Twitter / iTweet.net

[Nli.]

Hi.

Well I've been looking on the Internet for a long time now and at the Twitter API. I'm trying to create a website like iTweet.net that will allow *anyone* to sign in with their Twitter ID and basically use twitter but through a different website if that makes sense, like; @replies, direct messages, status updates etc...

But I haven't been able to find a way yet. I'm wondering if anyone can help me out but some of you may just say look at the API and stuff, but I don't quite know what I'm looking for as I haven't really done this before, and I dunno it might be a big thing to do for a "first timer" but my School has filtered Twitter, and now have filtered iTweet, I want to create my own site with different features on so teachers won't realise. (like those proxys that some people have created) so we can carry on Tweeting

Thanks

[Blob]

The twitter api has a few limitations though...

The default rate limit for calls to the REST API is 150 requests per hour. The REST API does account- and IP-based rate limiting. Authenticated API calls are charged to the authenticating user's limit while unauthenticated API calls are deducted from the calling IP address' allotment.

[Nli.]

Thanks, just wondering how iTweet do it now. That's all

[RichardKnox]

That's fine though as long as you don't update your twitter every 24 seconds?
Anyway, I would do it by using OAuth to sign in and then simply calling an OAuth object to (I think) http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml and post that along with an array (I think it's like message => 'updating twitter').

I personally use the OAuth class that's linked to on the official twitter API page. If you want I can try showing you a bit more in detail but not right now as I have some work to finish up.

But simply:

authorize via OAuth -> set tokens etc -> call on the TwitterOAuth class using tokens -> use function in the class and post to update page

[Fehm]

Only problem is, and this isnt a subject I have looked into, so enlighten me, but wouldnt it be possible to change someone else's twitter? =D Enlighten away?!

[Excellent2]

What you will want to do is, download the Twitter API and then use cURL to connect to their server. Use XML to grab all the information you want and then let them reply.

[RichardKnox]

What you will want to do is, download the Twitter API and then use cURL to connect to their server. Use XML to grab all the information you want and then let them reply.

Nah, because although Basic Auth is not being phased out yet it will happen eventually. OAuth is the way forward!

[Nli.]

That's fine though as long as you don't update your twitter every 24 seconds?
Anyway, I would do it by using OAuth to sign in and then simply calling an OAuth object to (I think) http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml and post that along with an array (I think it's like message => 'updating twitter').

I personally use the OAuth class that's linked to on the official twitter API page. If you want I can try showing you a bit more in detail but not right now as I have some work to finish up.

But simply:

authorize via OAuth -> set tokens etc -> call on the TwitterOAuth class using tokens -> use function in the class and post to update page

I have read about OAuth but I haven't read too much in to it.

What you will want to do is, download the Twitter API and then use cURL to connect to their server. Use XML to grab all the information you want and then let them reply.

When you say download the Twitter API? Is that the "Libraries"

I'm new at this sort of stuff, so yeah sorry if I dont get anything straight away.

[Trinity]

That's fine though as long as you don't update your twitter every 24 seconds?
Anyway, I would do it by using OAuth to sign in and then simply calling an OAuth object to (I think) http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml and post that along with an array (I think it's like message => 'updating twitter').

I personally use the OAuth class that's linked to on the official twitter API page. If you want I can try showing you a bit more in detail but not right now as I have some work to finish up.

But simply:

authorize via OAuth -> set tokens etc -> call on the TwitterOAuth class using tokens -> use function in the class and post to update page

I think I see a flaw in this method. Wouldn't using OAuth take users to the twitter.com/oauth/blabla first? So it wouldn't work, as twitter is filtered at his school.

[Nli.]

Oh yeah, I forgot about that.
Because it takes you to the twitter page in order to click allow or deny.