I have not been able to get this to work yet (i.e. passing a valid source= parameter still shows updates as being from the web).
Example: http://twitter.com/home?status=Testing&source=TwitterGrader Thanks. -Dharmesh On Dec 12, 12:32 pm, scottjgo <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone gotten it to work? Am I doing something wrong? > > On Dec 12, 12:20 pm, "Alex Payne" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The feature has been deployed... > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 18:16, scottjgo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi. > > > > I guess this feature was added a week ago. Thanks! > > > > I'm having a bit of trouble with it though. I tried the url > > >http://twitter.com/home?status=test&source=isitfunnytodaycom(my > > > source paramter was approved over 48 hours ago) and my post is still > > > 'from web'. I also tried using the source parameter twitterific, which > > > also showed up as 'from web'. Is feature not deployed yet? > > > > On Nov 21, 5:01 pm, scottjgo <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=163 > > > >> On Nov 21, 2:51 pm, "Alex Payne" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > We recently had another request to allow messages posted from the web > > >> > to define their own source parameters. We'll consider it. Please > > >> > file an issue athttp://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/entry. > > > >> > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 01:36, scottjgo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > Bummer. > > > >> > > I don't suppose you'd be willing to add a simple &appid= or something > > >> > > to the url that lets you modify the posted from link (given that the > > >> > > link was already approved for your app id)? > > > >> > > On Nov 20, 5:03 pm, Alex Payne <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > >> Yes, you'll need to make a proper API request to have your update > > >> > >> attributed. > > > >> > >> -- > > >> > >> Alex Payne > > > >> > >> On Nov 20, 2008, at 10:05, scottjgo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> > Hi. > > > >> > >> > I want to add a "tweet this" link to my website. The idea is that > > >> > >> > you > > >> > >> > would click the button, and it would prepopulate the message > > >> > >> > field on > > >> > >> > twitter with a link. Ideally, you would authenticate through > > >> > >> > twitter.com so I can avoid handling passwords. > > > >> > >> > I understand you can use a link > > >> > >> > like:http://twitter.com/home?status=Putyourmessagehere > > >> > >> > but is it possible to replace the "from web" with a link to my > > >> > >> > website? Without that, it sort of eliminates the cool viral > > >> > >> > advertising. Is the only alternative to use the real api (and > > >> > >> > handle > > >> > >> > passwords)? > > > >> > >> > Thanks. > > >> > >> > -sjg > > > >> > -- > > >> > Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc.http://twitter.com/al3x > > > -- > > Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc.http://twitter.com/al3x
