I symnpathize. OAuth is not intuitive, nor is it easy to implement. I've been struggling with PIN-based authorization for days and I can't seem to make any headway on how to get Twitter to take the PIN and give me back valid tokens.
But, it's all we have if you want to use the "Source" parameter. On Jun 29, 10:14 pm, Max <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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.
