Re: [twitter-dev] Failed to validate oauth signature and token

2011-02-09 Thread Tom van der Woerdt
Please check your Base String at http://quonos.nl/oauthTester/. You seem to be missing the between the parameters. I also see other issues, but the signature checker will reveal those to you as well. Tom On 2/9/11 12:15 AM, Dale wrote: I am attempting to set up a ColdFusion script to do

[twitter-dev] IP's rate limit using Twitter API?

2011-02-09 Thread computerzworld
Hello, I am having one application which is calling statuses/user_timeline method using XML without authentication so I am getting 150 requests per hour for my IP. Is there any way so that I can get how many requests are remaining for my IP for that particular hour? Also is

[twitter-dev] count parameter - documentation says 200 limit, correct?

2011-02-09 Thread johnnygri
Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to fetch the maximum number of tweets. From http://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/statuses/user_timeline: This method is can only return up to 3200 statuses. If include_rts is set only 3200 statuses, including retweets if they exist, can be returned. It seems logical

[twitter-dev] Posting special character in posting new tweet doesn't support.

2011-02-09 Thread Rajesh Sharma69
api : http://api.twitter.com/version/statuses/update.xml When I try to post new tweet without special character, it works (i.e. hello). but If add the text with special character (hello !!). It shows invalid signature and basic authentication popup. Please guide me. -- Twitter developer

Re: [twitter-dev] count parameter - documentation says 200 limit, correct?

2011-02-09 Thread Edward Hotchkiss
You need to use the next_cursor_str and page through the results. They don't want to slam out the data for 3200 tweets all at once. -edward. On Feb 9, 2011, at 6:26 AM, johnnygri wrote: Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to fetch the maximum number of tweets. From

[twitter-dev] Update background image using oAuth c#

2011-02-09 Thread Alexandr Shemyakin
Hi. I tried to update my background using oath. But i have 401 unauthorized error var credentials = new OAuthCredentials { Type = OAuthType.ProtectedResource, SignatureMethod = OAuthSignatureMethod.HmacSha1, ParameterHandling

[twitter-dev] Embedded images in tweets

2011-02-09 Thread Jansson
I've searched pretty extensively and can't find the information I'm looking for, but I apologize if this has already been asked. I'm trying to build a custom image hosting service, but I'm having trouble getting the image to display in-tweet like services such as yfrog and twitpic do. Is that a

[twitter-dev] Twitter geocoords + gmap is erratic, why?

2011-02-09 Thread David Terranova
Hi, sorry if this has been posted before in here, I can't seem to find anyone posting about this particular setup: I have a website with a google map which is retrieving the coords from a twitter's latest status, however the location of the google map rarely matches the location of where the user

[twitter-dev] Re: Twitter geocoords + gmap is erratic, why?

2011-02-09 Thread David Terranova
Furthermore, here is a tweet that shows what's going on: http://twitter.com/#!/TaimMobile/status/35349967103209472 Tweeted from 51st Street (btw 6/7th ave), yet the map shows 34th street. Obviously the map on the website shows the same incorrect data: http://www.taimmobile.com Is this the

[twitter-dev] Re: Failed to validate oauth signature and token

2011-02-09 Thread Dale
Hi Matt, I have fixed a bunch of the formatting issues and it now validates in the OAuth tester app that Tom posted, but I am still getting an error when posting. Here is my updated request string. POSThttps%3A%2F%2Fapi.twitter.com%2Foauth

[twitter-dev] Re: @Mentions URL in PHP

2011-02-09 Thread craigpierce
Hey Leon - There's code at the link below that has worked for me in the past. I have since re-written it in JavaScript (using the same regular expressions) as I'm now 'building' tweets for display on the client side - but the expressions still work even in JS

[twitter-dev] Re: Home timeline returns different results from one pageload to another

2011-02-09 Thread craigpierce
Hey Matt - Thanks so much for offering to help! The screen name is @simplrtwitr - again, I have 1 tweet and am following my personal account (@unnecessarytwit) which has ~66 tweets. I'm going to reply again to just you with the OAuth credentials, in order to limit the number of people who has

[twitter-dev] Re: Home timeline returns different results from one pageload to another

2011-02-09 Thread craigpierce
I will say this as well - I tried all the same tests with my personal account and always got back 20 results. Maybe this *is* an issue on Twitter's side, with accounts that have a small number of tweets? On Feb 8, 10:01 pm, Matt Harris thematthar...@twitter.com wrote: Hi Craig, Can you you

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Twitter geocoords + gmap is erratic, why?

