[twitter-dev] How to whitelist an app engine twitter app.

2009-03-25 Thread Luke
Hi All, We are building a photo microblog with twitter support and deploying on Google app engine. An issue we have run into is that making api calls with urlfetch the call is made by one of any number of Google worker servers with different IP addresses. So its quite likely that the request

[twitter-dev] Re: Handling deleted messages when caching locally

2009-03-25 Thread Seth Ladd
I'd also love to see an event log. That would help my application tremendously, and would seemingly address any syncing use cases. On Mar 24, 4:36 pm, Bill Robertson billrobertso...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to see an event query. Request: user id, since (date only) Response:  

[twitter-dev] API Wrapper for Lasso

2009-03-25 Thread Jason Huck
There is a wrapper for the Twitter API available for Lasso here: http://tagswap.net/twitter Could this please be added as a resource on the Libraries page of the API wiki? http://twitterapi.pbwiki.com/Libraries Thanks! Jason

[twitter-dev] Re: How to whitelist an app engine twitter app.

2009-03-25 Thread Cameron Kaiser
We are building a photo microblog with twitter support and deploying on Google app engine. An issue we have run into is that making api calls with urlfetch the call is made by one of any number of Google worker servers with different IP addresses. So its quite likely that the request will

[twitter-dev] Some Questions about OAuth

2009-03-25 Thread artberri
- Now, with the basic Auth, we are able to publish people status while they are offline because we have their user and pass, and we don't need any session, but with OAuth... ¿will we lose this functionality? - Once an user has allow a Twitter App on his profile, will we be able to know (from my

[twitter-dev] Change the Web Challenge

2009-03-25 Thread Emily Kornblut
I wanted to let you all know about Social Actions' Change the Web Challenge, a contest for creating innovative web applications that promote opportunities to take action all over the web. At the end of our first Twitter for Good online chat this afternoon, #changetheweb was the top trending topic

[twitter-dev] API basic authentication seems turned off for my IP or accounts

2009-03-25 Thread Dimebrain
Running my usual unit tests, I seem to fail when any Basic Auth is used with Could not authenticate you returned for those requests. This is occurring for multiple accounts that log in correctly when using the twitter.com web interface. I haven't made any changes to this code in a long time and

[twitter-dev] Re: API basic authentication seems turned off for my IP or accounts

2009-03-25 Thread Dimebrain
Definitely just me. As you were, Internet. On Mar 25, 10:17 am, Dimebrain daniel.cre...@gmail.com wrote: Running my usual unit tests, I seem to fail when any Basic Auth is used with Could not authenticate you returned for those requests. This is occurring for multiple accounts that log in

[twitter-dev] Re: a Python api redialer

2009-03-25 Thread ptone
For me this is part of an ajax call - so the user doesn't have exponential patience - if I can't get it in 3 tries, I pass on to the user that twitter is too busy... -P On Mar 24, 5:52 pm, Cameron Kaiser spec...@floodgap.com wrote: This meta-wrapper will try 3 times to do the api call before

[twitter-dev] Re: Someone resurrected the Gigantor profile image bug

2009-03-25 Thread Alex Payne
We're painfully aware of this one. On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 21:36, atebits loren.brich...@gmail.com wrote: Is it my imagination, or are some profile images not being scaled down properly (again)? Example: http://twitter.com/stealing_second

[twitter-dev] OAuth and direct_messages method

2009-03-25 Thread Brandon Geiger
Hey group, Is anyone else experiencing issues getting a user's direct messages in OAuth? I'm using Abraham's PHP wrapper (http://twitter.abrah.am/) to make calls in OAuth. It seems like every single call that we make, including sent direct messages, is working with the exception of the user's

[twitter-dev] image upload with command line curl

2009-03-25 Thread voorwiel
Hi, I'm trying to set the background image of my account with PHP and a command line CURL string. Here's the code: $img = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/images/somefile.jpg'; $str = sprintf('curl -A \'%s\' -u %s:%s -d image=@%s http://twitter.com/account/update_profile_background_image.json',

[twitter-dev] Re: API Wrapper for Lasso

2009-03-25 Thread Alex Payne
Done. Thanks for your contribution! On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 04:35, Jason Huck jason.h...@gmail.com wrote: There is a wrapper for the Twitter API available for Lasso here:    http://tagswap.net/twitter Could this please be added as a resource on the Libraries page of the API wiki?    

