Hey guys. This has already been banged out in the RSS wars (of which I'm a veteran and have the battle scars).
Don't use a Referrer unless it's literally a page with a link or search page. You should use a User-Agent here (which is what it is designed for). The browser should generally send the Referrer ...... We send a User-Agent.... Kevin On Jun 16, 10:04 am, Stuart <stut...@gmail.com> wrote: > The logical thing would be to set the referrer to the domain name of > your application. If it doesn't have one I'd say use your Twitter user > URL (i.e.http://twitter.com/stut). > > Most HTTP libs in most languages will set a default user agent, and > it's usually pretty easy to override it. I'd suggest appname/0.1 where > appname is something that identifies your app and is a valid user > agent - Google can help you there. I doubt the version number is > important to anyone but you. > > -Stuart > > --http://stut.net/projects/twitter > > 2009/6/16 funkatron <funkat...@gmail.com>: > > > > > Indeed, some clearer criteria would be most appreciated. > > > -- > > Ed Finkler > >http://funkatron.com > > Twitter:@funkatron > > AIM: funka7ron > > ICQ: 3922133 > > XMPP:funkat...@gmail.com > > > On Jun 16, 12:51 pm, Justyn Howard <justyn.how...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Doug - Any additional info to help us know if we comply? My dev is > >> out of the country on vacation and want to make sure we don¹t miss > >> anything. > > >> On 6/16/09 11:33 AM, "Doug Williams" <d...@twitter.com> wrote: > > >> > Hi all, > >> > The Search API will begin to require a valid HTTP Referrer, or at the > >> > very > >> > least, a meaningful and unique user agent with each request. Any request > >> > not > >> > including this information will be returned a 403 Forbidden response > >> > code by > >> > our web server. > > >> > This change will be effective within the next few days, so please check > >> > your > >> > applications using the Search API and make any necessary code changes. > > >> > Thanks, > >> > Doug
