[twitter-dev] Re: Developer Preview: Geolocation API

2009-08-21 Thread Sean Callahan
Quick question Ryan, because none of this will surface on Twitter.com will you keep the Location field for a users profile or is that going away when this becomes love? If it stays, will there be any specific changes regarding the location on a user's profile when this API becomes available? Sean

[twitter-dev] Re: URGENT HELP NEEDED

2009-08-21 Thread Andrew Badera
As long as your app is registered with Twitter with an appropriate name, and you're using your consumer key and secret, the "from [yourapp]" should be automatic with OAuth. If it's not, it's probably a bug/temporary issue. I'm using OAuthBase.cs myself with no problems with source at the moment:

[twitter-dev] Re: large user base push notification solutions?

2009-08-21 Thread Dewald Pretorius
In addition, your database will have to cope with 8,300 writes per second. And then you need to take into account the latency of the Apple Push Notification service. Dewald On Aug 21, 8:57 am, Dewald Pretorius wrote: > On Aug 21, 12:06 am, "ke...@nibirutech.com" > wrote: > > > What if we have

[twitter-dev] Twitter Not displaying russian character posted through Twitter API

2009-08-21 Thread Syed Wajahat Ali
Hi, We have developed a website http://www.sekretanet.ru. Everything is fine . The web site has tweet post can option. But when we tweet english posts it just dispalys on Twitter fine. But when we Tweet Russian Language post Twitter do not display russian characters correctly. www.twitter.com/sker

[twitter-dev] Re: large user base push notification solutions?

2009-08-21 Thread Andrew Badera
If you're already talking about a 2-minute delay, then why "push" and not "pull" ?? Polling clients will give you greater scalability with that range of latency easily achievable for little investment. Push is meant for immediate notifications. True push to 500k+ clients is costly -- but you don't

[twitter-dev] incomplete json response from twitter search query

2009-08-21 Thread james c.
I used the twitter API search query "maker" to create a query. In a browser it returns a JSON file with the expected amount of entries for the first page. I use the same url query with my javascript application using an Ajax.Request. This returns only about two entries and a half entries and the l

[twitter-dev] how can I get user address using Twitter API?

2009-08-21 Thread Bo Huang
Hi, I am trying to integrate Twitter OAuth with my website. Right now I can use this API (https://twitter.com/account/verify_credentials.xml) to get lots of profile information like user ID, screen name, but I didn't any info about the user email address. Is there any API to get email address? Th

[twitter-dev] Re: Search API sometimes returning random tweets mixed in?

2009-08-21 Thread Richard
Yes, earlier in the week we saw a lot of these reported by TweetDeck users too. Seems to have tailed off now though. On Aug 20, 4:42 pm, Marco Kaiser wrote: > Hi, > we are receiving an increasing number of reports from users about search > results containing tweets that don't match the search qu

[twitter-dev] Re: large user base push notification solutions?

2009-08-21 Thread Dewald Pretorius
On Aug 21, 12:06 am, "ke...@nibirutech.com" wrote: > What if we have a large user base, say , 500, 000 users at > least?  How can we use a proper solution to get a 2-minutes delay push > for any user's mentions and DMs? (we can't afford the server cost for > half million requests every 2 minutes)

[twitter-dev] Re: Developer Preview: Geolocation API

2009-08-21 Thread Ben Eliott
Hi, Please could you advise on the differences between this and the current location based searching facility? Is the current location search based on the users location in their settings whilst this is a exact location for each tweet? Thanks, Ben On 20 Aug 2009, at 21:46, Ryan Sarver wrote:

[twitter-dev] Re: Developer Preview: Geolocation API

2009-08-21 Thread seang
Cool indeed. Speaking of GeoRSS: why enclose georss:point within a new "geo" element? Why not use georss:where? On Aug 21, 12:32 am, Nelson Minar wrote: > Very exciting! Thanks for giving the community an early preview. > > GeoRSS supports altitude and accuracy measures for point locations as >

[twitter-dev] Re: how can I get user address using Twitter API?

