Re: [twitter-dev] App got switched to 'read-only' access, now can't switch back to 'read-write'

2011-05-11 Thread Damon Parker
Try with a different browser to see if it is caching the old page for some reason. On Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 2:11 AM, Jason Ling wrote: I edited my app, added a picture and saved, and now it's changed to 'read only' access. I edit again and select 'read write' and save - and it still

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: what happen if auth token inside search api?

2011-05-12 Thread Damon Parker
So private feeds aren't indexed by Twitter at all and thus are never searchable? -- damonp Sent with Sparrow On Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Rich wrote: You can't unless you have already cached their timeline by either being someone following that user or you are authenticated as that

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: what happen if auth token inside search api?

2011-05-12 Thread Damon Parker
of the Search API (by users with access to the private feed). -- damonp On Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Taylor Singletary wrote: Correct, the Search API's archive represents only publicly issued tweets. @episod - Taylor Singletary On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Damon Parker

Re: [twitter-dev] How to query for a single status ID?

2011-05-16 Thread Damon Parker
This is from a PHP app I built using a the the twitter-async class: $tweet = $twob-get('/statuses/show/'.$tw_id.'.json?include_entities=true'); Whatever language you are using, the url you are looking for is: '/statuses/show/'.$tw_id.'.json?include_entities=true' Documentation:

Re: [twitter-dev] Protect/Unprotect accounts using Twitter API

2011-05-16 Thread Damon Parker
As an aside to this thread... In regards to changing the status of an account from public to private or vice versa, does this only affect the tweets coming after the change or does it change the whole user's timeline past to present? Similarly if an account was private and is toggled to public,

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Issue - My twitter account won't load

2011-05-17 Thread Damon Parker
I doubt it's network related. http://twitter.com/#!/carlagasparian loads a blank page for me too from my location. -- damonp Sent with Sparrow On Monday, May 16, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Mohan Arun wrote: On May 15, 7:50 pm, Carla Gasparian Sartori carlagaspariansart...@gmail.com wrote: I have

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: A new permission level

2011-05-19 Thread Damon Parker
In any security or permissions context the default should be the most secure and least amount of permissions to get the job done. That is Computer and Network Security 101. A user must explicitly configure more loose permissions on their own after understanding the implications. This is the

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: A new permission level

2011-05-19 Thread Damon Parker
( @janole / @gravityapp ) On May 19, 2:44 pm, Damon Parker cartmet...@gmail.com wrote: In any security or permissions context the default should be the most secure and least amount of permissions to get the job done. That is Computer and Network Security 101. A user must explicitly configure

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: A new permission level

2011-05-19 Thread Damon Parker
It will be interesting to see where the PR nightmare falls more squarely on when it happens... Twitter or the app developers themselves. We will get the tech support nightmare but if recent history is any indication (ie. Ubertwitter ban) many users are going to ultimately blame Twitter. --

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: A new permission level

2011-05-19 Thread Damon Parker
Ole- You make some very good points, but you can't use the tired users create poor passwords argument as a reason to stick with outdated security protocols. By that logic, no security upgrade is worth the time because some dumb users are going to foil you every time. If a user wants to chose

Re: [twitter-dev] A new permission level

2011-05-19 Thread Damon Parker
On that day when your users open up our various clients and see issues with direct messages I suggest you insert your own DMs to your users with succinct descriptions to the root of the problem and links to further info. It looks like there is no way to prevent having to update apps for those

Re: [twitter-dev] A new permission level

2011-05-19 Thread Damon Parker
Frank- Correct me if I'm wrong, but the applications won't quit working altogether. You'll get a 403 error when trying to access DMs through the API. Everything else should work as normal. Has there been a better official answer if this affects Twitter's own apps other than this: Will

Re: [twitter-dev] A new permission level

2011-05-19 Thread Damon Parker
Frank- http://dev.twitter.com/pages/application-permission-model-faq The way I read the FAQ posted is _only_ apps requiring DM read access will be affected under the following endpoints: /1/direct_messages.{format} /1/direct_messages/sent.{format} /1/direct_messages/destroy.{format}

[twitter-dev] Permissions Level Changes

2011-05-20 Thread Damon Parker
I thought this might interest many of you. It was written with the intent of explaining the development issues in language our end users can understand. http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/how-private-are-your-private-messages_b9078 We are all worried of how big of a PR fiasco this could be

Re: [twitter-dev] Twitter API for iPhone Application

2011-05-24 Thread Damon Parker
What are your constraints, coding language, etc.? What do you want to do with the API? On Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Davinder Singh wrote: Requesting help to find a suitable API to integrate with my Twitter account. Thanks in advance! -- Twitter developer documentation and

Re: [twitter-dev] TweetDeck joins Twitter

2011-05-25 Thread Damon Parker
Then why don't developers do something? http://bit.ly/lpiADG On Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 10:57 AM, TJ Luoma wrote: On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Matt Harris thematthar...@twitter.com wrote: When Tweetie became part of the Twitter family the user growth was huge, creating more

[twitter-dev] Fallback Permissions Level

2011-05-25 Thread Damon Parker
Is anyone working on a choice-based or fallback permissions schema to give users a choice which permission level they authorize? -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: https://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: https://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: