[twitter-dev] Reminder: Status IDs are changing at 10am PDT/5pm UTC Tuesday 12th October 2010

2010-10-12 Thread Matt Harris
Hey everyone, Just a quick reminder that Snowflake (the new way we will generate Status IDs) is scheduled to go live at 10am PDT/5pm UTC Tuesday 12th October 2010 - today for many of you and tomorrow for those of you who are on PDT. We'll send a Tweet on @twitterapi as a reminder just before we

[twitter-dev] Tweet button-unicode URL

2010-10-12 Thread Wadja
Hello, I am trying to pass this URL(has Greek letters) via Tweet button but It always returns ...'url' parameter does not contain a valid URL. http://www.wadja.com/petty01#Ελληνική Οικονομία I've tried all the below using JavaScript but no luck: escape(), encodeURI(), encodeURIComponent()

[twitter-dev] Re: Reminder: Status IDs are changing at 10am PDT/5pm UTC Tuesday 12th October 2010

2010-10-12 Thread artesea
Quick question, for the timeline I've been using max_id=123456789 as a method of paging backwards instead of page=2. This stops the last few tweets from the previous page appearing at the top as more people tweet. So if the last tweet on the current page has an ID of 123456790, I make a request

Re: [twitter-dev] Trying to use Streaming API with OAuth but times out - Suggestions?

2010-10-12 Thread Ciaran
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:16 AM, Bartek bart.ci...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there, I'm new to the Twitter API so forgive me if I'm missing something blatant. I just wrote a small node.js script that connects to Twitter and fetches the specified timeline. The library I am using for OAuth is:

[twitter-dev] Re: Trying to use Streaming API with OAuth but times out - Suggestions?

2010-10-12 Thread Bartek
Thanks a bunch! On Oct 12, 5:39 am, Ciaran ciar...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:16 AM, Bartek bart.ci...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there, I'm new to the Twitter API so forgive me if I'm missing something blatant. I just wrote a small node.js script that connects to Twitter and

[twitter-dev] Skip the authentication

2010-10-12 Thread Andrew Cross. Gna
I have used the function to authenticate my application with the user and allow it to access the twitter functionalist from my web site. The function does everything correctly and gets the oauth_ details. If I want to skip the authentication required from the user until he rejects my application

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Trying to use Streaming API with OAuth but times out - Suggestions?

2010-10-12 Thread Ciaran
np ;) -cj. On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Bartek bart.ci...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks a bunch! On Oct 12, 5:39 am, Ciaran ciar...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:16 AM, Bartek bart.ci...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there, I'm new to the Twitter API so forgive me if I'm missing

[twitter-dev] Re: problem with since_id in search

2010-10-12 Thread João Paulo Sabino de Moraes
anyone ? 2010/10/12 João Paulo Sabino de Moraes jona...@gmail.com hi everyone, since_id is not filtering correctly with search... below there is an example that explains better what I mean: the id in this query is related to the second newer tweet from nibuzz search without since_id:

[twitter-dev] Streaming API sampling and filter limiting algorithms switched to new status id

2010-10-12 Thread John Kalucki
The new status id format, previewed as new_id, requires slightly different algorithms for sampling and imposing filter limits on the Streaming API. In preparation for the big switch later today, we've cut over to using the new_id for these cases at about 6:30am PDT, 13:30 UTC. Only the most

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: problem with since_id in search

2010-10-12 Thread Taylor Singletary
In the example you are showing here, you're using a tweet id that is way outside of range (if we're just talking about digits, you're missing one..) If you look at the JSON results at: http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=nibuzzsince_id=2707390922 (with the since_id you're presenting here),

Re: [twitter-dev] Skip the authentication

2010-10-12 Thread Taylor Singletary
Hi Andrew, You should store the oauth_token and oauth_token_secret (securely) you received alongside any kind of identifying data you have for your user. Then, when making subsequent API calls, you use the access token to represent the user's permission and identity. You don't need to

[twitter-dev] HornetQ JMS Integration with twitter versus new authentication

2010-10-12 Thread Clebert Suconic
We have a bridge to support HornetQ (JBoss' newest Messaging Server) and twitter. The idea was to provide applications the possibility of tweet right from an enterprise BUS, like being a bot. On this case we don't have a client or user doing the authentication.. it's just a robot twitting. Is

Re: [twitter-dev] HornetQ JMS Integration with twitter versus new authentication

2010-10-12 Thread Tom van der Woerdt
You can simply hardcode the access tokens.. Tom On 10/12/10 5:06 PM, Clebert Suconic wrote: We have a bridge to support HornetQ (JBoss' newest Messaging Server) and twitter. The idea was to provide applications the possibility of tweet right from an enterprise BUS, like being a bot.