2009-08-21 Thread JDG
no, on purpose. On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 01:08, Bo Huang wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to integrate Twitter OAuth with my website. Right now I > can use this API (https://twitter.com/account/verify_credentials.xml) > to get lots of profile information like user ID, screen name, but I > didn't an

[twitter-dev] Re: Developer Preview: Geolocation API

2009-08-21 Thread Matt Kaufman
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[twitter-dev] Re: Platform Status Update, Tuesday 2:00pm PST

2009-08-21 Thread lepah
Hi, I'm having the same issue form my iphone twitter app, I'm deleting status via http://www.twitter.com/statuses/destroy/id.xml and I'm always getting a status 400 error which my app displays to the user even though the status was deleted. is this a permanent change to the API?? thanks, Matt O

[twitter-dev] OAuth - get_request_token - 401 Unauthorized - ruby gem

2009-08-21 Thread themire
Hi, I've recently started to get 401 Unauthorized errors from twitter while trying to get a request token. I'm using the OAuth Ruby gem and making the request from irb as follows: OAuth::Consumer.new(our_secret, our_key,{ :site=>"http:// twitter.com" }).get_request_token() I've made the reques

[twitter-dev] Re: large user base push notification solutions?

2009-08-21 Thread Paul Kinlan
When I developed Twe2, here are some of the things I have learnt - 2 minute delay is pretty short - users don't even notice it that much - at one point on Twe2 we changed it to a 15 minute delay an no one really complained. If users are getting pushed notifications they are normally a

[twitter-dev] Need help with OAuth + update_profile_background_image

2009-08-21 Thread Fletch
Hey all, I'm trying to change background image on the fly using an OAuth application, but running into some strange problems. Firstly, I should add that I can perform other requests (such as tweets and follows) without issue. I'm using abraham's twitterOAuth library. 1. When trying to post an im

[twitter-dev] Tees

2009-08-21 Thread ScottIgotit
I have a website (Scottigotit.com) i have great twitter phrases for customized tee shirts that i want to advertise on my site.Do i need to get approval from twitter, or do i have the green light for promoting twitter? Scottigotit

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth - get_request_token - 401 Unauthorized - ruby gem

2009-08-21 Thread srikanth reddy
This might help http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_frm/thread/13f5767d2d204a9d/607e14c5133e5726 On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:12 PM, themire wrote: > > Hi, > > I've recently started to get 401 Unauthorized errors from twitter > while trying to get a request token. > > I'm

[twitter-dev] Re: Developer Preview: Geolocation API

2009-08-21 Thread Mike Champion
Very cool! Will Twitter Search be changed to use the new geo-tweet info? Right now if you search for "near=Boston,MA" it seems to be mostly (only?) looking at a user's location field. I'd be curious to know if Twitter Search will be the best place to determine tweets within a given area and how S

[twitter-dev] Re: Developer Preview: Geolocation API

2009-08-21 Thread Raffi Krikorian
Hi Sean. The location field on the user's profile will be stating put! On Aug 21, 2009, at 1:54 AM, Sean Callahan wrote: Quick question Ryan, because none of this will surface on Twitter.com will you keep the Location field for a users profile or is that going away when this becomes lo

[twitter-dev] Re: Platform Status Update, Tuesday 2:00pm PST

2009-08-21 Thread srikanth reddy
Its been more than 2 days . The problem is not only with API. I tried deleting a tweet from web but all i could see is a flashing dot . It is not removing the entry. If i refresh manually then the tweet gets deleted. Srikanth On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 2:10 PM, lepah wrote: > > Hi, I'm having the

[twitter-dev] New problem with JSON search API on 32-bit OS?