2011-02-09 Thread Matt Harris
Hi David, We use the lat/lon sent to us when the Tweet is created. How that lat/lon is retrieved depends on the device being used to send the Tweet. The content of the Tweet is not used to populate the lat/lon coordinates. A couple of reasons for why it could be reported like this: * The user is

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: @Mentions URL in PHP

2011-02-09 Thread Matt Harris
If you include the parameter include_entities=1 in your request we will return an extra object in the response telling you where the hashtags, mentions and URLs are in the Tweet. You can learn more about Tweet Entities on our developer resources site:

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Twitter geocoords + gmap is erratic, why?

2011-02-09 Thread David Terranova
Thanks for the tips Matt. The people using this system definitely send the tweet when they reach their final destination (they're run a food truck), and don't use wifi. They are using both iPhone and Android phones to send these tweets, so the only answer is that their devices must be sending

[twitter-dev] Where to send questions re: terms of service?

2011-02-09 Thread Miles Parker
Hi, I've got a case where I'm not sure whether a potential use would conflict with terms of service. I'd rather not get into details on public forum ;) but I can if this is the only place for it. But I'm wondering if there is someone or somewhere to ask questions? i.e. re: If you are doing

Re: [twitter-dev] Where to send questions re: terms of service?

2011-02-09 Thread Taylor Singletary
Hi Miles, While this public forum is great if you want to discuss the terms themselves with others, if you want to privately discuss API terms with Twitter, it's best to send a message to a...@twitter.com -- it might take a bit for you to get a response but the policy team will get your inquiry.

Re: [twitter-dev] Where to send questions re: terms of service?

2011-02-09 Thread Edward Hotchkiss
Also Twitter Advocates (Especially @episod aka Taylor) have a policy of banning based on arbitrary attitudes, and personal dislikes. So essentially your App can be suspended for anything, even things outside the Rules of the Road, etc. - The Artist formerly known as @edwardhotchkiss On Feb 9,

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Twitter geocoords + gmap is erratic, why?

2011-02-09 Thread Matt Harris
OK, thanks for the confirmation about how the data is being retrieved. From an API perspective we receive two parameters, lat and lon. Whatever the client sets those to is what the Tweet gets attributed to. Looking at that Tweet I see the Geo Point of reference for the Tweet you mentioned is:

[twitter-dev] Re: Where to send questions re: terms of service?

2011-02-09 Thread Brian Sutorius
Hi Miles, I work on the API Policy team and monitor the messages at a...@twitter.com. We'd be happy to answer any questions you have about our policies or a specific feature you're thinking of. Brian Sutorius On Feb 9, 11:56 am, Taylor Singletary taylorsinglet...@twitter.com wrote: Hi Miles,

[twitter-dev] Search API intermittently returning invalid results

2011-02-09 Thread chouck
I've been using curl to access search.twitter.com and recently I've noticed that occasionally it is returning invalid tweets. I'm searching for a query-term that shows up very infrequently in the tweet stream, and am using the curl command: curl http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=query-

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Twitter geocoords + gmap is erratic, why?

2011-02-09 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:35:06 -0500, David Terranova da...@davidterranova.com wrote: Thanks for the tips Matt. The people using this system definitely send the tweet when they reach their final destination (they're run a food truck), and don't use wifi. They are using both iPhone and Android

[twitter-dev] Content Provider

2011-02-09 Thread chrismanster
Any chance of adding a ContentProvider to Android so that developers can interact with tweets without having to poll Twitter constantly? -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements

[twitter-dev] Streaming API maintenance: brief delivery pause and an increased likelihood for duplicate tweets

