Re: [twitter-dev] App Opportunity: OAuthcalypse
OK guys, I am really tickled to have finally worked out a reasonable
understanding of how to use Abraham's Twitter Oauth for making
automated status updates. You're right, it is easy. And it's fun!
Thank you, thank you, Abraham, for making this available!!!
For anyone else who may be struggling with how to move from PHP
curl/basic authentication to Oauth, here's a quick tip:
Focus on Abraham's test.php file. Register callback.php as your app,
but load test.php in your browser. COMMENT OUT everything in the
script that doesn't interest you, because it will create/alter/delete
everything in your twitter account. (I had to comment stuff out
because I was unable to create a test account.) Edit config.php
At Twitter.com go to your apps listing and retrieve your consumer key
and consumer secret. Click on the My Access Token button to get your
access token and access secret.
I'll paste a very stripped down version of test.php below, in case
this is helpful to anyone. After edited with your keys and tokens,
then loaded in a browser, this will post status updates.
?php
/**
* @file
*
*/
/* Load required lib files. */
session_start();
require_once('twitteroauth/twitteroauth.php');
require_once('config.php');
session_start();
$_SESSION['access_token'] = 'YOURACCESSTOKENSTRING'; // store session data
session_start();
$_SESSION['oauth_token_secret'] = 'YOURACCESSTOKENSECRET'; // store session data
/* If access tokens are not available redirect to connect page. */
if (empty($_SESSION['access_token']) ||
empty($_SESSION['access_token']['oauth_token']) ||
empty($_SESSION['access_token']['oauth_token_secret'])) {
header('Location: ./clearsessions.php');
}
/* Get user access tokens out of the session. */
$access_token = $_SESSION['access_token'];
/* Create a TwitterOauth object with consumer/user tokens. */
function getConnectionWithAccessToken($oauth_token, $oauth_token_secret) {
$connection = new TwitterOAuth(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET,
$oauth_token, $oauth_token_secret);
return $connection;
}
$connection = getConnectionWithAccessToken(YOURACCESSTOKENSTRING,
YOURACCESSTOKENSTRING);
/* Get logged in user to help with tests. */
$user = $connection-get('account/verify_credentials');
$active = TRUE;
function twitteroauth_row($method, $response, $http_code, $parameters = '') {
if (!is_string($response)) {
$response = print_r($response, TRUE);
}
if (!is_string($parameters)) {
$parameters = print_r($parameters, TRUE);
}
}
/* statuses/update */
$parameters = array('status' = 'YOUR STATUS UPDATE HERE MUST BE UNIQUE');
$status = $connection-post('statuses/update', $parameters);
twitteroauth_row('statuses/update', $status, $connection-http_code,
$parameters);
Re: [twitter-dev] App Opportunity: OAuthcalypse
Emboldened by my success with Abraham's library, I moved along to Scott Desapio's for Classic ASP! Succeeded in using it to post status update via script w/o the Oauth dosey-do. Yay! Thanks very, very much to Scott for doing all of this great work of clearing a path through the wilderness for the rest of us. Those of you who are advanced like Scott and Abraham may be unable to understand why it is that we mere mortals have a difficult time adapting to Oauth for Twitter. I'll share what I did to help others who may be as worried about Oauth as I was. This is not a finished, polished app, it is merely an exercise in simplifying everything to get the most basic results just as a start. Here's a quick rundown: After uploading Desapio's files (http://scottdesapio.com/VBScriptOAuth/), search and replace 127.0.0.1 with your domain name, assuming you're using a hosting company rather than your own PC. To be able to make status updates via web script programmatically without logging in, etc., go to this file oauth/cLibOAuth.RequestURL.asp and look for Dim strSecret : strSecret = _ m_strConsumerSecret_ m_strTokenSecret Replace m_strConsumerSecret with the string that is your consumer secret. Replace m_strTokenSecret with the string that is your oauth_token_secret. Next go to update_status.asp and look for ' setup oAuth object ''' objOAuth.ConsumerKey = OAUTH_EXAMPLE_CONSUMER_KEY objOAuth.ConsumerSecret = OAUTH_EXAMPLE_CONSUMER_SECRET objOAuth.EndPoint = TWITTER_OAUTH_URL_UPDATE_STATUS objOAuth.Parameters.Add in_reply_to, strReplyTo objOAuth.Parameters.Add in_reply_to_status_id, intReplyID objOAuth.Parameters.Add oauth_token, Session(OAUTH_TOKEN) objOAuth.Parameters.Add status, strStatus objOAuth.RequestMethod = OAUTH_REQUEST_METHOD_POST Replace as follows: ' setup oAuth object ''' objOAuth.ConsumerKey = YOUR-CONSUMER-KEY-HERE objOAuth.ConsumerSecret = YOUR-CONSUMER-SECRET-HERE objOAuth.EndPoint = TWITTER_OAUTH_URL_UPDATE_STATUS 'objOAuth.Parameters.Add in_reply_to, strReplyTo COMMENT OUT UNLESS THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO 'objOAuth.Parameters.Add in_reply_to_status_id, intReplyID COMMENT OUT 'objOAuth.Parameters.Add oauth_token, Session(OAUTH_TOKEN) commented out and replaced as below with oauth token from twitter app settings objOAuth.Parameters.Add oauth_token, YOUR-APP-OAUTH-TOKEN-HERE objOAuth.Parameters.Add oauth_token_secret, YOUR-APP-OAUTH-TOKEN-SECRET-HERE objOAuth.Parameters.Add status, strStatus objOAuth.RequestMethod = OAUTH_REQUEST_METHOD_POST Find the line that says Dim strStatus : strStatus = Request.Form(post) and replace as follows: Dim strStatus : strStatus = YOUR UNIQUE STATUS UPDATE HERE Comment out the following lines: 'Dim intReplyId : intReplyId = Request.Form(replyId) 'Dim strReplyTo : strReplyTo = Request.Form(replyTo) Comment out: 'If objOAuth.LoggedIn Then Comment out: 'Else 'Response.Status = RESPONSE_STATUS_403 'End If
[twitter-dev] Re: Properties and Methods of T object of @anywhere
Ok. In that case then the easiest solution I can think of is to do something similar to Facebook where session keys. Right now I use the session generated from the fb connect api to pass to the Server side java libraries. On Apr 28, 12:26 pm, Taylor Singletary taylorsinglet...@twitter.com wrote: Hi MJ, The access tokens used transparently behind the scenes in @Anywhere aren't compatible with the OAuth 1.0A access tokens Twitter uses in the standard API implementation. We're looking at creative ways to bridge the gap but won't have an easy solution for this for a bit. Taylor Singletary Developer Advocate, Twitterhttp://twitter.com/episod On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:18 AM, MJ lor...@gmail.com wrote: Don't mean the credentials (password) but if a user authorizes my app to for example post tweets to their account via @anywhere will my server side libraries (using JTwitter) have the same permissions provided that they are using the same API Key and Secret Key? On Apr 28, 4:06 am, glenn gillen gl...@rubypond.com wrote: On Apr 28, 12:06 am, MJ lor...@gmail.com wrote: Also I am using @anywhere to login but I also have some server side code with java. Is there a way that I can pass the credentials of the @anywhere logged in user to the server side code? Or does that happen automatically (once someone authorizes the Twitter application via @anywhere a server side library with the same apikey and secretkey is authorized). I doubt you'll have access to the credentials, as that would mean you'd have login credentials for any twitter user that hit your page which wouldn't be what end users would expect. -- Glennhttp://glenngillen.com/
[twitter-dev] @Anywhere and Usernames (15+ chars) question
Enjoying a free Saturday afternoon, I was playing with @Anywhere and I noticed something quite strange related to Twitter Usernames. The @Anywhere documentation says A Twitter screen name is an '@' symbol followed by 1 to 20 alphanumeric characters, including underscores The problem is… I thought a Twitter Username could not exceed 15 characters? Try to create / change your username to something longer than 15 chars: you can’t. But @Anywhere JS is still trying to add Hovercards to these strings (@15+ chars) that cannot match any Twitter User. Is it a bug? A confusion with “Real Names”? A necessity because of a previous policy (can’t remember if you could create 15+ chars Usernames in the past)? Or do you plan to allow usernames longer than 15 chars in a near future? Was just wondering :)
[twitter-dev] Re: About update limits
Pardon, I'd just like to follow-up on my question in case it was missed. I'm fine with not knowing what the precise sub-limits are, but can I at least ask why the specifics aren't made public? I just need to be able to respond with something in case our client asks... It'll be easier for them to swallow the idea that it's a twitter policy if we can explain the reason why the policy exists. On Apr 29, 4:45 pm, Brian Sutorius bsutor...@twitter.com wrote: To clarify, statuses/update is not affected by rate-limit whitelisting as it's a POST call and we don't maintain a separate whitelist for boosting the daily tweet limit above 1000. While we do not give out the specifics around the sub-limits, they *are* administered on a per-account basis and if you stay around your approximation of 20 tweets per half-hour you should be fine. Brian Sutorius On Apr 29, 6:07 am, Raffi Krikorian ra...