[twitter-dev] Need abit help with verify_credentials OAuth method

2010-10-12 Thread Developer
I'm integrating Sign in with twitter account function at my site. So, I'm sending request to https://twitter.com/oauth/request_token, getting token, making redirect to https://twitter.com/oauth/authenticate?oauth_token=%oauth_token% Then I recieving call back with oauth_token and oauth_verifier

[twitter-dev] API responds to JSON requests with XHTML

2010-10-12 Thread Erik Michaels-Ober
When the Twitter API responds with an HTTP 500 error, as was occurring for a brief period yesterday, the response body is an XHTML document (http://twitter.com/500) as opposed to JSON, as I requested. This is not the case for HTTP 4xx errors, which respond in the requested format, for example:

[twitter-dev] OAuth Problems

2010-10-12 Thread Sergio Oropeza
Hi! i'm programming basic http post for twitter. I allready have my applicaton in the app's of twitter developers. Ihave the Consumer key, Consumer secret, Access Token (oauth_token) and Access Token Secret (oauth_token_secret) Here is my code: POST /1/statuses/update.xml HTTP/1.1 Host:

[twitter-dev] Re: Reminder: Status IDs are changing at 10am PDT/5pm UTC Tuesday 12th October 2010

2010-10-12 Thread Jim Chevalier
Hey Ryan, The link that Matt Harris pointed to states: ...parameters such as max_id and since_id will work as expected...things like counting Tweets by subtracting status IDs will not be possible. So, on the one hand it seems like you'll be able to continue without modification ... but on the

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Reminder: Status IDs are changing at 10am PDT/5pm UTC Tuesday 12th October 2010

2010-10-12 Thread Tom van der Woerdt
Actually, the minus one part will be fine as well. Tom On Oct 12, 2010, at 8:10 PM, Jim Chevalier jcheval...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Ryan, The link that Matt Harris pointed to states: ...parameters such as max_id and since_id will work as expected...things like counting Tweets by

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: problem with since_id in search

2010-10-12 Thread João Paulo Sabino de Moraes
Thanks Taylor, I've found the error, that was an error in the API I'm using, the tweet id was not being read correctly. now it is working! thanks! -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi

[twitter-dev] What data is usually contained in the place field?

2010-10-12 Thread D. Smith
I have seen this field in streaming api, but never got a chance to see any actual data for this field. Can someone explain to me what usually will be the the place when it's not null? -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter:

[twitter-dev] setting up the api and OAuth for multiple sites

2010-10-12 Thread SeanthePaddy
Hi There, im new to the whole twitter scene bu tim making a component that i can install on several client sites that will allow them to update thier twitter accounts. for now i have set up my own account and created an app and im successfully pulling my tweets into my php component and im

[twitter-dev] Site Streams: Work Locally / 401 Unauthorized From EC2 (/cc @jkalucki)

2010-10-12 Thread tsmango
I've been working on a site stream implementation for the past week or so from my local environment without any issues. However, I just setup a new EC2 instance this morning and I'm unable to connect from it (I receive 401 Unauthorized). I've tried a few attempts over the course of several hours.

Re: [twitter-dev] Site Streams: Work Locally / 401 Unauthorized From EC2 (/cc @jkalucki)

2010-10-12 Thread John Kalucki
I can see what you describe in the logs. The most likely problem is that the EC2-based client isn't signing the OAuth correctly somehow. There should be nothing on our end that allows you in on one IP, but 401s you on another. -John On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:28 PM, tsmango tsma...@gmail.com

[twitter-dev] Re: No of statuses extracted by statuses/filter

2010-10-12 Thread AA
Hi everybody! Thank you Edward. I copy paste part of your answer: [If your filter  criteria are sufficiently narrow, you get *all* of the public tweets  with those keywords sent by users who aren't being blocked by  Twitter's quality filter. At least that's what the documentation has  said in

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: No of statuses extracted by statuses/filter

2010-10-12 Thread Matt Harris
Hey Alejandro, When you receive Tweets through the Streaming API filter method we will deliver all the Tweets that match the keywords/user_ids you ask for. If there are more Tweets than your Sample is allowed we will send a 'rate limited' message indicating how many you missed. This means, if you

Re: [twitter-dev] What data is usually contained in the place field?

