Re: [twitter-dev] OAuth:a disaster for Chinese twitter users

2010-02-12 Thread Jesse Stay
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 2:40 AM, Brian Smith br...@briansmith.org wrote: yegle wrote: Basically, a API proxy script works as a middleman between twitter and twitter client, little like man-in-the-middle attack.It's possible to do this if the authentication is made in HTTP basic auth.But

[twitter-dev] Re: What's up with OAuth?

2010-02-12 Thread janole
Hi Raffi, I can't express how happy I am about xAuth. That'll solve most of the problems I've envisioned with using OAuth in my S60 Twitter client 'Gravity'. Now, I've had a quick look at how Seesmic Look does the authentication process and I've got two questions: 1.) Will it be possible to run

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: OAuth:a disaster for Chinese twitter users

2010-02-12 Thread Harshad RJ
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:17 PM, yegle cnye...@gmail.com wrote: Nope, it doesn't work :-( All DNS queries to twitter.com inside China is poisoned and all twitter's available IP is blocked. Oh btw, I meant HTTPS proxies that sit outside the firewall. I assume that DNS queries for

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth:a disaster for Chinese twitter users

2010-02-12 Thread yegle
There is no detailed information about xauth right now, but the WRAP specification did allow to fetch access token using username/password, that makes a proxy script possible.I think this is xauth about: get access token using username/password and then do the rest things using oauth. I'm still

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth:a disaster for Chinese twitter users

2010-02-12 Thread yegle
Oh yes I forgot that HTTP proxy resolves the domain name at server side :-) On Feb 12, 6:18 pm, Harshad RJ harshad...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:17 PM, yegle cnye...@gmail.com wrote: Nope, it doesn't work :-( All DNS queries to twitter.com inside China is poisoned and all

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth:a disaster for Chinese twitter users

2010-02-12 Thread yegle
I read the WRAP draft. I have to say that it's much simpler than OAuth 1.0a. It doesn't need too much modification to twitter client to support API proxy, if xauth is widely available. Thank you all for your replies and concerns :-) On Feb 12, 7:04 pm, yegle cnye...@gmail.com wrote: Oh yes I

[twitter-dev] Re: What's up with OAuth?

2010-02-12 Thread yegle
Hi Raffi, Is xauth the same as the 5.3 Username and Password Profile in WRAP's specification? On Feb 12, 11:18 am, Raffi Krikorian ra...@twitter.com wrote: hi all. this is a long overdue e-mail, but i wanted to tease out some of the directions that Twitter is going with OAuth.  i want to

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: What's up with OAuth?

2010-02-12 Thread Raffi Krikorian
Now, I've had a quick look at how Seesmic Look does the authentication process and I've got two questions: 1.) Will it be possible to run the xAuth authentication over a HTTP proxy? It looks like it's possible at first glance. I've got a lot of users from countries where Twitter is blocked

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: What's up with OAuth?

2010-02-12 Thread Raffi Krikorian
similar idea, different implementation. when we deploy WRAP/2.0, the corresponding profile would be the username/password profile. On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:42 AM, yegle cnye...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Raffi, Is xauth the same as the 5.3 Username and Password Profile in WRAP's specification?

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: OAuth:a disaster for Chinese twitter users

2010-02-12 Thread Raffi Krikorian
what i would do (with that caveat that i'm speaking as myself and not necessarily as a twitter employee ;P): make a proxy that uses xauth - you could still ask for a username/password, use xauth to do the exchange with twitter, and then proxy the basic auth to oauth. the caveat is that i stated

[twitter-dev] Twitter dropping lot more tweets than it is fetching

2010-02-12 Thread djpatra
For a project I want to collect all tweets containing a few keywords. I have built this functionality using the streaming api but is missing more tweets than what it is able to fetch. I have only one connection to twitter and I'm tracking 7-8 keywords at a time. The search terms I have now as

[twitter-dev] Re: Find Location where tweet came from

2010-02-12 Thread don
yes. I realise this is added by the user. What I was wondering is if there is any way to have this data passed back in the return data for a word search or weather I would need to make seperate calls for each user to access it? On Feb 12, 2:20 pm, Raffi Krikorian ra...@twitter.com wrote: each

[twitter-dev] Re: Anyone using phirehose?

