[twitter-dev] Needing advice / suggestions from you guys!

Dear Twitter-Dev-Family, I think I finally managed to validate the V1 of the web app I’ve been working on these last months, and I’m about to start its promotion. Well… I’ll just need to figure out "how", but that’s another problem :) "Twitoaster" ( that’s the name of the app - http://twitoaster

[twitter-dev] Re: place to discuss business of twitter apps

There is a popular linkedin group called Twitter Innovators. Might be fit. http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=139663 *Twitterers on Linkedin who tweet. Many members are experts on innovation or passionate about using creativity to Twitter. Exchange questions, ideas & advice. Organized by G

[twitter-dev] Re: place to discuss business of twitter apps

Here's a group that you might try: http://twtfnd.ning.com/ Joe On Jul 2, 4:49 pm, Peter Denton wrote: > Hey friends > Does anyone have a space we can ask questions about the business of twitter > apps?  For example, if I have questions/concerns/theories about being in the > business of building

[twitter-dev] Re: How to calculate time remaining for rate limit

JDG, any way I can talk to you via AIM or Skype? On Jul 2, 4:34 pm, JDG wrote: > Actually, I think that might be specific to VB.NET and I just read you're > using 6. I think that you can use the GetSystemTime API call[1] to do the > same thing in VB6. > > [1]http://www.ex-designz.net/apidetail.a

[twitter-dev] Re: place to discuss business of twitter apps

alright cool, that works. Just checking if someone already had/knew a space already. Also, maybe nobody else wants this? If you have any interest, could you send me an email and Ill invite. Thanks Peter On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Chad Etzel wrote: > > I think if you wanted to create a priv

[twitter-dev] Re: How to calculate time remaining for rate limit

Actually, I think that might be specific to VB.NET and I just read you're using 6. I think that you can use the GetSystemTime API call[1] to do the same thing in VB6. [1] http://www.ex-designz.net/apidetail.asp?api_id=145 On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 17:31, JDG wrote: > My VB is very rusty, but can y

[twitter-dev] Re: How to calculate time remaining for rate limit

My VB is very rusty, but can you use DateTime.UtcNow instead of Now? On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 17:21, danksoft wrote: > > I'm using VB6, heres my code in case you know it... > > Dim iSec As Long > Dim iNow As Long > > iSec = Parsed time from XML > iNow = DateDiff("s", #1/1/1970#, Now, vbUseSystemDa

[twitter-dev] Re: place to discuss business of twitter apps

I think if you wanted to create a private google group to facilitate this and invite people (or let people apply for approval) it could accomplish this. Others? -Chad On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Peter Denton wrote: > Hey friends > Does anyone have a space we can ask questions about the busi

[twitter-dev] Re: How to calculate time remaining for rate limit

I'm using VB6, heres my code in case you know it... Dim iSec As Long Dim iNow As Long iSec = Parsed time from XML iNow = DateDiff("s", #1/1/1970#, Now, vbUseSystemDayOfWeek, vbUseSystem) So then I do iSec - iNow which gives me 12:00 but that still isn't right... On Jul 2, 3:57 pm, JDG wrote:

[twitter-dev] Re: How to calculate time remaining for rate limit

Ok ok so I take the UTC time via XML and then my current epoch time and subtract the two then just format h:nn? On Jul 2, 3:56 pm, JDG wrote: > Are you sure that your "current time" is not returning local time instead of > UTC time? If you're in PDT, that would make sense. > > > > On Thu, Jul 2,

[twitter-dev] Re: How to calculate time remaining for rate limit

Obviously, that will only work in your time zone. What language are you using? Most have a way to get the current time in UTC time as opposed to local time. On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 16:54, danksoft wrote: > > Wow I feel stupid lol. I noticed I have to subtract 8 hours from it. > > On Jul 2, 3:42 p

[twitter-dev] Re: How to calculate time remaining for rate limit

Are you sure that your "current time" is not returning local time instead of UTC time? If you're in PDT, that would make sense. On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 16:42, danksoft wrote: > > Ok, the difference I'm getting is still 8 hours... > > 7/2/2009 11:41:23 PM(epoch time) : 7/2/2009 3:40:56 PM(current

[twitter-dev] Re: How to calculate time remaining for rate limit

Wow I feel stupid lol. I noticed I have to subtract 8 hours from it. On Jul 2, 3:42 pm, danksoft wrote: > Ok, the difference I'm getting is still 8 hours... > > 7/2/2009 11:41:23 PM(epoch time) : 7/2/2009 3:40:56 PM(current time) > > Am I still doing something wrong? > > On Jul 2, 2:19 pm, Matt