[twitter-dev] Re: How to whitelist an app engine twitter app.

2009-03-25 Thread Alex Payne
Indeed, whitelisting by authenticated user credentials (and soon, OAuth) is our preferred way to handle clouds and hosting farms. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 05:32, Cameron Kaiser spec...@floodgap.com wrote: We are building a photo microblog with twitter support and deploying on Google app

[twitter-dev] Re: Change the Web Challenge

2009-03-25 Thread Alex Payne
If you've been looking for a fun Twitter mashup project, this looks like a great cause. On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 16:31, Emily Kornblut emilyjanekornb...@gmail.com wrote: I wanted to let you all know about Social Actions' Change the Web Challenge, a contest for creating innovative web

[twitter-dev] Re: image upload with command line curl

2009-03-25 Thread Alex Payne
Our image upload API methods have proven challenging, both due to our application servers running out of memory during the upload process and the confusion of just how to upload multipart data using various HTTP clients. Chances are good that, since you were using ol' reliable curl, the problem

[twitter-dev] Re: About Rules For Developing Application using Search API

2009-03-25 Thread Matt Sanford
Responses inline: On Mar 24, 2009, at 09:13 PM, Basha Shaik wrote: Hi, Please answer below questions: 1. If in any case if my IP is blocked What should i do? How can i request twitter api to unblock it. We don't do many while-sale blocks, but if you cannot reach twitter.com at all check

[twitter-dev] Did I miss an OAuth announcement?

2009-03-25 Thread iematthew
The last I heard, OAuth was still in closed beta. I'm assuming any announcements of an official launch would appear in the API Announcements Google group. The last mention of OAuth deployment in the API Announcements group by Matt Sanford stated launching a general release is strongly

[twitter-dev] Re: Did I miss an OAuth announcement?

2009-03-25 Thread Chad Etzel
official tweet http://twitter.com/al3x/statuses/1339404891 I don't recall seeing anything official posted to this group, though... strange. So, yes, it's open now. Go Nuts :) -Chad On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:21 PM, iematthew matthew.dai...@ientryinc.com wrote: The last I heard, OAuth was

[twitter-dev] Re: Did I miss an OAuth announcement?

2009-03-25 Thread Rod Begbie
I read that as anyone can create an OAuth app without having to be approved, however OAuth is still in beta. Not the same as OAuth is out of beta and can/should be used by publicly released software/sites. Rod. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Chad Etzel jazzyc...@gmail.com wrote: official

[twitter-dev] Re: Did I miss an OAuth announcement?

2009-03-25 Thread iematthew
Silly me, and strange indeed. Here I was watching the official channels for important announcements. And yes, @Rod, not the same at all. On Mar 25, 4:43 pm, Rod Begbie rodbeg...@gmail.com wrote: I read that as anyone can create an OAuth app without having to be approved, however OAuth is still

[twitter-dev] Re: Did I miss an OAuth announcement?

2009-03-25 Thread Chad Etzel
Yes, Public Beta. ...still very much beta, but now an open beta. beta beta beta, -Beta On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:53 PM, iematthew matthew.dai...@ientryinc.com wrote: Silly me, and strange indeed. Here I was watching the official channels for important announcements. And yes, @Rod, not the

[twitter-dev] Re: Handling deleted messages when caching locally

2009-03-25 Thread JakeS
That event query does sound like a great idea. I wouldn't even mind if each one of those was a separate call. On Mar 25, 3:22 am, Seth Ladd sethl...@gmail.com wrote: I'd also love to see an event log.  That would help my application tremendously, and would seemingly address any syncing use

