If, for example, I wanted to update the client name through a command line interface, with the following bash script: curl -u username:password -d status="$*" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json >& /dev/null
How/where would I enter that source name? On Mar 12, 10:10 pm, Doug Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Ricky, > For updates to reflect that your application was the source, you must > indicate this with each request. Include a parameter named "source" with a > value equal to the key supplied to Twitter during registration so we know > the update comes from your application. > > Doug Williams > Twitter API Supporthttp://twitter.com/dougw > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Ricky <[email protected]> wrote: > > > After it has been approved, do we need to add source parameter to all > > twitter status updates? Or does twitter do it automatically? > > > On Mar 12, 1:45 am, Cameron Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You probably missed it the same way i missed it. The term Twitter uses > > > > is not what my mind assumed it would be. > > > > > I googled "Custom Twitter Client Name" and "Change Twitter Client > > > > Name" and "Twitter Client Name" and nothing came up... I forget what > > > > finally brought me to this page. And the part in the Twitter docs is > > > > "How do I get _from [MyApp]_ which is like documentation but not human > > > > friendly :) > > > > Oh, I don't know, "just fill out this handy form[1]" seems pretty > > > straightforward to me. :-P > > > > [1]http://twitter.com/help/request_source > > > > -- > > > ------------------------------------ personal: > >http://www.cameronkaiser.com/-- > > > Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems *www.floodgap.com* > > [email protected] > > > -- FOOLS! I WILL DESTROY YOU ALL! ASK ME HOW! -- "Girl Genius" 8/29/07 > > --------