[twitter-dev] Re: Tweet threading

You don't happen to be using php do you? Any chance you would be able to share this function, even if only in psuedo code form? Maybe I am not understanding a limitation. If I find some other users timeline, and they say: hey, reply to me please", and 100 people do so, there is no way f

[twitter-dev] place to discuss business of twitter apps

Hey friends Does anyone have a space we can ask questions about the business of twitter apps? For example, if I have questions/concerns/theories about being in the business of building twitter apps, anyone know where to do this? I usually ask jazzychad 20-30 questions a day, but he hired a mod to

[twitter-dev] Re: Tweet threading

What is the getMentions method? I did not see that in the twitter API. I suspect this is a framework you are referring to? Or are you talking about this: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-statuses-mentions?SearchFor=mentions&sp=1 That seems inaccurate though, would it n

[twitter-dev] Re: How to calculate time remaining for rate limit

Ok, the difference I'm getting is still 8 hours... 7/2/2009 11:41:23 PM(epoch time) : 7/2/2009 3:40:56 PM(current time) Am I still doing something wrong? On Jul 2, 2:19 pm, Matt Sanford wrote: > Yup. In all likelihood your programming language or environment   > already has a function for gett

[twitter-dev] Re: API calls to handle accepting follow requests?

Jeff, This is on the roadmap. Please see the Following section here [1]. 1. http://apiwiki.twitter.com/V2-Roadmap Thanks, Doug On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Jeff Bishop wrote: > Hello, > > Are their API calls to allow one to not have to use the web site to Follow > individuals? What I m

[twitter-dev] API calls to handle accepting follow requests?

Hello, Are their API calls to allow one to not have to use the web site to Follow individuals? What I mean is is it possible to get a listing of follow requests like on the web site and then through the API accept those requests? Jeff

[twitter-dev] Re: [twitter-api-announce] API Changes for July 1, 2009

"Feature (REST): API updates are now identified as being from API rather than web."-> I assume you mean API updates that did not specify a source... R On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Matt Sanford wrote: > > Hello, > > Sorry for the delayed email but deploys ran a little late > yesterday. Wit

[twitter-dev] Re: [twitter-api-announce] API Changes for July 1, 2009

Yes, that is what I meat. The ones that used to say "from web". — Matt On Jul 2, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Rafa wrote: > "Feature (REST): API updates are now identified as being from API > rather than web." > -> I assume you mean API updates that did not specify a source... > R > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 a

[twitter-dev] Re: How to calculate time remaining for rate limit

Yup. In all likelihood your programming language or environment already has a function for getting the current epoch time and you can just subtract the two to find out the number of seconds remaining. — Matt On Jul 2, 2009, at 2:10 PM, danksoft wrote: So I would just get the UTC time co

[twitter-dev] Re: How to calculate time remaining for rate limit

So I would just get the UTC time convert it to a date and find the difference in time between UTC time and time now? On Jul 2, 1:33 pm, Matt Sanford wrote: > Hello there, > >      The reset-time-in-seconds is a the UNIX time (a.k.a Epoch time,   > number of seconds since 1970-01-01 UTC) at which

[twitter-dev] Re: Search results disapearing?

Yes. I think search is currently limited to 7 days. Maybe 10. Abraham On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 14:58, Kasper22 wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm new to using the Twitter API so maybe I'm missing something, but > I've search around and can't find anything about this. Anyway last > week this query > http://s

[twitter-dev] Re: How to calculate time remaining for rate limit

Hello there, The reset-time-in-seconds is a the UNIX time (a.k.a Epoch time, number of seconds since 1970-01-01 UTC) at which the rate limit will reset. Thanks; – Matt Sanford / @mzsanford Twitter Dev On Jul 2, 2009, at 1:05 PM, danksoft wrote: Hi, I'm creating a small app li

[twitter-dev] How to calculate time remaining for rate limit

Hi, I'm creating a small app like TweetDeck and was wondering how to calculate the correct time when your rate limits reset... The XML I parsed is: 1246568101 So in order to convert seconds to minutes you do seconds 0.0167 * 1246568101 Therefore, 1246568101 seconds = 20776135.016

[twitter-dev] Search results disapearing?

