Matt Harris said:
* Why are permissions attached to the user token?
Permissions are attached to the user token to ensure an application only
has the access a user has authorised.
*
Only because that is the way the system is currently built, but it doesn't
have to be that way (see: Facebook).
*
I agree with Scott. A token should simply be a bond between the user and
the app, it should not contain any knowledge of permissions/restrictions. A
token simply represents Hi, I'm making a call on behalf of Joe User.
Attached is the request I want to make. Make sure I'm allowed to do this
My 2 cents...
The reason for the perceived mixed messages for some of us is because many
developers don't, and never have been interested in doing Twitter
development as a business. I've created a dozen Twitter clients apps over
the last 5 years, some of which received enough users and press
Hi, I'm Derek Gathright, Yahoo engineer by day, Twitter hacker by night. I
first started with the platform by creating a web client a few years ago
(Tweenky.com, currently suffering from a little neglect) and since went on
to create a number of other random apps. After Tweenky's launch
Yay! Lists are a much needed feature and it's great to get some official
word out of Twitter that they are coming. The real killer part of this
feature is the ability to subscribe to other people's lists, you really hit
the nail on the head with that one. The list subscription functionality
Oh, nice. I was unable to get into my client over the last few days, but
followed the suggestion of clearing your cookies in Safari and it works fine
now. Thanks
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 2:15 AM, Rich rhyl...@gmail.com wrote:
I still can't get mobile safari to oAuth, some people obviously are
Same issue here. The username/password version of my client works, but not
the oAuth version. It just times out when redirecting back. It's weird
because some of my users can get through, but none of my accounts can.
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Sam Street sam...@gmail.com wrote:
My app
. Tweenky (
new.tweenky.com) being the exception, because now it's all written in
Javascript and doesn't use any server-side code, eliminating the scalability
issue. =)
Good luck.
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:53 PM, TjL luo...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Derek Gathright drg
and doesn't use any server-side code
Well, let me clarify, uses *very little* server-side code. (before someone
corrects me)
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Derek Gathright drg...@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah, I'm thinking about using the search API for a roll my own track
functionality too
@Al3x had a tweet a few days ago saying that pulling a user's saved searches
would be available via the API. I've looked around for the API
documentation on these calls, but couldn't find anything about it. So, is
this currently supported within the API? If so, what is the call? If not,
any
So I'm able to authenticate receive the OAuth tokens, but I've yet to find
any documentation on what exactly do with them after they're stored. So,
instead of providing HTTP basic auth info, what specifically do I pass along
with my request to say... update the user's status? Any PHP code
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