[twitter-dev] whitelisting rate limit issues?

2009-05-18 Thread Peter Denton
Hello Is anyone else experiencing being rate limited despite being whitelisted? Thanks

[twitter-dev] Re: Trying to generate list of names and screennames

2009-05-18 Thread Lorraine
Thanks Abraham- I did that, but get the same problem with the looping. The same name of one user over and over again. Here's the updated code... ?php // set user/pswd $username = 'SweeterLorraine'; $password = 'anaxwax'; // create a new curl resource $ch = curl_init(); // set URL and options

[twitter-dev] Re: Cannot authenticate on Friendships/Destroy method

2009-05-18 Thread Matthias Bauer
On 2009-05-17 11:17, RTuosto wrote: I'm trying to use the destroy friendships API method but I'm running into a problem. $login = login: .$_POST['authid'] . : . $_POST['authpassword']; This should be $login = $_POST['authid'] . : . $_POST['authpassword']; -Matt

[twitter-dev] php- Want to post updates from my site.

2009-05-18 Thread ncm123
Hi, I am making a site where users have the option of posting their game results directly on twitter. How can I do this. Do my users need to login to twitter from my site (I have to put a login/pass form for my users)? Does twitter have a facebook connect like interface? Is there any method

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth example in Java language

2009-05-18 Thread Coonay
I downloaded the 2.0.3,there is an error saying that Failed to get timeline: Authentication credentials were missing or incorrect. the complete log is : Got request token. Request token: 0JHAUfsjVqA9VizzpSS1XWx1QB8PjYoGZIUzp5ONIE Request token secret: UNLGMtxeUyZcbAMmsNuH1BB9PecfSvK9vWaoPcqhts

[twitter-dev] How can I get the overall number of tweets mentioning a certain topic?

2009-05-18 Thread Christian Heilmann
Search doesn't work as I have to paginate and don't know how many result pages there are. Can we get a total property on the search result?

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth example in Java language

2009-05-18 Thread surya sravanthi
hi, Thanks for your code. I have noticied that twitter.setAccessToken is not available in the Twitter.java in Twitter4j-2.0.3 version. I have tried using the instructions given in this link below: http://troytolle.blogspot.com/2009/04/oauth-and-twitter.html I think this will be

[twitter-dev] Re: Trying to generate list of names and screennames

2009-05-18 Thread Abraham Williams
foreach ($xml-user as $user) { $username = $user-name; $userscreenname = $user-screen_name; $userid = $user-id; echo p class='text-name'.$username./p;//status echo p class='text-screenname'.$userscreenname./p;//status echo p class='text-screenname'.$userid./p;//status } On Mon, May 18, 2009

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth example in Java language

2009-05-18 Thread surya sravanthi
hi, Thanks for your code. I have noticied that twitter.setAccessToken is not available in the Twitter.java in Twitter4j-2.0.3 version. I have tried using the instructions given in this link below: I think this will be helpful... This is working on localhost.. but I need my application

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth example in Java language

2009-05-18 Thread Yusuke
Hi, Version 2.0.3 has problem after May 13. Please try the latest snapshot build. http://groups.google.com/group/twitter4j/browse_thread/thread/351e7ffd56e144cc Cheers, Yusuke On 5月18日, 午後7:09, Coonay fla...@gmail.com wrote: I downloaded the 2.0.3,there is an error saying that Failed to get

[twitter-dev] Re: How can I get the overall number of tweets mentioning a certain topic?

2009-05-18 Thread Matt Sanford
Hi there, There is currently no way to get the search total. If you search this list you'll find we've discussed it a few times in the past. Thanks; — Matt Sanford On May 18, 2009, at 6:41 AM, Christian Heilmann wrote: Search doesn't work as I have to paginate and don't know how

[twitter-dev] Re: Cannot authenticate on Friendships/Destroy method

2009-05-18 Thread Ryan Tuosto
haha yea I saw that nearly right after I made that post! On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Matthias Bauer moef...@gmail.com wrote: On 2009-05-17 11:17, RTuosto wrote: I'm trying to use the destroy friendships API method but I'm running into a problem. $login = login: .$_POST['authid']

[twitter-dev] Re: whitelisting rate limit issues?

2009-05-18 Thread ch...@dailyrt.com
Yes, I am definitely getting rate limited right now despite being whitelisted. search.twitter.com has been acting buggy as well. Sometimes you get current results. Sometimes the results are 2 hours old. On May 18, 3:42 am, Peter Denton petermden...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Is anyone else

[twitter-dev] Re: php- Want to post updates from my site.

