Twitter API Announcements Google Group

Twitter API & the Basic Auth Shutdown: Everything you need to know.

2010-08-13T23:12:53Z

Hi Developers,
Basic authentication is being deprecated beginning on August 16th. After
August 31st, API clients will no longer be able to identify themselves using
only a login and password when accessing the Twitter REST API.
For those that just like to skim, here are the basics:
- Basic Auth will be completely shut off on August 30th.

Introducing the Tweet Button

2010-08-12T15:27:30Z

Hey everyone,

Today we’re launching the Tweet Button to make it easy for your users
to share your website with their followers. When they click on the
Tweet Button, a Tweet box will appear pre-populated with a message and
link chosen by you. Once they have sent a Tweet they can choose to
follow accounts recommended by you. All of this happens on your

Announcing a limited User Streams testing period for desktop apps

2010-07-28T19:52:47Z

Hi Developers,
User Streams is now in a limited testing period for desktop clients. We are
working closely with developers to preview their implementations to a
restricted set of testers. We are gathering feedback and usage statistics to
prepare for an open beta period, tentatively scheduled for late Q3 or Q4 of

TLS (SSL) cipher suites on User Streams preview

2010-07-20T22:52:29Z

We've changed the set of supported TLS Cipher Suites on the User
Stream service preview. If your SSL-enabled client suddenly starts to
have troubles negotiating a connection to betastream.twitter.com or
chirpstream.twitter.com on port 9443 as of 22:40 UTC today, July 20th,
this is probably why. Please let us know, and we'll work to resolve

Temporary changes to whitelisting

2010-07-07T14:18:42Z

I wanted to email everyone and give notice that we are going to be holding
off on approving any additional whitelist requests until after the World Cup
is over. We actually paused this last week, so if you haven't gotten a
response, this is why. It will take us a while to get through the backlog
after the World Cup, so please be patient and don't reapply as it just makes

User Streams Preview Update

2010-07-06T19:29:03Z

User Streams is a Streaming API feature that allows clients to receive
nearly all events required to update an application in real-time and without
managing polling rate-limits.
Two recent changes:
* @replies from non-mutual followings are now filtered on the server by
default. This behavior now matches the [link] display. If you wish

modifying rate limits under serious load

2010-06-23T19:20:51Z

hi everyone,
as you all know, Twitter has been faced with considerable capacity problems
in recent weeks. we have many efforts under way to expand capacity and more
efficiently use the capacity we have. starting today, we're going to begin
adjusting rate limits dynamically under load in order to maintain an awesome

api.twitter.com/1/search.* is no longer functional, use search.twitter.com/search instead

2010-06-22T23:18:49Z

Hi Everyone,
As we warned back in May ( [link] ), we've now removed Search
API access from our undocumented endpoint at api.twitter.com. If you're
using the Search API, all of your requests should be sent to
[link] instead.
For those using [link], [link], or

moving the OAuth switch over date to august 16, 2010

2010-06-17T23:46:06Z

hi all.
as you've all probably noticed, with the world cup going on, twitter is
experiencing record load. because of this, we're moving the oauth switchover
date to august 16, 2010.
we want to make sure that you all have calm waters to test your new
codebases where you're not dealing with whales, robots, and whatnot. with

Scheduled Twitter API Network Maintenance, June 16th @ 6-7:30 AM PDT 21

2010-06-16T13:31:12Z

Hi Developers,
A little late notice, but just wanted to make sure you've all seen what was
posted on the Twitter status blog a bit earlier:
MAINTENANCE ACTION:
—————————
We’ll be working with our network provider to perform some tests and
maintenance. During this time you can expect a high rate of errors (whales)

link wrapping on the API

2010-06-08T22:57:21Z

hi all.
twitter has been wrapping links in e-mailed DMs for a couple months
now<[link]>.
with that feature, we're trying to protect users against phishing and other
malicious attacks. the way that we're doing this is that any URL that comes
through in a DM gets currently wrapped with a twt.tl URL -- if the URL turns

In San Francisco for WWDC? Come to Twitter HQ on June 9th 6-8pm for a @twitterapi meetup!

2010-06-07T16:48:10Z

Hi Mac Devs,
This time last year we hosted an informal meetup of WWDC attendees. The
event turned into a fun evening so we've decided to do it again. We are
inviting WWDC attendees and Twitter Platform developers to our office on
Wednesday, June 9, at 6PM. There is limited space, so please register at

Annotations in Streams - June 7th

2010-06-02T21:49:12Z

We will test Streaming API Tweet Annotation as early as next week - June 7th
through June 11th. All streaming clients, including user streams preview
clients, should expect empty annotations and the rare populated annotation
during arbitrary test periods. Assuming general stability, on our end and
yours, we'll eventually leave annotation delivery turned permanently on.

List events now available in userstreams

2010-05-30T13:21:30Z

The userstreams preview now delivers list updates in addition to the
social graph changes it is already streaming. This includes
* Lists created/updated/destroyed by you or your followings
* List members added/removed by you or your followings
* List subscriptions added/removed by you or your followings

[twitter-api-announce] OAuth now supported on stream.twitter.com

2010-05-24T20:51:50Z

The production streaming API (stream.twitter.com) now has support for
OAuth 1.0A. Please let me know if you run into any issues.

---Mark

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