Max, Some time ago, Twitter stopped accepting the "Source" argument from applications using Basic Auth. Any apps that had been using Basic Auth before that point were "grandfathered" in. Any apps created after that point need to use OAuth for the "Source" to be accepted.
Which is why I'm wrestling with OAuth now. :) On Jun 29, 8:10 am, Max K <[email protected]> wrote: > So umm... how do I get something to work using basic auth? > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Abraham Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sources from OAuth applications don't work when used through basic auth. > > > Abraham > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 05:49, Max K<[email protected]> wrote: > > > well I'm using the command > > >>curl -v -d "source=roflcopterlolmachine&status=test" -u username:password > > >>http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml > > > > and i have the name roflcopterlolmachine registered with twitter on > > >http://twitter.com/oauth_clients. i'm new to the twitter api and just > > don't > > > understand whats going on.... > > > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:36 PM, JDG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Source only works with oauth, unless you had registered it before OAuth > > >> was implemented. Are you using Basic auth? > > > >> On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 21:01, Max <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> why is it that my source name doesn't work? how long does it take for > > >>> twitter to recognize an application... because if i use a name of an > > >>> app that already exists [ex: max] it works, but if I do something like > > >>> status=rdfglkdfjgklfdg > > > >>> it doesnt... > > > >>> why? > > > >> -- > > >> Internets. Serious business. > > > -- > > Abraham Williams | Community Evangelist |http://web608.org > > Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham > > Project |http://fireeagle.labs.poseurtech.com > > This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private.
