AutoTweet [support]

Figured I'd go head and start a thread for the AutoTweet mod I uploaded that was recently made available at http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...oducts_id=1523.

This simply auto updates your twitter followers everytime you add a product. The product name and shortened (bit.ly) link to the product are automatically tweeted without you ever having to leave the zencart admin. It also offers link tracking stats as well (through bit.ly).

*Note: you will need to have Curl installed.
*You will also need a free bit.ly api key (though this is optional).
*More info available in readme.
*Also I forgot to mention it in the readme, but this mod is shared under GPL licensing terms. Do whatever you want with it. :smile:

***Remember always backup your files before installing anything.

Thanks for a great mod. Installation was simple and went without glitch. Useful tracking stats on Bit.ly

Good, glad you liked it.

I get the following after adding a product:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONST, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /home/knivdavi/public_html/adminfolder/twitter/twitter.php on line 56

what version of PHP are you running?

It's 1.3.8a

It is still adding the products to my zencart, but gives the error and doesn't add them to twitter

yeah thats because twitter.php is set to be 'included' and not 'required.' Your server is probably currently running version 4.x of php. Do you have the ability to upgrade? Who is your hosting through? Most of the major hosting providers (Godaddy, ipower, gator, etc) have some form of 5 running. Sometimes you can switch between version 4 and 5.

4.4.6 - I use 2by2host - I'll ask them about changing it.

Yeah i looked through their site, they list ' php4/php5' as one of their features. Couldnt find how to switch between the two but they have live chat so that will probably help. Afterwards everything should work fine.

Changed to PHP 5. It's working. Great mod. Thanks!

Good, glad to hear it. Sorry I hadnt realized the php 4 thing sooner.

Hi, I have installed the autotweet mod after changing the update_product.php file but get the following errors:

Warning: curl_setopt_array() [function.curl-setopt-array]: CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION cannot be activated when in safe_mode or an open_basedir is set in /usr/www/users/soundoa/admin/twitter/bitly.php on line 141
{ "errorCode": 0, "errorMessage": "", "results": { "http://www.soundonline.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=93&products_id=427": { "hash": "cxFYvi", "shortCNAMEUrl": "http://bit.ly/9UmxW9", "shortKeywordUrl": "", "shortUrl": "http://bit.ly/9UmxW9", "userHash": "9UmxW9" } }, "statusCode": "OK" }
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'BitlyException' with message 'Invalid JSON-response' in /usr/www/users/soundoa/admin/twitter/bitly.php:196 Stack trace: #0 /usr/www/users/soundoa/admin/twitter/bitly.php(382): Bitly->doCall('shorten', Array) #1 /usr/www/users/soundoa/admin/includes/modules/update_product.php(146): Bitly->shorten('http://www.soun...') #2 /usr/www/users/soundoa/admin/product.php(62): require('/usr/www/users/...') #3 {main} thrown in /usr/www/users/soundoa/admin/twitter/bitly.php on line 196

I have PHP5 and cURL enabled.

I have no idea how to fix this. Please help.

I'm looking into this. In the meantime;

1. Make sure your host's PHP configuration in not in safe mode (php.ini).
2. Is open_basedir set to correct directories?

You make have to contact your hosting co. to verify.

It looks like CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION doesn't work with open_basedir on. Your host may have to turn this off

fixed this.
You have to edit both bitly.php and twitter.php

on line 133 bitly.php and line 158 of twitter.php comment out

PHP Code:

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$options[CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION] = true; 


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so that it looks like:

PHP Code:

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//$options[CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION] = true; 


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then somewhere around line 136 on bitly.php and line 161 on twitter.php add:

PHP Code:

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if ( ini_get('open_basedir') == '' ) {
$options[CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION] = true;
} 


---

Everything should work fine. (at least it did on my local machine)

I have used your mod for an oscommerce shop by inserting the twitter code from update_product.php into the same place in osc's categories.php

When using your default code:

include 'twitter/twitter.php';
require_once 'twitter/bitly.php';

it's posting fine to twitter, but I'm getting this error after adding the new product:

Quote:

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Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class TwitterException in /home/account/public_html/admin/twitter/twitter.php on line 1867

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If I use this code instead (or require_once for both):

include_once 'twitter/twitter.php';
require_once 'twitter/bitly.php';

then I am not getting the error but my twitter post is missing the product name:

Quote:

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New Product Available: "" Check it out at http://bit.ly/xxxxx

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Do you have any ideas what is causing this?

I fixed it by adding if ($language_id == 1){} around the code in categories.php so it only included the code for english.

Thanks for a great mod!

Oh, good catch, and thanks I'm glad you like it.

I've installed the Autotwitter, but I can't figure out, why it doesn't work by me.
When I set up a new product, it always shows me a blanc site, and nothing happend, and the new product is not inserted.

I use Zen Cart 1.38, PHP 5, I've set the safe mode off .

Hugs Micki

Ok, I've forgotten to say, that my zen cart runs with two languages, and the default language is German.

Now I've seen, that something happens:
The product has been inserted only in English, in the english admin interface it can bee seen, and give attributes, but not in the German admin interface.

But nevertheless, it has been not forwarded to twitter.

Hi
Plz help, I installed this module as instructed , now on step 4, it says
4. Testing Instructions/Additional changes:

Don’t test additional changes in upload_product.php.

Errors can cause multiple “Ghost” products to be added that aren’t removable without deleting the category.

You could create a new category and only add products to it for test. when youre done just delete the category. This will however throw off your category and product numbers and is not advisable if you don't know what you're doing.

So to be safe: If you wan’t to change anything else or if you just want to make sure everything is right before going live.

Upload everything as instructed above,

copy lines 128 – 149 from upload_product.php,

create a test file (i.e. testfile.php) with lines 128 - 149 pasted in.

Be sure to add <?php and ?> at the beginning and end of the pasted code.

Upload to store/admin/

And test at http://www.yourstore.com/store/admin/testfile.php


where is upload_product.php file ????

i have added new prodcuts to existing categories in routine but i do not see any thing happening on twitter site ?

Regards

Hi

When i try to add the products i get this error now

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'BitlyException' with message 'Invalid headers (403)' in /home/pcitshop/public_html/admin/twitter/bitly.php:177 Stack trace: #0 /home/pcitshop/public_html/admin/twitter/bitly.php(382): Bitly->doCall('shorten', Array) #1 /home/pcitshop/public_html/admin/includes/modules/update_product.php(146): Bitly->shorten('http://www.pcit...') #2 /home/pcitshop/public_html/admin/product.php(62): require('/home/pcitshop/...') #3 {main} thrown in /home/pcitshop/public_html/admin/twitter/bitly.php on line 177

plz help?
Regards

@heavendreams - only english is supported right now. there is a fix in this thanks to michaelsen here but it should only stop errors in other languages and I havent tested it.

@omerhanif - step 4 is optional. If your having problems simple reinstall and don't complete step 4.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by michaelsen

I fixed it by adding if ($language_id == 1){} around the code in categories.php so it only included the code for english.

Thanks for a great mod!

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Hi

There are 3 categories.php, which one i need to change and which codes plz?

Regards

plz help, its not working ?

I'm workin on this problem... in the mean time, undo all the modifications you made.

ok for carts with mulitple languages that are getting the 'cannot redeclare class' error:

On the included update_product.php in /admin/modules, around line 128 you should see:

Quote:

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// bof Auto Tweet.
include 'twitter/twitter.php';

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change it to:

Quote:

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// bof Auto Tweet.
include_once 'twitter/twitter.php';

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That should fix the problem.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by omerhanif

plz help, its not working ?

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Download autotweet again.

Complete steps 1 through 3
(Step 4 is optional and does not need to be complete).

You should only edit lines 128 through 148 in the included update_product.php file.

Did you configure update_product.php properly and install in the admin/modules/ folder? Is the twitter folder installed in your admin folder?

If your store has multiple languages see the post immediately above this post.

I downloaded the autotweet again, completed steps 1 through 3, edited lines 128 through 148 in the included update_product.php file, configured update_product.php properly and install in the admin/includes/modules/ . Twitter folder installed in admin folder, Only language is English, BUT when i try add a product i get same error Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'BitlyException' with message 'Invalid headers (403)' in /home/pcitshop/public_html/admin/twitter/bitly.php:177 Stack trace: #0 /home/pcitshop/public_html/admin/twitter/bitly.php(382): Bitly->doCall('shorten', Array) #1 /home/pcitshop/public_html/admin/includes/modules/update_product.php(146): Bitly->shorten('http://www.pcit...') #2 /home/pcitshop/public_html/admin/product.php(62): require('/home/pcitshop/...') #3 {main} thrown in /home/pcitshop/public_html/admin/twitter/bitly.php on line 177

hmm i'm looking into it.

