Is it maybe tied into the referrer so it only works coming from the website
that is supposed to have the source? I find it unlikely that anybody can
randomly fill in any source.

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 09:58, Dharmesh <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> 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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