[twitter-dev] Re: image upload with command line curl

2009-03-25 Thread voorwiel
On Mar 25, 6:48 pm, Alex Payne a...@twitter.com wrote: Our image upload API methods have proven challenging, both due to our application servers running out of memory during the upload process and the confusion of just how to upload multipart data using various HTTP clients. Chances are good

[twitter-dev] Re: Proof of identity rather than authorization

2009-03-25 Thread Elliott Kember
Well, I've had it working for a while now using Rails. All this solution needs is an Always authorize this app button. The way I do it is: I request an OAuth token, and then call verify_credentials with it to find out who they are. It seems to work fine, except it forces the user to click Allow

[twitter-dev] Re: Did I miss an OAuth announcement?

2009-03-25 Thread Brandon Geiger
you should follow @twitterapi - easier to keep up with announcements regarding the API and OAuth. It went public the 16th. On Mar 25, 2:21 pm, iematthew matthew.dai...@ientryinc.com wrote: The last I heard, OAuth was still in closed beta. I'm assuming any announcements of an official launch

[twitter-dev] Updating other people's status?

2009-03-25 Thread Crispin
Hi folks, How would I do this? I have a website (www.myenergyusage.org) which I want to get talking to twitter. It will send updates on other user's accounts of their power usage etc. I do not want, nor expect user to like it, to keep a user's username and password as I would have to keep it as

[twitter-dev] Re: Updating other people's status?

2009-03-25 Thread Alex Payne
Please search this group for OAuth, and have a look at http://apiwiki.twitter.com/OAuth-FAQ. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 15:27, Crispin crispin.proc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, How would I do this? I have a website (www.myenergyusage.org) which I want to get talking to twitter. It will send

[twitter-dev] Reliability update

2009-03-25 Thread Alex Payne
Just wanted to point out this post on our status log: http://status.twitter.com/post/89846045/update-on-site-reliability-progress. Since the API touches pretty much of all our functionality, most of these updates are applicable. The summary is basically that things should be more consistent and

[twitter-dev] Re: Freelance Twitter API Dev directory?

2009-03-25 Thread Mazhar Hasan
Hey Alex! me t00 Real name: Syed Mazhar Hasan Twitter username: mazharhasan Email: smazhe...@gmail.com My skills are in: consumption of Twitter API in Flash, Flex, AS3, ASP.Net and PHP thanks :)

[twitter-dev] 4-legged OAuth discussion

2009-03-25 Thread Ivan
I started a discussion on the OAuth mailing list about 4-legged OAuth in the context of Twitter OAuth consumer applications. http://groups.google.com/group/oauth/browse_thread/thread/bdf8b99e84a8aaef I'd love to have the input from the Twitter developer community. The problem is essentially

[twitter-dev] oAuth verbiage/design

2009-03-25 Thread Peter Denton
Hello, Just curious if the oAuth allow/deny page is going to undergo a re-design/marketing touch up at any point? Here are my thoughts: - I think the tone is very technical/cold and it comes across as total access or access denied...you choose. - There is no link to learn more or

[twitter-dev] Re: Handling deleted messages when caching locally

2009-03-25 Thread Bill Robertson
Separate calls might be bad because twitter would have to put up with http requests. OTOH if assembling all of that information is expensive then separate might work too. On Mar 25, 5:55 pm, JakeS jakesteven...@gmail.com wrote: That event query does sound like a great idea.  I wouldn't even

[twitter-dev] Re: Handling deleted messages when caching locally

2009-03-25 Thread Seth Ladd
Basically, I'd like an IMAP for Twitter. On Mar 25, 3:50 pm, Bill Robertson billrobertso...@gmail.com wrote: Separate calls might be bad because twitter would have to put up with http requests.  OTOH if assembling all of that information is expensive then separate might work too. On Mar 25,

[twitter-dev] Re: Whitelisting with multiple IPs

2009-03-25 Thread Abraham Williams
I believe once all the hits for an authenticated user are used up Twitter will *not* start taking from the IPs allocated pool. I have not tested this though and could be wrong. Actually rereading the last email looks like I am wrong. On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 16:06, bbc beier...@gmail.com wrote: