so you cant use oauth with curl... awesome, i'm glad i installed it
last night. =[

On Jun 29, 3:52 pm, Max <[email protected]> wrote:
> Okay, I'm going to try and figure out OAuth later tonight.  Thank you
> very much.
>
> On Jun 29, 9:11 am, DWRoelands <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
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