2009-08-21 Thread JSJ
I have not seen this issue discussed anywhere yet. Recently my twitter search API code stopped working properly (using search.json). After tracking down the issue here is what I think is going on: - Recently, the status/message IDs returned by the search API began exceeding the maximum positive

[twitter-dev] Re: Developer Preview: Geolocation API

2009-08-21 Thread Matt Kaufman
I think that issue can be simplified down to zip code radiAl query (simple) once you know the users relevent vicinity. It's not like browsers are actually accurate as an actual gps (netbooks iPhone... Chipsets will change that soon) Anyway just throwing in here... Scaryish topic (one I pla

[twitter-dev] Following Protected Users

2009-08-21 Thread Ryan Petrello
I'm writing a Twitter integration and am wondering how I would go about following users with "protected tweets". Whenever I attempt to follow one of these users (using the http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-friendships%C2%A0create Friendship create method), I get a 403 response

[twitter-dev] Re: Developer Preview: Geolocation API

2009-08-21 Thread @epc
On Aug 20, 6:37 pm, Ryan Sarver wrote: > Users will need to come to the website to change the setting. If we > provided an API, a misbehaving application would change the setting > without the user knowing - hence the read-only attribute. Perfect, that’s what I’d expect. But I throw this out an

[twitter-dev] Re: New problem with JSON search API on 32-bit OS?

2009-08-21 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> Recently my twitter search API code stopped working properly (using > search.json). After tracking down the issue here is what I think is > going on: > > - Recently, the status/message IDs returned by the search API began > exceeding the maximum positive integer allowed on 32-bit OS platforms >

[twitter-dev] Re: Developer Preview: Geolocation API

2009-08-21 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> > Users will need to come to the website to change the setting. If we > > provided an API, a misbehaving application would change the setting > > without the user knowing - hence the read-only attribute. > > Perfect, that_s what I_d expect. But I throw this out anyway: once > someone has opted

[twitter-dev] Re: New problem with JSON search API on 32-bit OS?

2009-08-21 Thread JDG
we've seen this before on this list, and the suggestion i came up with is to manually parse the JSON for integer values (wouldn't be that hard) and wrap them in strings. On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 08:58, JSJ wrote: > > I have not seen this issue discussed anywhere yet. > > Recently my twitter searc

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth - get_request_token - 401 Unauthorized - ruby gem

2009-08-21 Thread Hedley Robertson
Gonna chime in here with my obscure fix - check the system clock on the production server? On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 6:16 AM, srikanth reddy wrote: > This might help > > http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_frm/thread/13f5767d2d204a9d/607e14c5133e5726 > > > On Fri, Aug 21,

[twitter-dev] Re: Developer Preview: Geolocation API

2009-08-21 Thread Ryan Sarver
Sean, We hope that user.location goes back to being more static and descriptive to where you are typically "based". In my case it will be "SOMA, San Francisco, CA". It will provide us additional context and be more informative to someone viewing your profile than "iPhone (42.1234, -1221234)". No

[twitter-dev] Re: Developer Preview: Geolocation API

2009-08-21 Thread @epc
On Aug 21, 11:39 am, Cameron Kaiser wrote: > Even so, though, I don't think that would fully get around the malicious > application problem unless you could say *which* apps got to turn it on and > off, and even then ... True. I guess the scenario I'm thinking of is: you've opted in, 99% of the

[twitter-dev] Re: Developer Preview: Geolocation API

2009-08-21 Thread Ryan Sarver
Ben, Currently we geocode your user.location data to get an idea of where you are. That gets attached to each tweet as it comes in, but its not usually a representation of where you were when you actually sent the tweet. The new functionality will allow you to geotag the actual update without mod

[twitter-dev] heavy throttling by search.twitter.com API from GAE application

2009-08-21 Thread Jud
I've got a python app running on Google App Engine (appspot hosted) that queries http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q= for simple queries (e.g. "foo OR bar"), and it's being severely throttled (e.g. can't get a successful request through (response 200 w/ data) more than a couple of times per _h

[twitter-dev] Re: heavy throttling by search.twitter.com API from GAE application

2009-08-21 Thread BenHedrington
I agree GAE throttle on the Search API is not behaving as it has in the past, Can someone please look into this? -Ben Hedrington On Aug 21, 11:48 am, Jud wrote: > I've got a python app running on Google App Engine (appspot hosted) > that querieshttp://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=for simple