Hi, I'm new to using the Twitter API so maybe I'm missing something, but I've search around and can't find anything about this. Anyway last week this query http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?rpp=100&page=1&q=%23rednights+matisyahu was returning plenty of results don't have an exact number bu

[twitter-dev] API Changes for July 1, 2009

Hello, Sorry for the delayed email but deploys ran a little late yesterday. Without further ado, here are the changes launched on 2009-07-01: * Fixed (OAuth): The oauth_access_type parameter was not respected in all cases. Issue: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/det

[twitter-dev] Re: Aquí 1.0 released today

Thanks Alex! Just a heads up - mah website is running on Google App Engine and is currently borked. More info on this can be found here . Guess I picked the wrong day to launch..

[twitter-dev] Re: changing profile pictures through API

does anyone scrape the twitter.com page for this after an api update? On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:20 AM, arikfr.com wrote: > > It sure is possible - in the last week I've updated the profile image > of more than 230,000 Twitter users with http://helpiranelection.com/ > :) > > There are some known

[twitter-dev] Re: changing profile pictures through API

It sure is possible - in the last week I've updated the profile image of more than 230,000 Twitter users with http://helpiranelection.com/ :) There are some known issues with the related APIs, so I suggest you do a search for profile image related items on the open issues list: http://code.google

[twitter-dev] Re: changing profile pictures through API

updating the profile image with the API works well, but the corresponding profile_image_url returned isn't updated immediately. I've seen lag up to 12 hours +Clint On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes it is: > http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-RES

[twitter-dev] Re: Aquí 1.0 released today

Nice and simple. Thanks! On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 09:47, Charles Choi wrote: > > A heads up that I've just published an iPhone Twitter client called > Aquí that lets you tweet your Google Maps location with a single push- > button operation. Thanks for all the input here that helped me build > thi

[twitter-dev] OAuth doesn't work on Symbian S60 devices (visual bug on web page)

Hello, We make Kinoma Play for Windows Mobile, and it's coming to Symbian S60 devices Real Soon Now. Problem: The Allow/Deny buttons on Twitter's OAuth page appear as big black rectangles on Symbian S60 devices. If you're reading this and would like to see the problem, just email charles@ the k

[twitter-dev] Aquí 1.0 released today

A heads up that I've just published an iPhone Twitter client called Aquí that lets you tweet your Google Maps location with a single push- button operation. Thanks for all the input here that helped me build this app. Here's the URL for Aquí: Best regards - -Ch

[twitter-dev] Re: daily follow/unfollow/update limit

Doug, This is closely related to the DM daily limit email exchange we had about a month or two ago, where I sent you the details of users who get rate limited at around 200 to 250 DMs for the day instead of the published 1,000 limit.

[twitter-dev] Re: from API

Okay. Thanks for the clarification. It's not a big issue. Just needed to know what to tell my users.

[twitter-dev] Re: changing profile pictures through API

Yes it is: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-account%C2%A0update_profile_image On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:07, ilteris kaplan wrote: > Hey Guys, > Is it possible to change the profile images through the API? Honestly, I > don't think it's possible but I just want to double chec

[twitter-dev] Re: from API

This is a permanent change to correctly identify if an update comes from an unidentified source through the API or if the update was sent via Twitter.com. Thanks, Doug On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Makes sense to me. It is false data to say it

[twitter-dev] Re: from API

That makes no sense to me. It's not from the web, it came from an app using the API.Why would you default it to "from web" if it didn't come from the web? +Clint On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Makes sense to me. It is false data to say it is "fr

[twitter-dev] changing profile pictures through API

Hey Guys, Is it possible to change the profile images through the API? Honestly, I don't think it's possible but I just want to double check here. I'd appreciate any responses. best, ilteris.

[twitter-dev] Re: from API

Makes sense to me. It is false data to say it is "from web". Abraham On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 10:58, Dewald Pretorius wrote: > > I've just noticed that tweets published from a third-party app that > doesn't use the source parameter now shows "from API" at the bottom of > the tweet. > > What is the

[twitter-dev] from API

I've just noticed that tweets published from a third-party app that doesn't use the source parameter now shows "from API" at the bottom of the tweet. What is the rationale or use of that? If I had a choice, I'd prefer the former behavior of "from web" being displayed.

[twitter-dev] Re: daily follow/unfollow/update limit

Doug, I think this is very similar to the email I sent in to a...@twitter.com. We've been getting inexplicably blocked from following on accounts we're managing that have < 1.0 following/ follower ratio, large numbers of followers, less than 60/hour following rates, less than 300/day following,

[twitter-dev] Re: daily follow/unfollow/update limit

It initially seemed like you were asking about the update limit but now you are talking about following limits. Can you be more specific on the behavior you are seeing and why you feel it is an issue? We can argument the documentation to clear the confusion but I'm not following your exact problem.

