[twitter-dev] Re: tool to let you know when twitter name is available

2009-06-25 Thread Vinayak Joshi
Hi Doug I tried the process suggested by you and this is the reply that I got: Hi Vinayak Joshi, You can change your user name at any time here: http://admin.twitter.com/account/settings Your messages, replies and content will not be affected,

[twitter-dev] search ban reversal?

2009-06-25 Thread Ninjamonk
Hey, I have a app that posts to twitter with a hash tag. I didn't realise you actually banned (removed) these accounts from search. My question is this, if I remove the hashtags will the results start to show up in the results again or do you have to remove it? I was about to built an ajax

[twitter-dev] Re: search ban reversal?

2009-06-25 Thread Ninjamonk
sorry bit more info, looking at this there are others using the same hashtags in everypost and they are coming up in the results? The hashtag is #startup and the acccount is startupticker Also if there is a limit/rules can we have it documented on the wiki please, I didn't find anything on it

[twitter-dev] Re: search ban reversal?

2009-06-25 Thread Abraham Williams
http://help.twitter.com/forums/10713/entries/42646 On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 04:38, Ninjamonkdar...@stuartmedia.co.uk wrote: sorry bit more info, looking at this there are others using the same hashtags in everypost and they are coming up in the results? The hashtag is #startup and the

[twitter-dev] A new Twitter library for Python (Tango)

2009-06-25 Thread Ryan McGrath
Hey all, I've been working on a Twitter library for Python in my spare time. It's the first library I've written in full for the language, so I'm sure there's quite a few things that could be improved, but I think I've gotten it to a point where I can throw it out there and see if anyone's

[twitter-dev] Help with Desktop Application (?)

2009-06-25 Thread lanlim
Hi, Using the new OAuth Implementation, users need not put his/her login credentials to your application. If ever i would want my application to be able to post status updates on a user's behalf, what do i need to do? If i set the Desktop Application to the type of application at

[twitter-dev] Need Twitter Developer to help me New York City

2009-06-25 Thread Postcard
After a disastrous experience using Rentacoder, I am going local to build a prototype and am seeking a developer based in new york city who is experienced in interfacing with twitter. I am looking for an individual who will provide the technical vision to my product vision. Someone who is

[twitter-dev] issue with simple xml load file + twitter search API

2009-06-25 Thread jey jey
Hello I am tring to do a Api call using simple xml and twitter search API. Whwn I am trying to do so i am gettng the following errors Message: simplexml_load_file(http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q= %40southwestair) [function.simplexml-load-file]: failed to open stream: HTTP request

[twitter-dev] Re: Help with Desktop Application (?)

2009-06-25 Thread Abraham Williams
That PIN can be used to get an access token that should be saved and allows you to act as that user. Read more: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/OAuth-FAQ And: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Authentication (Desktop Clients part) Abraham On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 03:27, lanlimlan.lim...@gmail.com wrote:

[twitter-dev] Re: issue with simple xml load file + twitter search API

2009-06-25 Thread Mandakini kumari
Hi Please add ini_set('allow_url_fopen','On'); in beginning of script. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:12 PM, jey jey jobanj...@gmail.com wrote: Hello I am tring to do a Api call using simple xml and twitter search API. Whwn I am trying to do so i am gettng the following errors Message:

[twitter-dev] Re: Need Twitter Developer to help me New York City

2009-06-25 Thread Admin_Gen
Why twitter ? There is a subsequent number of options. Watch out that site where I added the last message (bob saint clar). http://mashable.com/2007/07/25/open-source-social-platforms/?dsq=11452830#comment-11452830 Why twitter and not facebook, or other ? Why that choice ? Is it what your body

[twitter-dev] Re: search ban reversal?

2009-06-25 Thread Ninjamonk
ok that was next to useless and the ticket was closed without the person actually paying attention to what I wrote. Any suggestions? is there a developer support system? Kind Regards Darren On Jun 25, 1:20 pm, Ninjamonk dar...@stuartmedia.co.uk wrote: ta, I have put a ticket in. On Jun 25,

[twitter-dev] Re: issue with simple xml load file + twitter search API

2009-06-25 Thread Matt Sanford
Hi there, If you're accessing search.twitter.com from AWS please set the User-Agent header to something meaningful, like the name of your website or service. Without a User-Agent you will see 400s when accessing from AWS. Thanks; – Matt Sanford / @mzsanford Twitter Dev On Jun

[twitter-dev] Whoa there error after Oauth authorization.

