As for bit.ly, there is an API for bit.ly which aids you in using URL-shortening until t.co is finished.. -- Emil "sakjur" Tullstedt ~~~~~~~~~~
On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Tom van der Woerdt <i...@tvdw.eu> wrote: > Hello David, > > Currently the API does not shorten the links for you yet. In the future > Twitter may implement this, but currently you will have to shorten the links > yourself, via (for example) bit.ly. > > Tom > > > > > On 12/18/10 1:19 AM, David E. Wheeler wrote: > >> Howdy, >> >> I'm writing an iPad app that has a "Share via Twitter" feature. I'm trying >> to understand how to count characters, including URLs before I post to the >> API. I thought these might be FAQs, but "t.co" does not show up in the >> FAQ and has only two hits via Google's search of this list, so I apologize >> if these are in fact FAQs. >> >> So I tried to post a new status message that was longer than 140 >> characters, but I counted the URL as only 19 characters, per [this >> message][] from Raffi. Unfortunately, the API rejected the message as too >> long. So my questions are: >> >> * Should I be counting URLs as only 19 characters? >> >> * If so, will the Twitter API be adjusted to count URLs as only 19 >> characters, and not reject messages that are longer because the URLs are >> longer? >> >> * And if that's the plan, when is it likely to happen? >> >> * And should I also count URLs that are less than 19 characters as 19 >> characters, on the assumption that they will *always* be wrapped? >> >> Ah, I just did a search for "link wrap" and say [this thread][] from >> September. Doesn't look like there was an official answer from Twitter -- >> did I miss it? If not, does anyone have any idea when there might be more >> information on this stuff and how it will affect the API? >> >> Thanks, >> >> David >> >> [this message]: >> http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/msg/9bdd19b025fe0cba >> ? >> [this thread]: >> http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/dacc3bdc5b1e1d67 >> >> > -- > 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 > -- 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