[twitter-dev] Re: Followers Count doesn't add up with the actual followers

Thanks Matt for pointing to the right place. Hope that this issue can be resolved quickly, because the alternative of hitting the individual user for all followers would be a disaster. Chris On Jul 2, 3:27 pm, Matt Sanford wrote: > Hi Chris, > >      Welcome to the group! Take a look at the cu

[twitter-dev] Re: Followers Count doesn't add up with the actual followers

Hi Chris, Welcome to the group! Take a look at the current list of issues [1] … there are a few there related to this problem. Mark one of those with a star (click on the star next to the issue number) and you'll get updates when we make changes. Thanks; – Matt Sanford / @mzsanford

[twitter-dev] Re: callback if user deny

Hi there, You might find the ticket on this interesting reading: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=545 Thanks; – Matt Sanford / @mzsanford Twitter Dev On Jul 2, 2009, at 12:31 AM, rag twitter wrote: This is really odd...! On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Abraha

[twitter-dev] Re: Tweet threading

We do the same at Twitterfall - recursive calls from parent to parent until there is no more. Check out http://twitterfall.com (find something that is a proper reply first). An icon appears between the two user names when it thinks there is a conversation. Sometimes it fails because it is doing a

[twitter-dev] Re: Subscribe to user and download tweets?

You would wan the statuses/user_timeline method on the link you posted. On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 08:26, Richie wrote: > > Maybe I am looking at the wrong thing but I don't find anything in the > API for retrieving someone's updates. This is the list of methods I am > looking at: > > http://apiwiki.

[twitter-dev] Re: Subscribe to user and download tweets?

On the right hand side of someones profile bellow the Following block it says "RSS feed of abraham's updates". For example on http://twitter.com/abraham it links to http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/9436992.rss Abraham On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 08:26, Richie wrote: > > How does one access a

[twitter-dev] Re: Subscribe to user and download tweets?

How does one access a profile's RSS feed? On Jun 30, 6:16 pm, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Every profile has an RSS feed. There are many applications that will > download RSS feeds. > > Abraham > > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 15:52, DWRoelands wrote: > > > Ah, I see. > > > This

[twitter-dev] Re: Subscribe to user and download tweets?

Maybe I am looking at the wrong thing but I don't find anything in the API for retrieving someone's updates. This is the list of methods I am looking at: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-API-Documentation On Jun 30, 4:52 pm, DWRoelands wrote: > Ah, I see. > > This is certainly doable.  Your

[twitter-dev] Re: daily follow/unfollow/update limit

I have noticed the same thing, and there is no predictable pattern to it. The API kicks back the limit exceeded message on numbers far below 1,000. The same goes for DMs. I've seen a person being limited after 200 DMs have been sent.

[twitter-dev] Re: XML error when viewing profiles

It seems to do that only with the latest stable Firefox (3.11) Emrah wrote: > I'm having this error this morning : > Emrah KAVUN (ekavun) on Twitter > XML Parsing Error: not well-formed > Location: http://twitter.com/ekavun > Line Number 47, Column 215: alt="ekavun" height="48" > src="htt

[twitter-dev] Followers Count doesn't add up with the actual followers

Hi all, I am new with Twitter API Dev, so apologise if my question seems silly. I have a user that has followers_count = 6000+ But when I try to collect the user data of those followers by paging through the statuses/followers API, at the end of the pages (where no more items are returned back),

[twitter-dev] XML error when viewing profiles

I'm having this error this morning : Emrah KAVUN (ekavun) on Twitter XML Parsing Error: not well-formed Location: http://twitter.com/ekavun Line Number 47, Column 215:http://static.twitter.com/images/default_profile_normal.png"; width="48" />ekavun RT @CedricJab: quot;RT ...@mos_parentime

[twitter-dev] Re: daily follow/unfollow/update limit

It doesnt seem to be anything hourly. I do notice it seems to give a 'you have reached your daily follow limit' after 500 follows on a new account. It seems to go by the 500 number quite regularly... I initially thought this might be a new unannounced limit for new accounts. 2009/7/2 Doug Williams

[twitter-dev] Re: callback if user deny

This is really odd...! On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If a user denys an OAuth application Twitter currently does not return > the user to the application or callback. There is no way to change > this. > > Abraham > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 01:30,