2009-06-25 Thread mruhlin
We're testing an app and have seen some strange behavior after OAuthing. The user goes through the norma OAuth process just fine, closes our tab and then just opens up a new tab to www.twitter.com. Once they login they're redirected to http://twitter.com/oauth/authorize, which shows an error.

[twitter-dev] Re: search ban reversal?

2009-06-25 Thread Abraham Williams
You could try emailing a...@twitter.com. I don't know if they will be able to help you though. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 09:15, Ninjamonkdar...@stuartmedia.co.uk wrote: ok that was next to useless and the ticket was closed without the person actually paying attention to what I wrote. Any

[twitter-dev] Re: Need Twitter Developer to help me New York City

2009-06-25 Thread Jean-Francois Gagne
hi Bob Thanks for your links. Here are my answers: Twitter is - I think - the best vehicle for what I want to achieve, users generated sitcoms. Here's the definition that I have set on www.twitter.com/twitcom - For a given location and a given time slot, a *selected* small number of people (the

[twitter-dev] Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread Obrzut
Apologies for the double post. I was using the wrong google account before. http://www.aponetworks.com/dumpurge/index.html Take a look at the source code here. PLEASE! I keep getting an 401 unauthorised when I try to access anything on twitter. Please help - I've followed all the tutorials -

[twitter-dev] Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread catcalls
Hi, http://www.aponetworks.com/dumpurge/index.html This is a link to the source code so far. It has my Keys / Tokens I received from Twitter in it. I customised a C# Class into a VB.NET class of my own. I also imported the standard C# OAuth DLL into the program to use. I still get an 401

[twitter-dev] Re: Following/Follower delay

2009-06-25 Thread Doug Williams
Randy, We're still working on the fix and this is currently the top priority of the services team. It's a pretty extensive code deployment so it is taking some time. Thanks, Doug On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 5:27 AM, RandyC bioscienceupda...@gmail.com wrote: After about 14 hours since the fix was

[twitter-dev] Re: tool to let you know when twitter name is available

2009-06-25 Thread Doug Williams
From that message, our policy of releasing screen names has clearly changed. Do you have a trademark you are attempting to claim? Thanks, Doug On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Vinayak Joshi vinayak.jo...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Doug I tried the process suggested by you and this is the reply

[twitter-dev] Re: A new Twitter library for Python (Tango)

2009-06-25 Thread Doug Williams
I'll add it to the libraries section today. Thanks for contributing! Thanks, Doug On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Ninjamonk dar...@stuartmedia.co.uk wrote: great work, I am playing with it now. I am going to see if it works with GAE. you should get it added here

[twitter-dev] Search API: reliable link to web status

2009-06-25 Thread jesse
I've been browsing the archives and I believe I know the answer to this, but want to confirm. I'm about to start using the Search API to, obviously, collect tweets and then store summaries of them grouped by matching terms. That will give us some overview stats to display for users which we'd

[twitter-dev] web608 : architecture management abraham

2009-06-25 Thread Admin_Gen
Hi Abraham, I had the chance to visit web608. I like the design, there is something like the Benetton brand (that entry on the right-hand side for the feedback postings with pop-in action linked. that is prophetic !). Architecture. I try to understand the process and principle map of web608. -

[twitter-dev] Re: Search API: reliable link to web status

2009-06-25 Thread Doug Williams
With one call to the statuses/show method [1] you could have all of the information you need to construct the permanent URL. 1. http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-statuses%C2%A0show Thanks, Doug On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:31 AM, jesse je...@mailchimp.com wrote: I've been

[twitter-dev] Re: web608 : architecture management abraham

2009-06-25 Thread Abraham Williams
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:33, Admin_Gengest...@fiduciairegenerale.com wrote: Hi Abraham, I had the chance to visit web608. I like the design, there is something like the Benetton brand (that entry on the right-hand side for the feedback postings with pop-in action linked. that is prophetic

[twitter-dev] Failed to validate oauth signature and token

2009-06-25 Thread goodtest
Hi, I am trying to follow the instructions of how to authenticate using oauth, but for some reason, when i try to get request_token, I get failed to validate signature and token. I am not sure what I am missing, can someone please take a second look at the following and let me know is missing?

[twitter-dev] Re: Search API: reliable link to web status

2009-06-25 Thread jesse
Thanks for the quick reply, Doug. From that I would create: http://twitter.com/dougw/status/1472669360 if you change your screen name, that link is going to break. If it didn't, I'd be fine with the Search API since it include screen_names and status ids. Or am I being obtuse and missing

[twitter-dev] OAuth: Failed to validate oauth signature and token -please help

2009-06-25 Thread goodtest
Hi, I am trying to follow the instructions of how to authenticate using oauth, but for some reason, when i try to get request_token, I get failed to validate signature and token. I am not sure what I am missing, can someone please take a second look at the following and let me know is missing?

