Hi Ed, This is the perfect scenario for:
a) You'll want to use OAuth to authorize a single account (the "owner" of the friends_timeline) http://dev.twitter.com/pages/oauth_single_token b) You'll store the access token for the owner of the account directly in the script you use to fetch friends_timeline c) You'll then use that access token, server-side every time you need to request the timeline d) You'll use some form of caching to prevent a fetch of the timeline on every page load And just wanted to add that friends_timeline is a very old resource and the /statuses/home_timeline is a superior resource, offering additional functionality not found in friends_timeline. Hope this helps! Taylor On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 3:41 PM, contact.edmur...@gmail.com < contact.edmur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there, thanks for responding- > > I'm using the following: $content = $connection->get("statuses/ > friends_timeline", array()); > > This is a PHP script that displays friends tweets, as this is for a > company website, and we only follow certain employees with permission > of course. > > Our home company timeline currently has no tweets, I simply use > Twitter to follow a select group of ppl and display said tweets. > > Is there a work around that I missing when it comes to having visitors > of my site view these Tweets without having to log in? Thanks, > additional assistance is welcome. > > On Sep 10, 11:38 am, Taylor Singletary <taylorsinglet...@twitter.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > It depends on how you're accessing and displaying the tweets... are you > > trying to show your home timeline (the tweets you typically see on > > twitter.com's home page while logged in), or are you trying to show your > own > > tweets, or are you trying to show someone else's tweets? > > > > Showing your own home timeline requires authentication, as there must be > a > > perspective of who's home timeline is being viewed. Further, it's not > > appropriate to post your own home timeline where others can see it, as > you > > may be following protected accounts and putting those user's privacy at > > risk. > > > > Fetching an unprotected user's timeline (their tweets, your tweets) does > not > > require authentication. > > > > How are you currently integrating the streams into your site? A > server-side > > fetch, a client-side fetch? A widget? > > > > Taylor > > > > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:53 PM, contact.edmur...@gmail.com < > > > > contact.edmur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi there- With the outdated Basic Authentication method, I was able > > > to display my freinds tweets on my web page without a problem. Now > > > with oAuth, unless already logged in, I have to click the login button > > > with Twitter each time to display that content. Multiple that for > > > each person that visits my web page. Headach City! > > > > > Is there something I am missing? Can the login be done once and > > > always display said content when someone visits my site? Thanks, any > > > help is appreciated! > > > > > -- > > > Twitter developer documentation and resources: > http://dev.twitter.com/doc > > > API updates via Twitter:http://twitter.com/twitterapi > > > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: > > >http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > > > Change your membership to this group: > > >http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk?hl=en > > -- > Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc > API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: > http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > Change your membership to this group: > http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk?hl=en > -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk?hl=en
