Nope, we'll investigate it this coming week. Hang tight! On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:29, scottjgo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Alex- > > I posted a follow-up on the bug for this feature -- would it be better > for me to open a new bug? > > On Dec 13, 3:12 pm, "Alex Payne" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Indeed, anybody can randomly fill in any source. The incentive for >> faking requests from a particular application is so low that we don't >> put any protections in place. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 09:32, Abraham Williams <[email protected]> wrote: >> > 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 >> >> > -- >> > | Abraham Williams | Web Developer |http://abrah.am >> > | Brazen Careerist | Pro Hacker |http://www.brazencareerist.com >> > | PoseurTech LLC | Mashup Ambassador |http://poseurte.ch >> > | Web608 | Community Evangelist |http://web608.org >> > | This email is: [] blogable [x] ask first [] private >> >> -- >> Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc.http://twitter.com/al3x >
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