[twitter-dev] Re: Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread Matt Sanford
Hi there, Sorry for the trouble, but could you include the message you're getting in the body of that 401? Without the error message it's hard to tell what the problem is or where the source of all of this suck is. Thanks for the hostile tone though … it really got my morning going.

[twitter-dev] Re: Search API: reliable link to web status

2009-06-25 Thread Doug Williams
It would break if I changed my screen name but that is a very rare case. If your application depends deeply on these links not breaking, I'd suggest you cache status objects for a day, and refresh the cache and links daily. Thanks, Doug On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:07 AM, jesse

[twitter-dev] xml-type don´t show user details

2009-06-25 Thread Germig
Hi. When I get the details from user, there is no problem with json- format. But trying with xml, I only get the first index of the array. No infos about location, only this: stdClass Object ( [0] = SimpleXMLElement Object ( [created_at] = Thu Jun 25 13:28:31 + 2009

[twitter-dev] Re: Search API since_id doesn't work with filter:links

2009-06-25 Thread Jim
Yes I'm seeing this also, with this query: http://search.twitter.com/search.json?lang=enshow_user=truerpp=100since=2009-06-25until=2009-06-25q=Cloud On Jun 24, 7:57 am, Mojosaurus ish...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, My script polls Twitter APIs once every 15 seconds with a query

[twitter-dev] xml-type don´t show user details

2009-06-25 Thread Germig
Hi. When I get the details from user, there is no problem with json- format. But trying with xml, I only get the first index of the array. No infos about location, only this: stdClass Object ( [0] = SimpleXMLElement Object ( [created_at] = Thu Jun 25 13:28:31 + 2009

[twitter-dev] Re: Whoa there error after Oauth authorization.

2009-06-25 Thread sull
confirmed. this has been happening to me over the past week as well. On Jun 25, 10:51 am, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.com wrote: I do remember running into this a few days ago but assumed it was a random occurrence. I did just replicate the issue though by: Log out of twitter. Go

[twitter-dev] Re: Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread Obrzut
Hi Matt, I'm coding in Visual Studio 2005. I am using a HTTP REQUEST function to make the request to the server. This is basically all I get to go on is the error messages. I dunno how to incorporate Charles into VB.NET? Also, how do I go about printing out the body from VB.NET? If any one

[twitter-dev] Re: Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread Obrzut
The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized. This is the exact error. I was not being hostile - just going out my wits end! *smiles* I've de-stressed by laying in bed for the past hour trying to forget about the Twitter API and OAuth. Ha! That said - shall I include the URL I am

[twitter-dev] Re: Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread Matt Sanford
Hi, When you get an HTTP 401 there should be a body, Something like: Failed to validate oauth signature or token, or the more informative Invalid / expired token, or a host of other things. The 401 Unauthorized is the HTTP status line itself and is the error we use for all OAuth

[twitter-dev] Re: xml-type don´t show user details

2009-06-25 Thread Germig
Sorry for doublepost and thanks for the answer. I used a lot of different user ids (always the screenname). It´s always the same. I used this library: http://code.google.com/p/micromvc-php/source/browse/trunk/libraries/twitter_api.php?spec=svn6r=6 with this code: $options = array( 'id' =

[twitter-dev] Re: Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread Obrzut
WOW! Thanks! I'll try that! Just a side note - I extracted the URL and ran it thru a web browser - then it started popping open a Username / Password box? It stated; The server twitter.com at Twitter API requires a username and password. What is all this about? I ask, because, my twitter

[twitter-dev] Re: xml-type don´t show user details

2009-06-25 Thread Doug Williams
Can you include the user_id you are trying to find so we can look into this? Also, yes, the data should be in UTF-8. Thanks, Doug On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Germig i...@exbeerde.de wrote: Hi. When I get the details from user, there is no problem with json- format. But trying with

[twitter-dev] Re: Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread Obrzut
oauth_version=1.0oauth_nonce=5048009oauth_timestamp=1245948327oauth_signature_method=HMAC- SHA1oauth_consumer_key=CgZiTeNqGk2c0eZSdb9qgoauth_signature=vxFWk3JvGKdKIRYR31%2b2JC %2bh30o%3d This is an example URL I am sending. Is there anything suspect you can see just by looking at it? It really

[twitter-dev] Posting to Twitter using Gtalk

2009-06-25 Thread Vinayak Joshi
Hi We have developed a chat bot on Gtalk/Jabber using which you can post on Twitter. It uses OAuth authentication. You can test it by adding twit...@askme.im to your Gtalk/Gmail Chat contact list and chatting with it. Is there any way that one can also fetch and display tweets from people I