and you are running php 5/
and have cURL installed?

curl
cURL support enabled
cURL Information libcurl/7.19.5 OpenSSL/0.9.8b zlib/1.2.3 libidn/0.6.5

PHP Version 5.2.10

Zen Cart 1.3.8a

ok lets try this;

Create a new file called: test.php
paste this code in it

Quote:

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<?php
$url = "http://www.test.com";
$aParameters['login'] = 'username';
$aParameters['apiKey'] = 'R_f5003d838cfcc1498a0e43';
$aParameters['version'] = '2.0.1';
$queryString = '';
foreach($aParameters as $key => $value) $queryString .= '&'. $key .'='. urlencode(utf8_encode($value));
$queryString = trim($queryString, '&');
$url .= '?'. $queryString;
$url = 'http://api.bit.ly/'. $url;
$options[CURLOPT_URL] = $url;
$options[CURLOPT_PORT] = 80;
$options[CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION] = true;
$options[CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER] = true;
$options[CURLOPT_TIMEOUT] = 60;
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, $options);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$headers = curl_getinfo($curl);
$errorNumber = curl_errno($curl);
$errorMessage = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
print_r($headers);
?>

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enter your bit.ly username and api key inplace of the ones shown in red.
upload the file to your server.
run it from your browser.

if all goes well, it should spit out an array, showing us what your headers look like.
if not, you should get a similar error, either way let me know what you get.

Hi Jamie
Thanks for help , here is the result of http://pcitshop.com/test.php

Array ( [url] => http://api.bit.ly/http://www.test.com?login=my user name was here&apiKey=R_my key was here&version=2.0.1 [content_type] => text/html [http_code] => 403 [header_size] => 155 [request_size] => 139 [filetime] => -1 [ssl_verify_result] => 0 [redirect_count] => 0 [total_time] => 0.131384 [namelookup_time] => 0.009571 [connect_time] => 0.069427 [pretransfer_time] => 0.069431 [size_upload] => 0 [size_download] => 169 [speed_download] => 1286 [speed_upload] => 0 [download_content_length] => 169 [upload_content_length] => -1 [starttransfer_time] => 0.131309 [redirect_time] => 0 )

regards

You're being blocked.

the [http_code] => 403 means that api.bit.ly is receiving your request but for whatever reason they're denying. I'm not sure why this is happening, they do black list sites but i already checked you're not blacklisted. It's possible that maybe you've reached some sort of limit, but you'd have to be a pretty heavy bit.ly user. more reason 403 errors occur: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_403

try pasting this url into your browsers address bar:

PHP Code:

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http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version=2.0.1&longUrl=http://bbc.com&login=username&apiKey=R_f5003d838cf6d2a0e4 


---

(obviously change the username and apikey with your bit.ly info)

you should get a string of text with an error code. if it works your error code should be 0 and you should see a shortened url for bbc.com if you get a different message it's probably your IP or your username

You could also try creating a new bitly account just to be safe and seeing if that works.

other than that you could disable the bitly portion of the script. however you run the chance of your tweets being over 140 chars. however you could just have something like "new product available "product name" @ http://pcitshop.com" posted to twitter.

I don't know why else you'd get that code. Sorry, it has to do with the headers being sent for json but that isn't really my area of expertise.

i got this result from above test you mentioned

{ "errorCode": 0, "errorMessage": "", "results": { "http://bbc.com": { "hash": "5KM2", "shortCNAMEUrl": "http://bit.ly/aET8Me", "shortKeywordUrl": "", "shortUrl": "http://bit.ly/aET8Me", "userHash": "aET8Me" } }, "statusCode": "OK" }


plz let me know what to do next?

Regards

is json enabled? you can find out by typing:
phpinfo();
into a blank php file and scrolling down to json.

yes it is

json
json support enabled
json version 1.2.1

then i'm at a loss.

replace lines 128 through 148 of update_product.php with:

Quote:

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// bof Auto Tweet.
include_once 'twitter/twitter.php';

// CHANGE: path to your store (i.e. http://example.com/store
$myStoreUrl = 'http://pcitshop.com';
// CHANGE: Your stores Twitter username and password
$twitter = new Twitter("username","password");
//build full link to product
$produrl = $myStoreUrl . '/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=' . $current_category_id . '&products_id=' . $products_id ;
// send tweet.
$prodname = $sql_data_array['products_name'];
$mytweet = $prodname . ' now available at ' . $produrl;
$twitter->updateStatus($mytweet);
// eof Auto-Tweet

---

and see if it updates your twitter now. Basically this does the same thing without the link bit.ly shortening should be fine so long as your products name's arent too long.

yes its working now , Thanks for help

I noticed one problem, when i add products manually it relays to twitter site but when i run feed to add/update products then no new products are shown on twitter despite new products appearing on my site through feed update?

