can procede as we do now with the rest... and if necessary use the > retweeted_status as well. > > Hope that makes sense > I agree that keeping it as user also makes good object sense... but > then the retweeted_status is not 'status&#x

[twitter-dev] Re: U.S.Senator Orrin Hatch's Request To Follow Me!

2009-10-06 Thread Marco Kaiser
http://help.twitter.com is your friend 2009/10/6 Taz > > I click on the friend request link from my e-mail to go into twitter > and accept it and it says no follow request at this time and I have > not accepted or denied the senator's follow request.What do I do to > accept it? >

[twitter-dev] Re: Updates to the retweet API payload

2009-10-06 Thread Marco Kaiser
No, please don't change that to retweeted_user ... the data structure included as the retweeted status is a status, and that data structure has a user property. That's a very clear object model, and should map very well to JSON, as it's nested, not at the same level as the main user the retweet is

[twitter-dev] Re: Updates to the retweet API payload

2009-10-01 Thread Marco Kaiser
Hi, first of all, let me say that I think this change to the relation between the retweet and the retweeted status makes much sense - it feels much more natural to see it as "user A retweets user B" instead of "user B retweeted by user A", especially if you don't follow B. A couple of questions i

[twitter-dev] posting status updates returns error

2009-09-26 Thread Marco Kaiser
Hi, we've received reports from users that posting a status update returns an error 403 and a message saying that Client must provide *a* 'status' *parameter* *with* *a* *value* A quick search on this shows that not just our clients, but others are affected, too (e.g., people were reporting it f

[twitter-dev] Re: Draft: Twitter Rules for API Use

2009-09-11 Thread Marco Kaiser
ment-talk@googlegroups.com [mailto: > twitter-development-t...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Marco Kaiser > *Sent:* Friday, September 11, 2009 10:43 AM > *To:* twitter-development-talk@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [twitter-dev] Re: Draft: Twitter Rules for API Use > > > >

[twitter-dev] Re: Draft: Twitter Rules for API Use

2009-09-11 Thread Marco Kaiser
2009/9/11 Dean Collins > Yep, this *"we can blacklist an app for any other reason as we deem > fit," *stuff is fine but don’t expect other 3rd party developers to play > along. > > I’ve been trying to get an “exact number of people you can delete from a > following” in 24 hours without risking

[twitter-dev] Re: Search API Results Mismatches

2009-08-20 Thread Marco Kaiser
Hi Chad, we are getting reports from the users of our desktop clients, so the user agent will either contain "twhirl" or "Seesmic Desktop". We'll try to get the queries used from our users, but unfortunately, we'll not be able to provide any of the other information, as it all happens on users' co

[twitter-dev] Search API sometimes returning random tweets mixed in?

2009-08-20 Thread Marco Kaiser
Hi, we are receiving an increasing number of reports from users about search results containing tweets that don't match the search query. It doesn't seem to be reproducable, i.e. a later request for the same query does not contain the false results. We've also seen from user reports on twitter that

[twitter-dev] Re: Twitter Update, 8/9 noon PST

2009-08-10 Thread Marco Kaiser
most likely because you subscribed to the group you can go to http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/ to manage your subscription status Marco 2009/8/10 timothy willan > Hello Ryan I'm timothy not surwe why I'm receiving all twitter Development > emails, let me know Thanks > >

[twitter-dev] Re: DDoS Status Update

2009-08-07 Thread Marco Kaiser
I'm sure they would let you know first... Get real. Sent from my iPhone On 07.08.2009, at 21:02, Jesse Stay wrote: Thanks for the communication - this is good. Just curious - with entire businesses being put out of place, and rumors that the Russian Gov't may be behind such attacks, is T

[twitter-dev] Re: Updating the APIs authentication limiting policy

2009-07-24 Thread Marco Kaiser
I think Dewald's concern is very valid - and even though OAuth might solve it, the reality is that most (if not all) desktop and mobile apps are using Basic Auth today for various reasons, so if you implement this policy as described, there's a pretty high risk that many users can be locked out of

[twitter-dev] Re: last inserted ID

2009-06-22 Thread Marco Kaiser
Not sure if I miss your question, but the response body for a successful status update returns a full status object, including the new ID. Hope this helps, Marco 2009/6/23 Peter Denton > Hello, > Is there any chance in the future a http 200 response from a status update > could return the newly

[twitter-dev] Re: airline accident case study

2009-06-19 Thread Marco Kaiser
but well, this thread allowed him to tell us how great his website is in finding trending topics... and, of course, link it. 2009/6/20 Andrew Badera > Just because something's a trending news topic, doesn't guarantee, or > necessarily even imply, that it's a trending topic of conversation ... >

[twitter-dev] Re: whitelist site -- horror story

2009-06-19 Thread Marco Kaiser
looking at the demo page you created, it seems you are accessing the search API. That's not part of the usual Twitter API limits, so it won't affect any rate limit you have (whitelisted or not) for Twitter. I'll leave any comments about rate limitations for search API to Doug and Matt, though... S

[twitter-dev] Re: Search API to require HTTP Referrer and/or User Agent

2009-06-17 Thread Marco Kaiser
re abusing the system and not > including this required information. > > Thanks, > Doug > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:32 AM, Marco Kaiser wrote: > >> Doug, >> >> citing from your original mail: >> >> "Any request not i