[twitter-dev] Re: Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread Abraham Williams
I would recommend reading http://oauth.net/documentation/getting-started so you have a thorough understanding of how Oauth. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:17, Obrzutsa...@peyoteuk.com wrote: WOW! Thanks! I'll try that! Just a side note - I extracted the URL and ran it thru a web browser - then

[twitter-dev] Re: Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread Obrzut
I have read that document. Like I said in my initial post - I have read the tutorials and FAQs. Furthermore - I have converted a C# Class that utilises OAuth C# Base Class to VB.NET without a hitch. It works just fine - the only problem is that it is reaching a Login prompt that is asking for

[twitter-dev] Re: Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread Matt Sanford
Hello again, The access token URL [1] should be accessed by your application to exchange a request token for an access token, not from a browser. You're seeing a login dialog because that is what browsers do with HTTP 401 (Unauthorized). Your description has been a bit confusing,

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth: Failed to validate oauth signature and token -please help

2009-06-25 Thread Matt Sanford
Hello there, Here are a few things you can try: * You shouldn't need the oauth_token parameter when requesting a request token, so you can remove that. * Make sure the oauth_nonce is a unique value (though we have a specific error message for that). * Also, always helpful,

[twitter-dev] Re: Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread Obrzut
Well, Hi again Matt. Basically, it is hard to describe exactly what my app is doing because it is using third party code. Firstly, this is the URL I am trying to access; url = http://twitter.com/statuses/show/123.xml; Then, here are the URL's for authentication that my API uses;

[twitter-dev] Re: Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread Matt Sanford
Hi again, A nonce is expected to be unique for each request, that is really it's only function. You should not need the login/password anywhere, and if the library you're using requires that it's doing something incorrectly. I'm not much of a VB programmer, but I just read through

[twitter-dev] Re: Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread Obrzut
Public Function WebResponseGet(ByVal web_Request As HttpWebRequest) Dim responseReader As StreamReader = Nothing Dim responseData As String = Try responseReader = New StreamReader (web_Request.GetResponse.GetResponseStream()) responseData =

[twitter-dev] Re: Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread Obrzut
Hi Matt, There is an OAuthLinkGet routine in the OAuth_Twitter Class. I am not sure if it is being used tho? That said, the code in Form1 basically implements Twitter OAuth Class - which in turn uses OAuth Class. It is a heirarchy of classes :) It should, really, be doing it properly because

[twitter-dev] Re: Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread Obrzut
Public Function AuthorizationLinkGet() Dim ret As String = Nothing Dim response As String = OAuthWebRequest(GET, REQUEST_TOKEN, String.Empty) If (response.Length 0) Then REM response contains token and token secret. We only need the token. Dim

[twitter-dev] How-To: Get a Twitter Token via VB.NET

2009-06-25 Thread Obrzut
Hi, I have been working on an program that will eventually access the Twitter site. But, I have found the very first stage of OAuth very cumbersome. Basically, I have the following code; Dim url As String = http://twitter.com/oauth/request_token; Dim xml As String =

[twitter-dev] Re: How-To: Get a Twitter Token via VB.NET

2009-06-25 Thread Andrew Badera
You probably don't want to be sharing your keys with us ... On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Obrzut sa...@peyoteuk.com wrote: Hi, I have been working on an program that will eventually access the Twitter site. But, I have found the very first stage of OAuth very cumbersome. Basically,

[twitter-dev] Re: How-To: Get a Twitter Token via VB.NET

2009-06-25 Thread Matt Sanford
Hi, You might want to try Shannon Whitley (blog post on VB.NET/OAuth/ Twitter at http://www.voiceoftech.com/swhitley/?p=681) … he seems to work with Twitter, OAuth and VB.NET. He might be reading the dev list here, not really sure. Thanks; – Matt Sanford / @mzsanford Twitter

[twitter-dev] Re: How-To: Get a Twitter Token via VB.NET

2009-06-25 Thread Andrew Badera
Also, are your sorting your parameters alphabetically, per spec? On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Obrzut sa...@peyoteuk.com wrote: Hi, I have been working on an program that will eventually access the Twitter site. But, I have found the very first stage of OAuth very cumbersome.