2011-02-09 Thread John Kalucki
We are performing a maintenance activity shortly that will increase the likelihood of duplicate tweets and other messages on all Streaming APIs: User Streams, Site Streams, and stream.twitter.com. There may also be a brief pause in delivery. No tweets or other messages will be lost during this

[twitter-dev] Re: Home timeline returns different results from one pageload to another

2011-02-09 Thread craigpierce
Matt (and to anyone else who might have been following this) - I have been, for about the last 15 minutes or so, doing some work on my client, and I noticed that I was getting what looked like a full set of results back. After running my test page a few times (as before, including clearing my

[twitter-dev] Mentions AND DM

2011-02-09 Thread Carlos Eduardo
Hello, I use the api for a clint in Brazil has 6,000 followers, the client needs to do promotion for each individual customer, think about sending mentions, since the dm has a limit of 250 per day, we wanted to create another User and use to send User mentions that, since the limit of 6000 per

Re: [twitter-dev] Mentions AND DM

2011-02-09 Thread Taylor Singletary
My first recommendation is to read the Automation Best Practices guide we have, if you haven't already. Lots of tips about mass @mentions and mass DMing in there: http://support.twitter.com/entries/76915-automation-rules-and-best-practices If you have any specific questions or guidelines you're

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Home timeline returns different results from one pageload to another

2011-02-09 Thread Matt Harris
Hi Craig, Glad it's all working for you now, and thanks for letting us know. Best, @themattharris Developer Advocate, Twitter http://twitter.com/themattharris On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 2:49 PM, craigpierce craigpie...@gmail.com wrote: Matt (and to anyone else who might have been following this)

Re: [twitter-dev] Mentions AND DM

2011-02-09 Thread Carlos Eduardo
Taylor Thanks for the reply, he had read in Automation Best Practices guide, is there a nice way of asking for a permission for that User twitter @ Programa_dotz which now has 6900 users can use only his followers to send some information different for each serguidor? promotion because there is

[twitter-dev] Re: Posting special character in posting new tweet doesn't support.

2011-02-09 Thread @Red_Eyes
Are you url encoding the Tweet text? -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group:

[twitter-dev] Who retweeted me?

2011-02-09 Thread @Red_Eyes
If, through a web browesr, I click on Retweets - Your Tweets retweeted, a particular tweet of mine shows up. Normally, when you then click on that Tweet, it shows the person/people who have retweeted in. In this case, though, it is not showing anyone as having retweeted me. Does this mean,

[twitter-dev] OAuth validation failure

2011-02-09 Thread Dale
I am attempting to set up a ColdFusion script to do auto updates to Twitter when a new article is posted to our CMS. I have been having trouble getting the request token and keep getting the Failed to validate oauth signature and token error message when making attempts. Here is my updated

[twitter-dev] Promoted Trend Rollover Time?

2011-02-09 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
I live in the Pacific Time Zone, and I've noticed that Twitter's Promoted Trend rolls over to a new trend right about midnight my time. Is this a policy thing, or just a coincidence? And is it always midnight Pacific Time, or midnight in the viewer's time? -- http://twitter.com/znmeb

[twitter-dev] Re: Is includes_rts=true for statuses/mentions broken?

2011-02-09 Thread Adam Duke
I've seen the same behavior with the include_rts parameter. I have tried passing the values 'true', 't', and '1' with no success. On Feb 8, 7:15 pm, Anil Chawla ani...@gmail.com wrote: It's been a while but I want to follow up on this because we still have the issue. Is anyone able to pull

[twitter-dev] Data-expanded-url attribute

2011-02-09 Thread ctrand
Hello, I have a bunch of shortened urls which are resolved/redirected to full urls by my webapp. e.g. http://dealush.com/sale/2wml resolves to http://dealush.com/shopping-sales/2wml/sydney-sale-8-off-at-catwalk-westfield-shopping-town-159-175-church-parramatta-sydney-nsw-2150 When I tweet

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Is includes_rts=true for statuses/mentions broken?

2011-02-09 Thread Abraham Williams
I think you have the wrong idea of what include_rts does. Include_rts is designed to include native retweets in timelines where default inclusion would break. For example /statuses/user_timeline expects all tweets to be from a user A. But if that user A has retweeted user B then user Bs tweets can