Twitter Tweets

[Linux]

Just wondering is there is an addon for twitter so that I can broadcast my items from my store. Thanks.

[limelites]

I have installed a RSS feed on my own site that you can see in the product pages. If you hover over it, there's a Twitter option that you can use to broadcast... It's not Twitter specific, but does do the job.

Alternatively, if you notice my "Add to Kaboodle" button..... I guess it'd be pretty straightforward to have something the same for Twitter.

[Linux]

Hi, thanks for the reply. Do you know where I can get that? Not sure where it is? Thanks.

[limelites]

Try here:

http://www.addthis.com/?utm_source=h...mpaign=AT_main

[Linux]

Excellent, thanks for the reply. I am looking for a script that will automatically write to my twitter account for my new items updates. Have not found it yet. I am manually doing with tweetdeck.

Anyone have this addon?

[wilt]

I haven't seen an addon myself, but using the twitter API to post tweets is surprisingly easy.

See.

http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-R...es%C2%A0update

[Linux]

Thank you! I have seen a script (realize I am not a programmer) that does it automatic from your own website. I am not trying to be lazy.... :)....just focusing on adding new items to my site once I get it up & running. But thank you for the info again.

[lankeeyankee]

I have seen a script (realize I am not a programmer) that does it automatic from your own website.

Would you please post a link to the script? I'd like to check it out!

[wilt]

Hi,

There are a few classes lurking around the internets to interface the twitter api with php. Google is your friend.

for those wanting some thing quick and dirty I threw this function together, which will post a message to your Twitter timeline.

WARNING; Theres absolutely no sanity checking going on here at all. Use at your own risk.

function updateStatus($user, $password, $message)
{
  $url = "https://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml";
  $curl = curl_init($url);
  $data = array('status'=>$message);
  curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $user.':'.$password);
  curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
  curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
  curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Expect:'));
  $result = curl_exec($curl);
}

[limelites]

Hi,

There are a few classes lurking around the internets to interface the twitter api with php. Google is your friend.

for those wanting some thing quick and dirty I threw this function together, which will post a message to your Twitter timeline.

WARNING; Theres absolutely no sanity checking going on here at all. Use at your own risk.

function updateStatus($user, $password, $message)
{
  $url = "https://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml";
  $curl = curl_init($url);
  $data = array('status'=>$message);
  curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $user.':'.$password);
  curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
  curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
  curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Expect:'));
  $result = curl_exec($curl);
}

I'd like to try that code myself for my own site if it automatically updates Twitter... Tell me, what file should I place that code into?

Moreover, what exactly will it post to Twitter?