[twitter-dev] Re: Search API to require HTTP Referrer and/or User Agent

2009-06-17 Thread Marco Kaiser
; however be subject to programmatic enforcement of this policy. Additionally, > we reserve the right to add hosts to this if we find that a host is being > used to exploit our service. This is to protect the service against abuse > which often comes from shared hosts such as these. > > Thanks,

[twitter-dev] Re: Search API to require HTTP Referrer and/or User Agent

2009-06-16 Thread Marco Kaiser
request query >> string? That will make it through proxies and firewalls, and is just >> as easily spoofed as HTTP-Referrer and User-Agents... >> >> -Chad >> >> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Marco Kaiser >> wrote: >> > Matt, >> > >>

[twitter-dev] Re: Search API to require HTTP Referrer and/or User Agent

2009-06-16 Thread Marco Kaiser
Matt, far from getting into RFC debates, but really concerned for the non-server apps out there, which may not have full control over the network infrastructure they run on. If I set up my own server(s) at a data center, I sure can take care of sending you the right referrer and user-agent, but un

[twitter-dev] Re: Search API to require HTTP Referrer and/or User Agent

2009-06-16 Thread Marco Kaiser
I agree with Stuart, this might be tricky for client applications that are running behind firewalls / proxies that might remove both header fields, and neither the app author nor the user might have any control over this. Finally, that means you'll lock out those people from using search in their p

[twitter-dev] Re: Twitpocalypse Announcement - 21:00 GMT

2009-06-12 Thread Marco Kaiser
as the target time has passed about 25 minutes ago... when can we expect it to happen now? Thanks, Marco 2009/6/12 briantroy > > Matt - > > Are we still on for 2pm Pacific? That is roughly 40 minutes out from > right now. > > Please confirm for us we are still on (cause if we aren't I want to go

[twitter-dev] Re: New Public Streaming API Resource - Follow

2009-05-14 Thread Marco Kaiser
to use OAuth instead), so I was wondering how this new API fits into that. Anyway, thanks for your answers, and I am well aware that this is an alpha test and subject to change anyway. Marco > -John > > > On May 14, 2:56 am, Marco Kaiser wrote: > > 2009/5/13 John Kalucki &

[twitter-dev] Re: New Public Streaming API Resource - Follow

2009-05-14 Thread Marco Kaiser
reaming. Should the password be > compromised, there's only a denial of service risk and no further > risk. > Again, this doesn't help much in the context of desktop app use, as it would have to use it's authenticated user's credentials. Clients just shouldn't sen

[twitter-dev] Re: New Public Streaming API Resource - Follow

2009-05-13 Thread Marco Kaiser
John, this looks pretty interesting! Two questions: 1) you are requiring to send a username and password for Basic Auth - how does that map to apps / services using OAuth, as they won't have access to a user's passwords? (and related, how does this fit into your general roadmap to move everythin

[twitter-dev] Re: API Changes for April 1, 2009

2009-04-21 Thread Marco Kaiser
dates > when that issue is updated. > Thanks; > — Matt Sanford > > [1] - http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=474 > > On Apr 21, 2009, at 04:22 AM, Marco Kaiser wrote: > > Doug? Anyone? > > Thanks, > Marco > > 2009/4/9 Marco Kaiser >

[twitter-dev] Re: API Changes for April 1, 2009

2009-04-21 Thread Marco Kaiser
Doug? Anyone? Thanks, Marco 2009/4/9 Marco Kaiser > I recognize an odd behavior for the "following" property of embedded user > object in the friends timeline (XML format). As I understand from the API > docs, "following" should indicate whether the authentic

[twitter-dev] Re: sending DM to all followers?

2009-04-17 Thread Marco Kaiser
2009/4/17 Nicole Simon > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Jesse Stay wrote: > > >> How do I switch off receiving DMs? I get DMs no matter what. I can turn >> off notifications, but not DMs. >> > > Twitter really has not a lot of options. If you do not know how to do that, > you obviously neve

[twitter-dev] Re: API Changes for April 1, 2009

2009-04-09 Thread Marco Kaiser
I recognize an odd behavior for the "following" property of embedded user object in the friends timeline (XML format). As I understand from the API docs, "following" should indicate whether the authenticating user is following the returned user. Obviously, all tweets returned on the /statuses/frie

[twitter-dev] Re: Deprecation of source parameter registration

2009-04-09 Thread Marco Kaiser
Why are you deprecating a very important feature for the basic auth method while your OAuth support is still in beta? The last official statement I read about Twitter and OAuth was that it went public, but is still considered beta. Also, if I did not miss an announcement, you were not yet encourag

[twitter-dev] Re: Introducing Doug Williams, Twitter API Support

2009-03-09 Thread Marco Kaiser
Congrats Doug! 2009/3/10 Chad Etzel > > Congrats, Doug! Glad I can finally say that and not spill the beans. > We'll miss you on the East Coast; don't be a stranger! > -Chad > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Cameron Kaiser > wrote: > > > >> Give Doug a warm welcome! > > > > Congratulations, D