2009-05-18 Thread Jason Wong
I just launched a site using PHP and Oauth: http://tweeji.com http://apiwiki.twitter.com/OAuth-Examples I used a combination of Abraham's PHP TwitterOauth class and my own Twitter API wrapper for easy use. Feel free to email me if you need help. Jason. ncm123 wrote: Hi, I am making a

[twitter-dev] Re: How can I get the overall number of tweets mentioning a certain topic?

2009-05-18 Thread Doug Williams
Here is the closed issue [1] for a conversation API which would make this possible. In short, our current stance is this will not be available in the API until it is available on twitter.com. 1. http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=142 Thanks, Doug -- Do you follow me?

[twitter-dev] Re: Followers count via api not consistent with real data

2009-05-18 Thread Doug Williams
This is a known issue: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=580 Thanks, Doug -- Doug Williams Twitter Platform Support http://twitter.com/dougw On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 12:58 AM, alon alon.car...@gmail.com wrote: I filed abug on this but im wondering if someone else is

[twitter-dev] Re: Followers count via api not consistent with real data

2009-05-18 Thread Peter Denton
So does this also create the scenario where followers (not count) called via the api are different than the followers on the site? I have a client who has spam followers appearing on our site when we call followers method via the api and the same followers are not under her account on the site.

[twitter-dev] Re: Anti Spam

2009-05-18 Thread Doug Williams
We have a team dedicated to controlling the number of spam messages and accounts in the system. The number of accounts, sophistication, and techniques are constantly growing. The team is doing a great job of isolating known attack vectors. Obviously there is still work to be done. The abuse team

[twitter-dev] Are there ANY advantage of using OAuth with client softwares?

2009-05-18 Thread H.Hiro(Maraigue)
Hello, I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND why Twitter so much encourages OAuth, in spite of costing API users. I read the section What Does OAuth Give Me? (a.k.a. Why Bother?) of this article: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/OAuth+Example+-+Ruby , but I could not find what is the advantage of using OAuth *for

[twitter-dev] Re: oAuth is BACK!

2009-05-18 Thread François Hodierne
Hi, I'm definitely missing the oAuth callback to integrate Twitter to a local web application. What is the timeframe for this issue to be fixed ? François On Apr 26, 4:51 am, John Kristian jmkrist...@gmail.com wrote: User information could be sent together with theOAuthaccess token and

[twitter-dev] Re: Are there ANY advantage of using OAuth with client softwares?

2009-05-18 Thread Andrew Badera
The advantage is in user and service security ... I'd think that was obvious. What is your problem with it? What costs do you see? OAuth is easy. Thanks- - Andy Badera - and...@badera.us - Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew+badera - This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ]

[twitter-dev] Re: Are there ANY advantage of using OAuth with client softwares?

2009-05-18 Thread Dossy Shiobara
On 5/18/09 10:30 AM, H.Hiro(Maraigue) wrote: Client softwares must know end-users'(i.e. account holders') login names and passwords, so I think there aren't more advantage of using OAuth than basic-auth. Actually, that's the ENTIRE POINT OF OAuth! No one, other than Twitter needs to know an

[twitter-dev] Re: Are there ANY advantage of using OAuth with client softwares?

2009-05-18 Thread Dossy Shiobara
On 5/18/09 2:43 PM, Andrew Badera wrote: The advantage is in user and service security ... I'd think that was obvious. What is your problem with it? What costs do you see? OAuth is easy. Thanks- - Andy Badera - and...@badera.us - Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew+badera - This

[twitter-dev] Missing ; in Twitter XML?

2009-05-18 Thread eketahuna
Firefox Error Console reports a fatal missing ; near the XML but the same basic code works fine with YouTube XML. The queryURL --- http://twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.xml?screen_name=eketahunapage=1 works fine **at** Twitter Help, I'm a complete twitter beginner! ~~~ Any Suggestions?

[twitter-dev] Re: Missing ; in Twitter XML?

2009-05-18 Thread Chad Etzel
Perhaps you want public_timeline.json and not .xml... ? -Chad On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:57 PM, eketahuna cvg...@gmail.com wrote: Firefox Error Console reports a fatal missing ; near the XML but the same basic code works fine with YouTube XML. The queryURL ---

[twitter-dev] is there a REST API method for getting follower requests?

2009-05-18 Thread Lien Tran
For user accounts that are set up as protected, is there a way to get follower requests (outside of standard email)? This request sort of goes hand in hand with http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=521.

[twitter-dev] Re: profile_image_url Not returning anything

2009-05-18 Thread zmajzam
Hi i write here because this thread comes closes to my problem. I just found out that when i change my online image and than use my own client to get the statuses the old statuses still point to my old image that does not exisit any longer. When i create a new status after iamge change and

[twitter-dev] Re: Adding @username replies to twitter feed?