@twitter.com wrote: the numbers are roughly broken up over the day. and the limit applies to an account. and yes - there is a whitelisting for status/updates -- please e-mail a...@twitter to ask for it. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:26 AM, akaii chibiak...@gmail.com wrote: This is what the FAQ has to say about status update limits: Updates: 1,000 per day. The daily update limit is further broken down into smaller limits for semi-hourly intervals. Retweets are counted as updates. I'm a little unclear as to what exactly is meant by further broken down into smaller limits for semi-hourly intervals. Is the 1000 per day limit divided evenly between the 48 half hours each day (around 20 or so tweets per half an hour?). Also, I'm assuming this limit applies to each unique account? Is this limit absolutely fixed? Or is there some equivalent to whitelisting for status/update limits as well? Thanks... -- Raffi Krikorian Twitter Platform Teamhttp://twitter.com/raffi
[twitter-dev] to display tweets in my website using ASP.NET
i want to make search engine of twitter using ASP.NET if someone search like #india, it should display most 10 recently tweets related to india. if someone search according to location, then it sholud display the tweets related to that location if someone search for positive emotion or negative emotion, then it should display tweets related to that postive or negative emotion. thanks in advance Regards, Krunal Shah
[twitter-dev] Re: to display tweets in my website using ASP.NET
On May 1, 10:14 am, krunal shah krunalshah2...@gmail.com wrote: i want to make search engine of twitter using ASP.NET snip Krunal, It sounds like you want to build http://search.twitter.com/advanced ? So two questions from me: - What's the purpose? Just an educational exercise? As a product it seems to be already available and in widespread use. - Did you have a question to ask? -- Glenn Gillen http://glenngillen.com/
Re: [twitter-dev] Re: About update limits
As a general rule, whenever Twitter is cagey about limits, it's due to anti-abuse reasons. It's not in the interest of fighting abuse, and thus the community as a whole, to talk about certain limits. Also, some limits are subject to continuous or unannounced adjustment, so they're not practical to make public. This issue has been aired before, at length, on this list. Please save your emails, as there's little chance that rhetoric will persuade the abuse people to go against data that show that the current policy is, unfortunately, the best policy. -John Kalucki http://twitter.com/jkalucki Infrastructure, Twitter Inc. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 7:33 AM, akaii chibiak...@gmail.com wrote: Pardon, I'd just like to follow-up on my question in case it was missed. I'm fine with not knowing what the precise sub-limits are, but can I at least ask why the specifics aren't made public? I just need to be able to respond with something in case our client asks... It'll be easier for them to swallow the idea that it's a twitter policy if we can explain the reason why the policy exists. On Apr 29, 4:45 pm, Brian Sutorius bsutor...@twitter.com wrote: To clarify, statuses/update is not affected by rate-limit whitelisting as it's a POST call and we don't maintain a separate whitelist for boosting the daily tweet limit above 1000. While we do not give out the specifics around the sub-limits, they *are* administered on a per-account basis and if you stay around your approximation of 20 tweets per half-hour you should be fine. Brian Sutorius On Apr 29, 6:07 am, Raffi Krikorian ra...@twitter.com wrote: the numbers are roughly broken up over the day. and the limit applies to an account. and yes - there is a whitelisting for status/updates -- please e-mail a...@twitter to ask for it. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:26 AM, akaii chibiak...@gmail.com wrote: This is what the FAQ has to say about status update limits: Updates: 1,000 per day. The daily update limit is further broken down into smaller limits for semi-hourly intervals. Retweets are counted as updates. I'm a little unclear as to what exactly is meant by further broken down into smaller limits for semi-hourly intervals. Is the 1000 per day limit divided evenly between the 48 half hours each day (around 20 or so tweets per half an hour?). Also, I'm assuming this limit applies to each unique account? Is this limit absolutely fixed? Or is there some equivalent to whitelisting for status/update limits as well? Thanks... -- Raffi Krikorian Twitter Platform Teamhttp://twitter.com/raffi