[twitter-dev] Re: heavy throttling by search.twitter.com API from GAE application

2009-08-21 Thread Chad Etzel
Hello, I have replied to Jud off-list, but for everyone's benefit we'd like to reiterate that AWS and GAE are shared resources and therefore share the rate limit across applications. A dedicated IP and unique UA will guarantee the maximum API limits. There are several cheap and reliable VPS hosti

[twitter-dev] Track API Limit message meaning

2009-08-21 Thread Alex Popescu
Hi guys, I am currently testing a library for using the track API in order to make sure that I'm following all the rules exposed on the docs. While running against the real API I have noticed sporadic messages in the form: {"limit":{"track":121564}} According to the docs: [q]Track streams may

[twitter-dev] statuses/followers stops returning results after page 101

2009-08-21 Thread yonnage
Trying to quickly get follower information (screen name, bio, etc). Using statuses/followers but after page 101 it no longer returns results. I believe this used to go far past page 101 in the past. I don't believe the docs say that there is a limitation on pages.. is this a bug?

[twitter-dev] Re: DM Length

2009-08-21 Thread TjL
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Dewald Pretorius wrote: > > There is something very quirky going on with DMs. That 841-character > DM that I received is now only returning 247 characters when I > retrieve it via the API. ~245 character (bytes?) DMs have been working for some time now, through AP

[twitter-dev] Re: Developer Preview: Geolocation API

2009-08-21 Thread UK
Will this apply to direct messages too? On Aug 21, 12:44 pm, Ryan Sarver wrote: > Ben, > > Currently we geocode your user.location data to get an idea of where > you are. That gets attached to each tweet as it comes in, but its not > usually a representation of where you were when you actually s

[twitter-dev] Re: API profile image update

2009-08-21 Thread Mitchel Berberich
Hi. I finally managed to get my image update code working, too. In case someone still has problems here are my findings / observations: * There only must be one blank line between HTTP request header and body (java jersey created two). * Newlines in request header and multipart headers must be C

[twitter-dev] Re: Developer Preview: Geolocation API

2009-08-21 Thread Damon Clinkscales
On Aug 20, 3:46 pm, Ryan Sarver wrote: > We wanted to give you all a heads up on a cool new feature that is coming > soon - Geolocation. > We have also updated the wiki to reflect what the API will look like when it > launches, so check it out and let us know if you have any > questions:http://a

[twitter-dev] Re: how can I get user address using Twitter API?

2009-08-21 Thread Bo Huang
Is there any reason twitter doesn't support it? it is so weird. On Aug 21, 6:03 am, JDG wrote: > no, on purpose. > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 01:08, Bo Huang wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I am trying to integrate Twitter OAuth with my website. Right now I > > can use this API (https://twitter.com/accou

[twitter-dev] Re: Developer Preview: Geolocation API

2009-08-21 Thread Dean Collins
wonder what the API would return for my current location :) http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/gogo-internet.html From: twitter-development-talk@googlegroups.com on behalf of Damon Clinkscales Sent: Fri 8/21/2009 9:46 PM To: Twitter Development Talk Sub

[twitter-dev] Stop playing around with Source parameters

2009-08-21 Thread TCI
Recently you added nofollow's, and now you moved the nofollow after the href. Some of us filter these out and you changing them is only making it more complicated. Please make up your mind and stop changing these... http://fun140.com/";>Fun140 http://fun140.com/";>Fun140 http://fun140.com/"; re

[twitter-dev] Re: Developer Preview: Geolocation API

2009-08-21 Thread Raffi Krikorian
Hi Damon. Yup - we've started updating the docs. Generally, there will always be a in the (it may just be empty, however, if there is no geolocated information attached), and there will always be a on every which is a boolean representing whether the user has enabled geolocation on h

[twitter-dev] /statuses/destroy error erroneously?

2009-08-21 Thread atebits
Calling /statuses/destroy (on a valid status ID) seems to return a 400 error with a "Bad request. We could not delete that status for some reason.." ... but the status is successfully deleted. Bug?