2010-02-12 Thread olmy
I am using it for the last 7 days, In this period, it has stopped collecting data twice. The program is still running, I can see the process ids, but no data is coming. This is my code, class FilterTrackConsumer extends Phirehose { public function enqueueStatus($status) {

[twitter-dev] Twitter Icons

2010-02-12 Thread Naren
Hello, I am integrating twitter with one of my website, and here I need some icons and logo like tweet this , Follow me and connect to Twitter. If any body have the standard and licensing tips for icons then please share it. Thank you. Regards, Naren

[twitter-dev] Twitter status update through a Ajax Post

2010-02-12 Thread atomic mouse
Hello Friends; In December I wrote a little function to allow users to update our Twitter status by completing a form embedded in our CMS. This has worked fine untill last week. The script simply sends a ajax post to http://twitter.com/statuses/ update.xml Unfortunately it returns the

[twitter-dev] Re: What's up with OAuth?

2010-02-12 Thread Terence Eden
Will mobile OAuth be fixed for all users before this goes live? See http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=395 for details. On Feb 12, 3:18 am, Raffi Krikorian ra...@twitter.com wrote: hi all. this is a long overdue e-mail, but i wanted to tease out some of the directions that

[twitter-dev] 401 Authentication Error for Streaming API

2010-02-12 Thread djpatra
Hi, I was launching single streaming api requests from my Amazon EC2 instance. I didn't record the HTTP result code, though I have a mechanism for backing off for 240 seconds on an HTTP error code (200); How can my IP still get blacklisted? Now, I am getting 401 Authentication error messages.

[twitter-dev] Re: Find Location where tweet came from

2010-02-12 Thread Eric Marcoullier @ Gnip
I apologize if this has been previously covered, but it appears that explicit geotag info is not shown for any tweet returned via the search API, regardless of whether a user has authorized public geo reporting. As a result, it is possible to determine what is being said in a specific location,

[twitter-dev] Re: What's up with OAuth?

2010-02-12 Thread tsmango
Just to clarify, xauth will be available to mobile applications (who apply) going forward to authenticate users, not just a one time way to exchange stored usernames and passwords? On Feb 11, 10:18 pm, Raffi Krikorian ra...@twitter.com wrote: hi all. this is a long overdue e-mail, but i wanted

[twitter-dev] Re: Getting statuses/retweets in reverse order or getting more than the allowed 100 statuses count

2010-02-12 Thread hernangarcia
Thanks man! On Feb 7, 4:19 pm, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.com wrote: Twitter is planning on adding pagination for retweets:http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread... Abraham On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 08:02, hernangarcia hernan.gar...@gmail.com wrote: Hello

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Anyone using phirehose?

2010-02-12 Thread Atul Kulkarni
It has been happening to me as well. It just stops receiving data after about 25-26 hours. Any timeout or something? On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:52 AM, olmy amitdebnath...@gmail.com wrote: I am using it for the last 7 days, In this period, it has stopped collecting data twice. The program is

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: What's up with OAuth?

2010-02-12 Thread Raffi Krikorian
yup - we're actively working on a fix for the mobile oauth pages (as well as a complete redesign of the oauth pages in general). On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:47 AM, Terence Eden terence.e...@gmail.comwrote: Will mobile OAuth be fixed for all users before this goes live? See

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: What's up with OAuth?

2010-02-12 Thread Raffi Krikorian
yup! that's the plan. sorry if it wasn't clear in the e-mail blast. On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 6:14 AM, tsmango tsma...@gmail.com wrote: Just to clarify, xauth will be available to mobile applications (who apply) going forward to authenticate users, not just a one time way to exchange stored

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: What's up with OAuth?

2010-02-12 Thread Raffi Krikorian
if, of course, you mean a mobile native application, and not a mobile web application. mobile web applications still need to send their users through the regular oauth workflow. On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Raffi Krikorian ra...@twitter.com wrote: yup! that's the plan. sorry if it wasn't

Re: [twitter-dev] Twitter status update through a Ajax Post

2010-02-12 Thread Raffi Krikorian
hi! i see nothing obviously wrong with this - is this hosted somewhere so we can hit it with a browser and see what's being generated by the browser request? On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:37 AM, atomic mouse quickf...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Friends; In December I wrote a little function to allow

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Find Location where tweet came from

2010-02-12 Thread Raffi Krikorian
hi eric. just to make sure i understand what you're saying - you're saying that the geo tag (from the geotagging API) is not showing up from search? i beg to disagree deskdog:Desktop raffi$ *curl http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=tomcoates* { results: [ ... {

Re: [twitter-dev] Retweets not appearing in status/user_timeline when using JSON output

2010-02-12 Thread Raffi Krikorian
from http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-statuses-user_timeline Note: For backwards compatibility reasons, retweets are stripped out of the user_timeline when calling in XML or JSON (they appear with 'RT' in RSS and Atom). If you'd like them included, you can merge them in from

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Find Location where tweet came from

2010-02-12 Thread Abraham Williams
Don, Twitter is intent on merging the Search and REST APIs at which point searches will return full user objects. http://apiwiki.twitter.com/V2-Roadmap#MergingRESTandSearchAPIs Abraham On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 22:10, don host.st...@gmail.com wrote: yes. I realise this is added by the user.