2009-05-18 Thread Mark Mzyk
J, The script I mentioned is now available for download and use: http://github.com/mmzyk/getencouraged/tree/master The file you'll want to look at is twitterrespost.rb Sorry for the delay in getting it posted. I hope it helps you. - Mark Mzyk On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:15 PM, J

[twitter-dev] Timezone Data

2009-05-18 Thread Ryan Chouinard
Quick searches of the group didn't yield much information for me, so forgive me if this has been discussed before. I'm working on an application that could benefit from knowing the user's timezone. While I could use the current UTC offset, knowing the fixed zone would be the ideal solution.

[twitter-dev] Re: is there a REST API method for getting follower requests?

2009-05-18 Thread Doug Williams
There is currently no way to receive this data through the API. As the issue you liked to above states, this is on the distant roadmap. Thanks, Doug -- Doug Williams Twitter Platform Support http://twitter.com/dougw On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Lien Tran lientra...@gmail.com wrote: For

[twitter-dev] Hosebird Gem

2009-05-18 Thread benburkert
For any rubyists playing with hosebird, I created a gem for the new API: http://github.com/benburkert/hosebird/ Along with an example of how to write a near-realtime client: http://pastie.org/482138 Cheers, -Ben

[twitter-dev] Re: is there a REST API method for getting follower requests?

2009-05-18 Thread Lien Tran
Hi Doug, Does this mean that the below 2 requests are on the distant roadmap? - ability to get follower requests using REST API - ability to accept follower requests using REST API I know the second one is on the distant roadmap, I wasn't sure about the first one. Thanks, Lien On May 18,

[twitter-dev] How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-18 Thread RTuosto
Trying to automate this feature. Something like how TweetLater has where when a user follows me it automatically sends them a direct message to welcome them as my friend.

[twitter-dev] API limit - how is OutTwit doing it?

2009-05-18 Thread Jeff Bishop
Hello, OK, I am a bit confused. If I set up OutTwit and have it check for updates once a minute I never run out of API limits within the hour. How is this possible when it must be checking search APIs, Friends Time Line, Replies and Direct Message Timelines ? Can someone explain that one?

[twitter-dev] Re: API limit - how is OutTwit doing it?

2009-05-18 Thread Abraham Williams
I don't use OutTwit but some of those calls (search for example) count against different rate limits. It is possible that OutTwit cycles through the calls so one minutes it pull replies the next minute it calls direct messages. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 16:37, Jeff Bishop jeff.bis...@gmail.com

[twitter-dev] Re: How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-18 Thread Abraham Williams
A) parse the new follower emails. The FAQ has info about that. B) call status/followers and the newest ones will be at the top of the list. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 14:57, RTuosto ryantuo...@gmail.com wrote: Trying to automate this feature. Something like how TweetLater has where when a user

[twitter-dev] Re: Timezone Data

2009-05-18 Thread Abraham Williams
Just take the timezone list from: https://twitter.com/account/settings and convert it on your end. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 14:10, Ryan Chouinard rchouin...@gmail.com wrote: Quick searches of the group didn't yield much information for me, so forgive me if this has been discussed before. I'm

[twitter-dev] Re: How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-18 Thread Ryan Tuosto
Ok, but if I'm writing this as a service, I don't have access to other people's emails. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.com wrote: A) parse the new follower emails. The FAQ has info about that. B) call status/followers and the newest ones will be at the top of

[twitter-dev] Direct Message Paging

2009-05-18 Thread peger
Hi all, is there some recommended best practice for paging? With the various issues involved I cannot see how i could reliably process once, in order all twitter direct messages from my app. This seems like a pretty basic thing, but AFAICS is defeated by a few things. Specifically, 1) Paging is

[twitter-dev] Re: How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-18 Thread Abraham Williams
Then you use option b. Sent from my adp1 On May 18, 2009 6:21 PM, Ryan Tuosto ryantuo...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, but if I'm writing this as a service, I don't have access to other people's emails. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.com wrote: A) parse the new ...

[twitter-dev] charities on twitter

2009-05-18 Thread Ivan
Hi Folks, Lots of apps center around charities, so I thought you mind find a recent survey I took interesting. I asked @tipjoy's followers what their favorite charity on twitter is. Here is the result. Not surprisingly, there is a long tail. http://bit.ly/charities_on_twitter Here was the

[twitter-dev] Re: How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-18 Thread Ryan Tuosto
What is the best way to do this in real time? On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.com wrote: Then you use option b. Sent from my adp1 On May 18, 2009 6:21 PM, Ryan Tuosto ryantuo...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, but if I'm writing this as a service, I don't have access

[twitter-dev] Re: How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-18 Thread Abraham Williams
You can call it as often as you want. Just make sure you read the rate limiting docs on the api wiki. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 19:45, Ryan Tuosto ryantuo...@gmail.com wrote: What is the best way to do this in real time? On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.comwrote: