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? > > > > > > > > >> -- > > > > > > > >> 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. > > -- > Internets. Serious business.
