thanks for the quick reply. I tried not encoding the url part of it, but still twitter only recognizes the first word :(
http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json?oauth_consumer_key%3DXz2BKOKObTzpLrMXxJo2ww%26oauth_nonce%3Di3TKQ5uESfn%26oauth_signature_method%3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp%3D1246650817%26oauth_token%3D52243094-N6lnC60D5ZY4rl1OVaemffKaqGas5aVJqAj220ykt%26oauth_version%3D1.0%26oauth_token%3D52243094-N6lnC60D5ZY4rl1OVaemffKaqGas5aVJqAj220ykt%26oauth_signature%3D2DNoZ4XmCaSDFKEZwOW%2FtLRCuC8%3D%26status%3Done%20two%20three response: {"in_reply_to_status_id":null,"text":"one","user": {"notifications":false,"description":null,"verified" :false,"utc_offset":null,"friends_count": 20,"profile_text_color":"000000","profile_background_image_url" :"http:\/\/static.twitter.com\/images\/themes\/theme1\/ bg.gif","profile_image_url":"http:\/\/static.twitter .com\/images\/default_profile_normal.png","statuses_count": 18,"favourites_count":0,"profile_link_color" :"0000ff","profile_background_tile":false,"url":null,"screen_name":"tweetzi1","name":"tweetzi1","created_at" :"Tue Jun 30 00:25:14 +0000 2009","profile_background_color":"9ae4e8","protected":false,"profile_sidebar_fill_color" :"e0ff92","following":false,"profile_sidebar_border_color":"87bc44","location":null,"id": 52243094,"time_zone" :null,"followers_count": 5},"in_reply_to_user_id":null,"favorited":false,"created_at":"Fri Jul 03 19:53 :38 +0000 2009","in_reply_to_screen_name":null,"truncated":false,"id": 2458885220,"source":"<a href=\"http :\/\/gallery.zimbra.com\">Zimbra Collaboration Suite<\/a>"} On Jul 3, 12:07 pm, Stuart <stut...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/7/3 goodtest <goodtest...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > I thought everything was working until i just sent a tweet with 4 > > words, but only the first word is being posted for some reason. Please > > help . > > I think i have done all the url encoding stuffs, but somehow twitter > > is only recognizing first word. What am i missing? > > > Url: > >http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json?status=onetwo three > > Post headers: > > oauth_consumer_key=Xz2BKOKObTzpLrMXxJo2ww&oauth_nonce=Pz9MVSTc2EX&oauth_signature_method=HMAC- > > SHA1&oauth_timestamp=1246644337&oauth_token=52243094- > > N6lnC60D5ZY4rl1OVaemffKaqGas5aVJqAj220ykt&oauth_version=1.0&oauth_token=52243094- > > N6lnC60D5ZY4rl1OVaemffKaqGas5aVJqAj220ykt&oauth_signature=i9NB > > +T6OQRzeQkikXMYmhwONRTM= > > > encoded form: > > > http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fstatuses%2Fupdate.json%3Fstatus%3Done%20two > > %20three > > > oauth_consumer_key%3DXz2BKOKObTzpLrMXxJo2ww%26oauth_nonce%3DJKBGe9GKQCM > > %26oauth_signature_method%3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp > > %3D1246644748%26oauth_token%3D52243094- > > N6lnC60D5ZY4rl1OVaemffKaqGas5aVJqAj220ykt%26oauth_version > > %3D1.0%26oauth_token%3D52243094- > > N6lnC60D5ZY4rl1OVaemffKaqGas5aVJqAj220ykt%26oauth_signature > > %3D7RyC21EJdprquTFdbQV2lq0IIqY%3D > > > In the response.. it says: > > "text":"one" > > > {"text":"one","favorited":false,"user": > > {"profile_link_color":"088253","description":null,"profile_background_tile" > > :false,"utc_offset":-28800,"verified":false,"profile_background_color":"EDECE9","followers_count": > > 10 > > ,"profile_image_url":"http:\/\/static.twitter.com\/images\/ > > default_profile_normal.png","friends_count" > > : > > 15,"profile_sidebar_fill_color":"E3E2DE","url":null,"screen_name":"rajaraodv","name":"rajaraodv","created_at" > > :"Sun Jun 22 16:10:53 +0000 > > 2008","protected":false,"profile_sidebar_border_color":"D3D2CF","time_zone" > > :"Pacific Time (US & Canada)","following":null,"statuses_count": > > 23,"profile_text_color":"634047","location" > > :null,"id": > > 15198474,"notifications":null,"profile_background_image_url":"http:\/\/ > > static.twitter.com > > \/images\/themes\/theme3\/bg.gif","favourites_count": > > 0},"in_reply_to_screen_name":null,"created_at":"Fri > > Jul 03 18:05:43 +0000 > > 2009","truncated":false,"in_reply_to_status_id":null,"id": > > 2457422831,"in_reply_to_user_id" > > :null,"source":"<a href=\"http:\/\/apiwiki.twitter.com\/\">API<\/a>"} > > > please help, what am i missing? > > First of all, "one two three" is 3 words so you'll never get Twitter > to recognise it as 4. > > Secondly you need to url encode the text you're passing in the status > parameter, i.e. > > http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json?status=one%20two%20three > > -Stuart > > --http://stut.net/projects/twitter