[twitter-dev] Streaming API OAuth explanation?

2010-04-20 Thread Jonathon Hill
One thing I meant to find out @chirp last week--what will oauth look like for the Streaming API? I'm having a hard time visualizing how that will work. Thanks, Jonathon Hill @compwright Company52 http://company52.com -- Subscription settings:

Re: [twitter-dev] Streaming API OAuth explanation?

2010-04-20 Thread Taylor Singletary
Hi Jonathon, For Streaming API access that isn't from the perspective of a user's account, you would use two-legged OAuth to establish authentication instead of basic auth. A two-legged OAuth request is very similar to other OAuth requests: you have a specific resource you are trying to access,

Re: [twitter-dev] Streaming API OAuth explanation?

2010-04-20 Thread Dima Brodsky
Hi, Question about oauth registration ... do I register the user ID I currently use at the same place as all other apps, i.e.http://dev.twitter.com/apps/new, or is there another endpoint for the streaming api? Thanks! ttyl Dima On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Taylor Singletary

Re: [twitter-dev] Streaming API OAuth explanation?

2010-04-20 Thread Taylor Singletary
In the current incarnation, you don't need a registered application to use the streaming API -- just a valid username and password to access the endpoints. While we don't know what the OAuth-based authentication is going to look like in the future of authenticating with the streaming API, we do