[twitter-dev] Re: How-To: Get a Twitter Token via VB.NET

2009-06-25 Thread Bojan Rajkovic
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Obrzut wrote: Hi, I have been working on an program that will eventually access the Twitter site. But, I have found the very first stage of OAuth very cumbersome. Basically, I have the following code; Dim url As String =

[twitter-dev] Re: Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread Obrzut
url = https://twitter.com/account/verify_credentials.xml; Dim test As String = url Dim UR As System.Net.WebRequest = System.Net.WebRequest.Create (test) UR.Credentials = New NetworkCredential(APONetworks, password) Dim str As System.IO.Stream = UR.GetResponse

[twitter-dev] Re: How-To: Get a Twitter Token via VB.NET

2009-06-25 Thread JDG
Until they discontinue basic auth... On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 16:04, Obrzut sa...@peyoteuk.com wrote: Thanks. But - I kinda sorted it here with this code snippet... url = https://twitter.com/account/verify_credentials.xml; Dim test As String = url Dim UR As

[twitter-dev] Re: Desperate for Help! Twitter API Blues...

2009-06-25 Thread E E MIRA
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[twitter-dev] Re: What causes suspension?

2009-06-25 Thread capt.taco
Dave Alex, Great to hear from you guys on this forum. My account was re-instated and I'm glad to be back in the fold. I understand the plight of your company, given the explosion in interest. Its difficult to get to every support message, and given the rampant amount of spam, I understand your

[twitter-dev] Re: A new Twitter library for Python (Tango)

2009-06-25 Thread Ryan McGrath
Thanks! It's been a lot of fun working on it, the API seems really well done. ;) - Ryan On Jun 25, 11:31 am, Doug Williams d...@twitter.com wrote: I'll add it to the libraries section today. Thanks for contributing! Thanks, Doug On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Ninjamonk

[twitter-dev] Re: API Changes for June 25, 2009

2009-06-25 Thread funkatron
What's the word on a rate limit increase related to the issue 474 fix? -- Ed Finkler http://funkatron.com Twitter:@funkatron AIM: funka7ron ICQ: 3922133 XMPP:funkat...@gmail.com On Jun 25, 7:18 pm, Matt Sanford m...@twitter.com wrote: Two features and five fixes were deployed today,

[twitter-dev] Re: What causes suspension?

2009-06-25 Thread Doug Williams
Rob, We are not in the business of support and have no plans to monetize our support staff :) We all understand the frustration of delays but as a developer you can always contact the API team (see http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Support) with your development oriented needs. The general support staff

[twitter-dev] Re: How-To: Get a Twitter Token via VB.NET

2009-06-25 Thread Bojan Rajkovic
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Obrzut wrote: Hello, Sadly, your API does not work. :( odule Module1 Sub Main() Dim pin As Integer = 0 Dim OAuth As New OAuth.Twitter(Key,Secret) OAuth.Debugging = True Dim URL As String = OAuth.GetAuthorizationLink() Dim pinRead As

[twitter-dev] Re: Releasing a dormat screenname

2009-06-25 Thread Bill Kocik
It turns out they respond very quickly. Unforunately its with an email that includes: Twitter is not currently releasing inactive user names. Unless your user name issue involves Terms of Service violations, you'll have to wait until all inactive user names are released. We're working on a

[twitter-dev] Re: Tags for places?

2009-06-25 Thread benn
I'm trying to solve the problem you described here with twitterplaces. 1. You tweet about L:placename 2. You go to twitterplaces.com/username/placename and specify the exact address (address is guessed from google local search) 3. Other apps can request twitterplaces.com/username/placename.json

[twitter-dev] Re: Help styling twitter in message link URLs as icons instead of text

2009-06-25 Thread jefbak
Regular expression to find and replace the in-tweet links?? On Jun 24, 9:49 am, jefbak jef...@gmail.com wrote: I  am trying to figure out what css/script would be required to take a link posted in a tweet and style it so that it shows as an icon instead. This way we can display our twitter

[twitter-dev] Re: Help styling twitter in message link URLs as icons instead of text

2009-06-25 Thread Abraham Williams
Off the top of my head there are 2 ways to do this. Add a class to each link and use CSS/JS or use JS to search the page content for links and modify them on the fly. For an example of the later check out:

[twitter-dev] Security Message Interferring On Twitter

2009-06-25 Thread WyattWhy
Everytime I refresh my page on twitter or change pages or update most anything, I get a security message I have to answer. It's time consuming and it has never happened before until recently. How do I get rid of this message question on my computer as I am on Twitter? Here is how the

[twitter-dev] Re: Reg gardenhose feed

2009-06-25 Thread John Kalucki
The JSON and XML markup formats do not define a fixed ordering of their fields and they also allow new fields to be added at any time. Besides consuming absurd amounts of CPU for name-value pair decoding, this decoupling of producer and consumer is nearly the entire point of these markup schemes.