Re: [twitter-dev] Twitter Icons

2010-02-12 Thread Abraham Williams
Perchance these will help? https://twitter.com/goodies/buttons Abraham On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 23:36, Naren naren.sisod...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I am integrating twitter with one of my website, and here I need some icons and logo like tweet this , Follow me and connect to Twitter. If

Re: [twitter-dev] 401 Authentication Error for Streaming API

2010-02-12 Thread John Kalucki
You are probably logging in with your account too often and triggering a rate limit, or, someone nearby you is abusing the system. If you lay off the system for an hour or so, can you get in? If not, send your account and the exact time, in UTC, of a login failure and we can investigate. (api at

Re: [twitter-dev] Twitter dropping lot more tweets than it is fetching

2010-02-12 Thread John Kalucki
The spaces in your keywords are causing problems. Pick the lowest frequency word in each phrase to track. http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Streaming-API-Documentation#track track Specifies keywords to track. Keywords are specified by a comma separated list. Queries are subject to Track Limitations,

[twitter-dev] Re: What's up with OAuth?

2010-02-12 Thread tsmango
Yep, I meant mobile native applications. This is really a wonderful idea! Very, very happy about this! On Feb 12, 11:15 am, Raffi Krikorian ra...@twitter.com wrote: if, of course, you mean a mobile native application, and not a mobile web application.  mobile web applications still need to send

[twitter-dev] statuses/update and quotes

2010-02-12 Thread Fred Garvin
I have been trying to figure out how to correctly format a status update with quotes (single or double) in it for a while with no luck. The quotes always seem to end up escaped with a slash when posted to twitter. Any advice or suggestions are appreciated. Here is the PHP I'm using, the commented

[twitter-dev] Typo in OAuth FAQ

2010-02-12 Thread dburkes
At http://apiwiki.twitter.com/OAuth-FAQ , it states: We announced in December of 2009 that we would target June 2010 for deprecation of OAuth. I think what you really wanted to say was: We announced in December of 2009 that we would target June 2010 for deprecation of Basic Auth. Best, Danny

Re: [twitter-dev] Typo in OAuth FAQ

2010-02-12 Thread Abraham Williams
ROFL! Nice find. Abraham On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:28, dburkes dbur...@gmail.com wrote: At http://apiwiki.twitter.com/OAuth-FAQ , it states: We announced in December of 2009 that we would target June 2010 for deprecation of OAuth. I think what you really wanted to say was: We announced

Re: [twitter-dev] Typo in OAuth FAQ

2010-02-12 Thread Raffi Krikorian
ha! thanks for pointing that out - i just fixed it :P On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:28 AM, dburkes dbur...@gmail.com wrote: At http://apiwiki.twitter.com/OAuth-FAQ , it states: We announced in December of 2009 that we would target June 2010 for deprecation of OAuth. I think what you really

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: What's up with OAuth?

2010-02-12 Thread Isaiah Carew
so excited about xAuth. i think this is really going to change the landscape in a big way. can't wait to get going. sent a message to a...@twitter.com -- that's all that's necessary to get going right? thanks again, isaiah On Feb 12, 2010, at 9:04 AM, tsmango wrote: Yep, I meant mobile

Re: [twitter-dev] Retweets not appearing in status/user_timeline when using JSON output

2010-02-12 Thread Julio Biason
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Raffi Krikorian ra...@twitter.com wrote: from http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-statuses-user_timeline Note: For backwards compatibility reasons, retweets are stripped out of the user_timeline when calling in XML or JSON (they appear with

[twitter-dev] Re: Find Location where tweet came from

2010-02-12 Thread Eric Marcoullier @ Gnip
Raffi -- you are absolutely correct. It turns out it's a frequency thing. I've done a whole bunch of random looks at result data in the last couple of months and I've never seen one. Now that I know what to look for, I just grabbed a batch of 50,000 search results and found several. Many