Can some one help plz?

Regards

I don't know what feed update is. This mod was only written to update twitter when you manually add a new product via the default zencart backend. It wont update twitter if you update an existing product, and it wont update twitter if you add products any other way.

hummm, can i some how add products to twitter from zencart's existing products list? or can i add it manually on twitter itself?

Sorry, that I answer so late, but the last week has been very busy for me....

I've made the changes in the update_products.php und the fix from here http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...0&postcount=18
And it works all fine with two languages in my testshop.
I setup a new product with German language and the product appears in the shop and the twitter feed will be update.
So it must work.

But, in my real shop, it doesn't work.
When setting up a new product, it always ends with a blank side.
The product is only avaible for the English language and the twitter feed doesn't update.

I think, the reason must be a server setting, but I can't find out, which setting it might be.

My settings are here:
http://scrap-wishes.com/phpinfo.php

Thanks Micki

did you try this instead: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...7&postcount=28 ?

also, I see nothing about json support enabled in your server info. Is it enabled locally? That might be it, but then again I'm not a pro in this area.

Yes, I've tried it, and it doesn't help.

I think it must be some server settings, because the modul works fine on another server.

What ist json support?

if you look at: http://htmyell.com/phpinfo.php (my server) and scroll down you'll see it's an enabled php extension.

Yours seems to be missing it I know both classes use json.
It can be installed manually (http://us.php.net/manual/en/json.installation.php), or contact your host.

you could double check to see if json is installed on the local/remote working servers you've tested, and if so that's probably the problem.

Yeah, I've found it - not on my server, on my testserver it is enabled.

I will contact my host, and see, what to do.

Thanks for your help!

Hugs Micki

Yeah, now we have JSON support installed an the server, and all works!
Thank for your great help!

And for the wonderful mod :hug:

Hugs Micki

I'd like to do a similar API thing with an online art gallery I load my artwork up to. I'm not quite sure how to put it all together.

their help page is http://dart.fine-art.com/api/?i=21085

the code is something like this

$userID = 9991;
$password = "fiddlestix";
$action = "new";
$artistFirstName = "Pablo";
$artistLastName = "Picasso";
$price = 515.95;
$title = htmlentities(urlencode("Paloma en Bleu")); //url encode variables with spaces and special characters
$category = 5;
$urlArt = "http://www.fine-art.com/mypainting.gif";
$vendorCode = "pic12512" ;
$subject1 = 25;
$subject2 = 27;
$media1 = 56;
$urlReturn = "http://www.mysite.com/results.php";
$paypalEmail = "[email protected]";
$watermark = htmlentities(urlencode("© " . "My Name"));

//Redirect to API

$redirectTo = "https://dart.fine-art.com/api/process.asp" .
"?userID=" . $userID . "&password=" . $password . "&action=" . $action .
"&artistFirstName=" . $artistFirstName . "&artistLastName=" . $artistLastName .
"&price=" . $price . "&title=" . $title . "&category=" . $category . "&urlArt=" .
$urlArt . "&vendorCode=" . $vendorCode . "&subject1=" . $subject1 . "&subject2=" . $subject2 .
"&media1=" . $media1 . "&urlReturn=" . $urlReturn . "&paypalEmail=" . $paypalEmail .
"&watermark=" . $watermark ;

header("Location: $redirectTo") ;

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

So youre trying to have anything you upload to your store also submit to fine-art.com? Or use twitter?

nevermind i see what you meant:

K, Since I'm feeling generous:

open admin/includes/modules/update_product.php
the 2nd to last line of code (scroll all the way down) should look like this:

PHP Code:

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zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'cPath=' . $cPath . '&pID=' . $products_id . (isset($_GET['page']) ? '&page=' . $_GET['page'] : ''))); 


---

Delete it, and replace with this:

PHP Code:

