Re: How to register an own source-parameter

2009-01-02 Thread code-or-die
Thank you very much, that's what I was looking for.

Re: a simple workaround for lack of OAuth

2009-01-02 Thread Stuart
2009/1/2 Dharmesh dharme...@gmail.com: Nicely done. Thanks. Quick question: How are you ensuring that you see *all* posts in the public timeline? I didn't think that was quite possible yet with the Twitter API. It's actually using the search API not the public timeline. -Stuart --

Re: a simple workaround for lack of OAuth

2009-01-02 Thread Ed Finkler
I think Scoble likes to hear himself talk, and loves to stir up drama. It's how he keeps people paying attention to him. I'd find more reputable sources for that argument. -- Ed Finkler http://funkatron.com AIM: funka7ron ICQ: 3922133 Skype: funka7ron On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Richie

Re: a simple workaround for lack of OAuth

2009-01-02 Thread Mark Ng
2009/1/2 Ed Finkler funkat...@gmail.com: I think Scoble likes to hear himself talk, and loves to stir up drama. It's how he keeps people paying attention to him. I'd find more reputable sources for that argument. Whilst there's an element of truth in your statement (just about all of the

Re: a simple workaround for lack of OAuth

2009-01-02 Thread Cameron Kaiser
I think Scoble likes to hear himself talk, and loves to stir up drama. It's how he keeps people paying attention to him. I'd find more reputable sources for that argument. Whilst there's an element of truth in your statement (just about all of the prominent tech bloggers remain

Re: a simple workaround for lack of OAuth

2009-01-02 Thread Ed Finkler
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Mark Ng ng.mar...@gmail.com wrote: Whilst there's an element of truth in your statement (just about all of the prominent tech bloggers remain prominent by stirring up drama), lots of people have been saying similar things for a long time. Ad hominem attacks

Re: a simple workaround for lack of OAuth

2009-01-02 Thread Ed Finkler
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Cameron Kaiser spec...@floodgap.com wrote: So let's say Scoble is right. How, in fact, does OAuth prevent a bad actor from using credentials to act badly? OAuth solves many problems; it doesn't solve this one. And this.

Re: Advice for a newbie

2009-01-02 Thread Alex Payne
O'Reilly has the rough cut of their book on the Twitter API available: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596157791/. On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 17:46, Ninjamonk dar...@stuartmedia.co.uk wrote: I would suggest learning a programming language, how restful webserices work, then reading the twitter api

Re: multiple @'s reach replies inbox

2009-01-02 Thread Alex Payne
As always, it really help us track requests if you submit an issue: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/entry. On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 17:47, Ninjamonk dar...@stuartmedia.co.uk wrote: would be handy but it can be done in a limited way via the search on twitter. On Jan 2, 1:03 am,

Re: update_profile_colors lag?

2009-01-02 Thread Alex Payne
It's probably a bug. Please file an issue and we'll take a look at it after the holiday break: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/entry. On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 18:41, dean.j.robinson dean.j.robin...@gmail.com wrote: The colors I set via the api are still not showing on twitter.com,

Re: a simple workaround for lack of OAuth

2009-01-02 Thread Jesse Stay
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Richie rocketeer.so...@gmail.com wrote: I think it's getting more urgent day by day: http://scobleizer.com/2009/01/01/twitter-warning-your-data-is-being-sold/ Richie http://twitter.com/RMetzler It's true, OAuth doesn't really solve this problem, but the

Re: a simple workaround for lack of OAuth

2009-01-02 Thread Cameron Kaiser
http://scobleizer.com/2009/01/01/twitter-warning-your-data-is-being-sold/ It's true, OAuth doesn't really solve this problem, but the general public thinks it does. Having some solution is better than none, and sometimes the feeling of security is better for marketing apps than no security

Re: a simple workaround for lack of OAuth

2009-01-02 Thread Mark Ng
2009/1/2 Cameron Kaiser spec...@floodgap.com: So let's say Scoble is right. How, in fact, does OAuth prevent a bad actor from using credentials to act badly? OAuth solves many problems; it doesn't solve this one. There are several problems to be solved, though. The first is a malicious

Re: a simple workaround for lack of OAuth

2009-01-02 Thread Cameron Kaiser
So let's say Scoble is right. How, in fact, does OAuth prevent a bad actor from using credentials to act badly? OAuth solves many problems; it doesn't solve this one. There are several problems to be solved, though. Clearly. But the point I'm making is that *this* particular situation

Re: Advice for a newbie

2009-01-02 Thread Stuart
2009/1/2 Alex Payne a...@twitter.com: O'Reilly has the rough cut of their book on the Twitter API available: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596157791/. They are aware that you guys are about to change it all right?? -Stuart -- http://stut.net/

Re: Being kind to the API - how many requests per minute is acceptable?

2009-01-02 Thread Andrew Badera
I'm certain there's no documentation or archival information readily available for this. *cough* On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Ben Metcalfe ben.metca...@gmail.com wrote: I'm building a twitter authority bot that makes numerous calls to twitter to derive a given user's authority. I'm

Re: PHP fread() hanging when using HTTP-REST api

2009-01-02 Thread staticfloat
Thanks guys, I'll check out cURL for future reference, but I've solved the problem. Looks like it's a simple overloaded server problem. The webserver I'm working on is a shared server, so when another client gets a spike, or the network is busy, one of my requests might drop, causing

Twitter Authentication

2009-01-02 Thread paradigm.webmas...@gmail.com
I am trying to create a web-based Twitter app that will print out a friend's timeline, but the Twitter API asks for username/password. How do I do the username/password authentication on the server-side without asking this from the user. Does anyone know how to do this? Is there also a way to

Re: Twitter Authentication

2009-01-02 Thread Cameron Kaiser
I am trying to create a web-based Twitter app that will print out a friend's timeline, but the Twitter API asks for username/password. How do I do the username/password authentication on the server-side without asking this from the user. Does anyone know how to do this? Is there also a way

re: twitter authority

2009-01-02 Thread Nicole Simon
On Jan 2, 10:45 pm, Ben Metcalfe ben.metca...@gmail.com wrote: I'm building a twitter authority bot that makes numerous calls to twitter to derive a given user's authority. great. can I assume that the non monolingual perspective is taken care of? ;) as usual happy to throw suggestions out

Re: A nice application

2009-01-02 Thread Nicole Simon
On Dec 27 2008, 2:17 am, dumis.admarket...@gmail.com dumis.admarket...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to build an application where a twitter user can store the birthday date of his friends. Is that possible using Twitter API ? Besides running into data protection issues, I do not want to