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

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