[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-27 Thread Adam
Does anyone have working code on how an unattended request from an app would work? -Adam On Mar 10, 11:25 am, Cameron Kaiser wrote: > > > The real trick was what to do with keys in an open source app, but > > > fortunately the key issue is already solved because Twitter is presumably > > > not

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-10 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> > The real trick was what to do with keys in an open source app, but > > fortunately the key issue is already solved because Twitter is presumably > > not relying on oauth_consumer_key to unambiguously or securely identify > > consumer clients, > > But then how could Twitter revoke access for a

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-10 Thread Chad Etzel
> The real trick was what to do with keys in an open source app, but fortunately > the key issue is already solved because Twitter is presumably not relying on > oauth_consumer_key to unambiguously or securely identify consumer clients, But then how could Twitter revoke access for a rogue app? I

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-10 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> The OAuth request token is then saved to disk and now TTYtter can run s/request/access/ -- personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- "I'd love to go out with you, but I'll be

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-10 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> > > This is the same issue I'm working with for TTYtter, and I think I have a > > > solution which I plan to implement when OAuth goes open. I'll post more > > > about the workflow (it's open source) when I get a working beta > > > operating. > > > > +1 on being interested in your workflow solut

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-10 Thread Brian Gilham
Ditto. -Original Message- From: Chad Etzel Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:47:57 To: Subject: [twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: > > > This is the same issue I'm working with for TTYtter, and I think I hav

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-10 Thread Chad Etzel
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: > > > This is the same issue I'm working with for TTYtter, and I think I have a > solution which I plan to implement when OAuth goes open. I'll post more about > the workflow (it's open source) when I get a working beta operating. > > -- +1

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-10 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> Ok, well, I'll just try to stay current with future developments. > > The only password that I ever need with BasicAuth and my programs is my own. > > My programs need to be able to run unattended on the commandline > (triggered my procmail, for those who know what that is). > > If there isn'

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-10 Thread TjL
Ok, well, I'll just try to stay current with future developments. The only password that I ever need with BasicAuth and my programs is my own. My programs need to be able to run unattended on the commandline (triggered my procmail, for those who know what that is). If there isn't a way to do th

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-10 Thread Matt Sanford
The problem isn't having two doors; it's having one door with a security lock and alarm, and one held shut with some string :). In all seriousness, we would like to keep some way for people to easily test and we're trying to come up with something. We're also trying to figure out some sort

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-10 Thread TjL
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Doug Williams wrote: > As Alex stated above, we know cURL usage will break if and when basic > authentication support is wholly discontinued. It's something we're > equally concerned about and something we would like to avoid. Stay > tuned. OK, I guess my next q

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-10 Thread Abraham Williams
I believe it has been suggested on the list before Twitter implement a dev sandbox with "fake" data that continues to support BasicAuth similar to how BrightKite(?) does. Using Curl to get started is another reason to implement this. Abraham On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 09:40, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-10 Thread Doug Williams
As Alex stated above, we know cURL usage will break if and when basic authentication support is wholly discontinued. It's something we're equally concerned about and something we would like to avoid. Stay tuned. Doug Williams Twitter API Support http://twitter.com/dougw On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-10 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> > We're discussing a local proxy that could be used for testing. It's > > definitely a known problem. > > Um, am I reading this correctly? > is 'curl --netrc' not going to work anymore once OAuth is implemented? More accurately, it's not going to work when Basic Auth is discontinued. --

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-10 Thread TjL
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Alex Payne wrote: > We're discussing a local proxy that could be used for testing. It's > definitely a known problem. Um, am I reading this correctly? is 'curl --netrc' not going to work anymore once OAuth is implemented? TjL

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-09 Thread Alex Payne
We're discussing a local proxy that could be used for testing. It's definitely a known problem. On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:28, Chad Etzel wrote: > >> What else does the community have to offer when it comes to our >> favorite API unit test framework :) > > I was just going to comment on this

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-09 Thread Chad Etzel
> What else does the community have to offer when it comes to our > favorite API unit test framework :) I was just going to comment on this what happens when OAuth hits? I fear that this very simple diagnostic mechanism will become obsolete. Now asking someone to run a quick curl test becomes

[twitter-dev] Re: Using curl with Twitter

2009-03-09 Thread Doug Williams
Great tip! This should become a great thread with cURL tips. Below shows how to send POST data (note the -d flag): curl -u username:password -d status="Updating with cURL" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml You can also send GET requests: curl -u username:password http://twitter.com/status