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Find Location where tweet came from

2010-02-12 Thread Raffi Krikorian
nah - no worries. data is coming in and the rate at which geotags come in increases every day. On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Eric Marcoullier @ Gnip e...@marcoullier.com wrote: Raffi -- you are absolutely correct. It turns out it's a frequency thing. I've done a whole bunch of random

Re: [twitter-dev] question regarding promoted apps

2010-02-12 Thread Abraham Williams
Last I heard the applications are selected by Twitter employees as being awesome. So make your application awesome and maybe you will see yours showing up too. Abraham On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 16:04, wael orabi wael3r...@gmail.com wrote: Dear twitter dev. anyone knows how to add an app to this

Re: [twitter-dev] Strange behavior (bug?): statuses/user_timeline/ with count

2010-02-12 Thread Abraham Williams
That is because retweets are not returned in the user_timeline method. http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method:-statuses-user_timeline Abraham On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 18:38, Christian Joudrey cmalle...@gmail.comwrote: Hello all, I have just ran into a strange behavior when

[twitter-dev] Re: question regarding promoted apps

2010-02-12 Thread Arnaud Meunier
On my side, I heard it was based on the top trending applications from the week. In any case, developers are not able to request or submit their application for placement. Probably because everybody would love to see his app featured there :) Arnaud. Twitoaster | http://twitoaster.com On Feb

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: question regarding promoted apps

2010-02-12 Thread Raffi Krikorian
its more likely because we don't have a formal and documented process by which to choose applications to show up in that box... On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Arnaud Meunier arnaud.meun...@twitoaster.com wrote: On my side, I heard it was based on the top trending applications from the week.

Re: [twitter-dev] OAuth Additions

2010-02-12 Thread Abraham Williams
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 20:54, Harshad RJ harshad...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 05:28, Dewald Pretorius dpr...@gmail.com wrote: Two additions to OAuth that will be very helpful: 1) When a user removes

[twitter-dev] Profile avatars with AWS S3 versioning

2010-02-12 Thread Abraham Williams
Now that Amazon S3 supports versioning couldn't profile avatars use static URLs and let browsers handle the caching with ETags? More info on S3 Versioning: http://goo.gl/CMch Abraham -- Abraham Williams | Community Advocate | http://abrah.am Project | Out Loud |

Re: [twitter-dev] Profile avatars with AWS S3 versioning

2010-02-12 Thread Andrew Badera
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.com wrote: Now that Amazon S3 supports versioning couldn't profile avatars use static URLs and let browsers handle the caching with ETags? More info on S3 Versioning: http://goo.gl/CMch Abraham -- Abraham Williams | Community

Re: [twitter-dev] Getting First Status After since_id

2010-02-12 Thread Abraham Williams
You might want to search for and/or open a feature request: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Abraham On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 15:32, Eric forke...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'd like to be able to request just the first status in a timeline after an arbitrary ID. Using

Re: [twitter-dev] OAuth Additions

2010-02-12 Thread Harshad RJ
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 20:54, Harshad RJ harshad...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.comwrote: Your application should already have good handling logic built in for

[twitter-dev] Re: What's up with OAuth?

2010-02-12 Thread Norio Nomura
Hi, I tested xAuth with below codes, http://github.com/norio-nomura/ntlniph/tree/xAuth and succeeded. I want to know about xAuth's current status and roadmap. Thanks, -- Norio Nomura On 2月12日, 午後12:18, Raffi Krikorian ra...@twitter.com wrote: hi all. this is a long overdue e-mail, but i

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Find Location where tweet came from

2010-02-12 Thread devjyoti patra
Hi, Is there an easy way to convert these geo-codes into actual locations. I'm using a lookup table which has been created by matching (geo-code) - (location specified by the user). But i was wondering if there is a Yahoo Placemaker kind of service that developers are already using for twitter.

[twitter-dev] Re: Twitter status update through a Ajax Post

2010-02-12 Thread atomic mouse
Thank you very much for your reply Raffi. is this hosted somewhere so we can hit it with a browser Yes certainly, it is on http://www.dinkumsite.com/twitter_feed.asp I have created a Twitter test account and inserted the correct username and password in the code. To discount the possibility

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: question regarding promoted apps

2010-02-12 Thread Cameron Kaiser
On my side, I heard it was based on the top trending applications from the week. In any case, developers are not able to request or submit their application for placement. Probably because everybody would love to see his app featured there :) I heard it was actually based on how many drinks