---

//D'art Api

//edit the following vars
    $userID = 42146;     //d'art userid
    $password = "yourPassword";     //d'art password
    $artistFirstName = "Jamie";
    $artistLastName = "Taylor";
    $paypalEmail = "jvptaylor##########################";
    $store_url = 'http://www.htmyell.com';      //path to your store without the trailing "/"
    $category = 5;       //see [url]http://dart.fine-art.com/api/variables.asp#response[/url] for info
    $subject1 = 25;      //see [url]http://dart.fine-art.com/api/variables.asp#response[/url] for info
    $subject2 = 27;     //see [url]http://dart.fine-art.com/api/variables.asp#response[/url] for info
    $media1 = 56;        //see [url]http://dart.fine-art.com/api/variables.asp#response[/url] for info
    $watermark = htmlentities(urlencode("© " . "Jamie Taylor"));
//do not edit the vars below
    $prod_name = implode(" ", $products_name);
    $prod_description = implode(" ", $products_description);
    $prod_url = $store_url . '/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=' . $current_category_id . '&products_id=' . $products_id ;
    $price = $products_price;
    $title = htmlentities(urlencode($prod_name));
    $action = "new";
    $urlArt = $store_url . "/images/" . $products_image;
    $vendorCode = $products_model;  //uses zencart model number
    $urlReturn = zen_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'cPath=' . $cPath . '&pID=' . $products_id . (isset($_GET['page']) ? '&page=' . $_GET['page'] : ''));

//Redirect to API and back to store front

    $redirectTo = "https://dart.fine-art.com/api/process.asp" .
    "?userID=" . $userID . "&password=" . $password . "&action=" . $action .
    "&artistFirstName=" . $artistFirstName . "&artistLastName=" . $artistLastName .
    "&price=" . $price . "&title=" . $title . "&category=" . $category . "&urlArt=" .
    $urlArt . "&vendorCode=" . $vendorCode . "&subject1=" . $subject1 . "&subject2=" . $subject2 .
    "&media1=" . $media1 . "&urlReturn=" . $urlReturn . "&paypalEmail=" . $paypalEmail .
    "&watermark=" . $watermark ;

    header("Location: $redirectTo");
//end of d'art api 


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change the top variables to reflect your fine-art.com info
go to http://dart.fine-art.com/api/variables.asp#response if you need help with them. and thats it, now everytime you add a product in zencart, it will appear on your fine-art.com profile :D

if youd rather download and replace your existing update_product.php here's a link http://htmyell.com/images/share/update_product.zip NOTE: this does not have AutoTweet installed its just the default version and d'art api.

That is absolutely fantastic!

Awsome! Thanks soooooo much, I'm still getting my head around this API thing.

is there any way that i can just limit it to a particular category?

replace current code with:

PHP Code:

---

//D'art Api
if ($current_category_id == 3) { //change this line to category id
//edit the following vars
    $userID = 42146;     //d'art userid
    $password = "yourpassword";     //d'art password
    $artistFirstName = "Jamie";
    $artistLastName = "Taylor";
    $paypalEmail = "jvptaylor##########################";
    $store_url = 'http://www.htmyell.com/zencart';      //path to your store without the trailing "/"
    $category = 5;       //see http://dart.fine-art.com/api/variables.asp#response for info
    $subject1 = 25;      //see http://dart.fine-art.com/api/variables.asp#response for info
    $subject2 = 27;     //see http://dart.fine-art.com/api/variables.asp#response for info
    $media1 = 56;        //see http://dart.fine-art.com/api/variables.asp#response for info
    $watermark = htmlentities(urlencode("© " . "Jamie Taylor"));
//do not edit the vars below
    $prod_name = implode(" ", $products_name);
    $prod_description = implode(" ", $products_description);
    $prod_url = $store_url . '/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=' . $current_category_id . '&products_id=' . $products_id ;
    $price = $products_price;
    $title = htmlentities(urlencode($prod_name));
    $action = "new";
    $urlArt = $store_url . "/images/" . $products_image;
    $vendorCode = $products_model;
    $urlReturn = zen_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'cPath=' . $cPath . '&pID=' . $products_id . (isset($_GET['page']) ? '&page=' . $_GET['page'] : ''));