2010-10-12 Thread Matt Harris
Hi, For countries where Geo is supported twitter.com allows you to set the location you are tweeting from. The place chosen on this screen is the one entered as the place information in a Tweet. For other applications this information is set by passing the place_id parameter when Tweeting. (More

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: No of statuses extracted by statuses/filter

2010-10-12 Thread John Kalucki
If you don't receive a limit message, you know that you've received all possible tweets for the predicate. If you do receive a limit message, you know the precise proportion of tweets received and dropped. -John Kalucki http://twitter.com/jkalucki Twitter Inc. On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:36 PM,

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: No of statuses extracted by statuses/filter

2010-10-12 Thread John Kalucki
Sorry. Gmail fail / Groups fail. On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:17 PM, John Kalucki j...@twitter.com wrote: If you don't receive a limit message, you know that you've received all possible tweets for the predicate. If you do receive a limit message, you know the precise proportion of tweets

[twitter-dev] Re: What data is usually contained in the place field?

2010-10-12 Thread D. Smith
Interesting. How is it that in the sample status the geo is null and the place is not null? How is the place determined if there is no geo data? Does this mean that status can have place object not null even when the geo is null? On Oct 12, 6:13 pm, Matt Harris thematthar...@twitter.com wrote:

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: What data is usually contained in the place field?

2010-10-12 Thread Matt Harris
Great question. Geo means the latitude and longitude of the user as reported by the device they are using, was sent to us. A user can say they are at a place, e.g. Twitter HQ, or San Francisco, without revealing their exact latitude and longitude. Place support is relatively new and many

[twitter-dev] Re: What data is usually contained in the place field?

2010-10-12 Thread D. Smith
Great explanation, thanks. On Oct 12, 6:51 pm, Matt Harris thematthar...@twitter.com wrote: Great question. Geo means the latitude and longitude of the user as reported by the device they are using, was sent to us. A user can say they are at a place, e.g. Twitter HQ, or San Francisco,

[twitter-dev] Re: What data is usually contained in the place field?

2010-10-12 Thread D. Smith
I think it's also strange that you include Street address, Country but NO City and NO State! I think State and City/Town name would be very helpful On Oct 12, 6:55 pm, D. Smith emai...@sharedlog.com wrote: Great explanation, thanks. On Oct 12, 6:51 pm, Matt Harris thematthar...@twitter.com

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: What data is usually contained in the place field?

2010-10-12 Thread Matt Harris
We only return enough to display the basic information about a place. This is because some places have a lot of information in their place object, for example some cities and areas have a polygon with over 600 points. For more detailed information make a request to the URL given in the place

[twitter-dev] Re: What data is usually contained in the place field?

2010-10-12 Thread D. Smith
I understand, but without City and State it's really not very useful. Sure I can lookup more using your place id, but with streaming api, things are downloaded blindingly fast, really don't want to make a new call for every status that has place ID. I in interested in using streaming api to do

[twitter-dev] Question about source field

2010-10-12 Thread D. Smith
I noticed that the value of source field looks somewhat strange: source:a href=\http://www.echofon.com/\; rel=\nofollow\Echofon \/a, Why in the world would you have an html string as a value and on top of than why do you include the rel=nofollow tag? This just looks wrong, not structured. The

[twitter-dev] Re: Woe is me, I can't seek what I find (or Search is failing me)

2010-10-12 Thread Nick
Hi, I too have looked at the streaming API for our use but the restrictions of single keywords has stopped us from implementing it. We are also having issues in the other thread related to this issue and almost 0 data for some of our geolocated search terms. Nick On Oct 12, 8:04 am,

Re: [twitter-dev] Question about TT's

2010-10-12 Thread Emerson Damasceno
Hello there. Obviously this is not the proper place, but since it's being a lot of talking in Brazil, have you heard anything about Twitter monitoring the TT's for political reasons? In Brazil some are saying the Hashtag #dilma13 was somehow pulled off the TT's (it's a brazilian Candidate to