Explain why not? I've written apps that can do it. It's a matter of knowing how to parse the user token responses. If you're using an OSS library, you're welcome to change it to suit your needs -- it is, at its core, the beauty of OSS.
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 15:55, mcdade <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks JDG for the advice but I wrote an App, not a webapp. > > The program runs on the users computer and they auth, I really don't > want to do a whole "i'm going to quietly send your info to me while > you aren't looking". I really dislike when companies put in a some > sneaky things to get the user info without the user knowing about it. > > Twitter really should provide a method of seeing this server side, I > guess they don't. > > -b > > On Aug 25, 11:44 pm, JDG <[email protected]> wrote: > > they do. when you get an access token, the screen name and their ID are > > returned to you along with the token. Use it. Store it. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 15:18, mcdade <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Bumping on this since no one answered.. > > > > > And i'm up to 90 users who authed now but I have no idea who they are > > > since i can't search my app's name. > > > > > Twitter needs to create a way for Developers to track users who are > > > using the product. Look at Facebook, they have amazing tools for the > > > Developer > > > > > -b > > > > > On Aug 12, 4:33 pm, mcdade <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ok. > > > > > > So I have my app written, I usedoauthto authenticate them since it > > > > was easier the storing the password. Anyways I didn't write in > > > > anything special to trackusers(or make the follow me) but I would > > > > like to see who is using it since I had about 300 downloads on the > app > > > > but have only about 58 ppl who have authenticated with twitter. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > -bryan > > > > > > oh.. and i wrote the app in Cocoa and the framework and code examples > > > > suck and mostly don't work. > > > > -- > > Internets. Serious business. > -- Internets. Serious business.
