ahhh, that explains why my basic-auth "source" attribution is still working. thx!
- james On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 6:54 AM, Duane Roelands <duane.roela...@gmail.com>wrote: > > If you're developing a new application, you -must- use OAuth if you > want the "From" line to display your application's name. > > It used to work for Basic Auth, but Twitter disabled that. > Applications that had been working when they disabled it were > "grandfathered in", but apps created after that point must use OAuth > to have access to this feature. > > On Aug 3, 6:47 am, Sam Street <sam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've had this difficulty too, with the 'source' parameter being > > ignored. > > I recommend using OAuth which handles it all fine. I'm weary about > > providing my password to apps these days > > > > On Aug 3, 6:49 am, Pek <wushup...@gmail.com> 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 >