Twitter4j is definitely not simple enough.  All I want to know is how
can I send a status with my source using a simple method.  I can do
all the other stuff... the only thing that isn't working is the
source.  So... do I really need a whole source library for java in
order to do this?

On Jun 29, 10:57 pm, JDG <[email protected]> wrote:
> there are plenty of great open source projects out there that you can use as
> a guide for your development. Abraham's PHP client and Twitter4j as a java
> client were both huge resources for me.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 20:34, DWRoelands <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
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