//Redirect to API and back to store front

    $redirectTo = "https://dart.fine-art.com/api/process.asp" .
    "?userID=" . $userID . "&password=" . $password . "&action=" . $action .
    "&artistFirstName=" . $artistFirstName . "&artistLastName=" . $artistLastName .
    "&price=" . $price . "&title=" . $title . "&category=" . $category . "&urlArt=" .
    $urlArt . "&vendorCode=" . $vendorCode . "&subject1=" . $subject1 . "&subject2=" . $subject2 .
    "&media1=" . $media1 . "&urlReturn=" . $urlReturn . "&paypalEmail=" . $paypalEmail .
    "&watermark=" . $watermark ;

    header("Location: $redirectTo");
//end of d'art api
} else {
 zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'cPath=' . $cPath . '&pID=' . $products_id . (isset($_GET['page']) ? '&page=' . $_GET['page'] : '')));
} 


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on the first line where you see

PHP Code:

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if ($current_category_id == 3) { 


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change "3" to your art's category id

(you can get this by looking at your categories url, i.e.;
http://htmyell.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4)

you are gorgeous, thanks so much!

[QUOTE=jamielife;861611]
$subject1 = 25; //see http://dart.fine-art.com/api/variables.asp#response for info
$subject2 = 27; //see http://dart.fine-

it allows you to choose up to 3 of each of the options, can i do that?

do I just use commas to separate the different selections?

hmmm well this would only work if your art falls into the same 3 subjects everytime.

ahh ok I get it

$subject1 = 62;
$subject2 = 38;
$subject3 = 39;
$media1 = 69
$media2 = 67
$media3 = 6

does the media lines need the ; on the end like the subjects?

yes and this part will have to change to:

//Redirect to API and back to store front

$redirectTo = "https://dart.fine-art.com/api/process.asp" .
"?userID=" . $userID . "&password=" . $password . "&action=" . $action .
"&artistFirstName=" . $artistFirstName . "&artistLastName=" . $artistLastName .
"&price=" . $price . "&title=" . $title . "&category=" . $category . "&urlArt=" .
$urlArt . "&vendorCode=" . $vendorCode . "&subject1=" . $subject1 . "&subject2=" . $subject2 .
"&media1=" . $media1 . "&urlReturn=" . $urlReturn . "&paypalEmail=" . $paypalEmail .
"&watermark=" . $watermark ;

this oughta do,

PHP Code:

---

//Redirect to API and back to store front 

    $redirectTo = "https://dart.fine-art.com/api/process.asp" . 
    "?userID=" . $userID . "&password=" . $password . "&action=" . $action . 
    "&artistFirstName=" . $artistFirstName . "&artistLastName=" . $artistLastName . 
    "&price=" . $price . "&title=" . $title . "&category=" . $category . "&urlArt=" . 
    $urlArt . "&vendorCode=" . $vendorCode . "&subject1=" . $subject1 . "&subject2=" . $subject2 . "&subject3=" . $subject3 .
    "&media1=" . $media1 . "&media2=" . $media2 . "&media3=" . $media3 . "&urlReturn=" . $urlReturn . "&paypalEmail=" . $paypalEmail .  "&watermark=" . $watermark ; 


---

Sorry that last post was supposed to be

ahh ok I get it

$subject1 = 62;
$subject2 = 38;
$subject3 = 39;
$media1 = 69
$media2 = 67
$media3 = 6

does the media lines need the ; like on the end like the subjects?

as for
$urlArt = $store_url . "/images/" . $products_image;

$urlArt = $store_url . "/images/" . $products_image;

My file structure for the images is /images/painting_images/
My large folder is /images/large/painting_images/

How do i get it to upload my large image? do i just change the folder as above?
& will it recognise the image file with the _lg on the end of it. My image names are lower case like sand_spit_lg.jpg

Thanks again for all your help :clap:

is this right to add the commission option as per


$commissionPercent = 25;

http://dart.fine-art.com/api/variables.asp#response

Hello! This is a great mod. i see its working on many people using twitter.

i like to use it very much.. but its not working. i am already 3 hours on figuring for this to work but still not working. This is how i do it. can you please check it ifs the right procedure.

CURL,json and php5 enabled.php not in safe mode.

downloaded, change all the necessary changes..uiploaded to

public_html / admin / includes / modules /
public_html / admin /

Quote:

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// CHANGE: path to your store (i.e. http://example.com/store
$myStoreUrl = 'http://www.mywebsite.com';
// CHANGE: Your stores Twitter username and password
$twitter = new Twitter("collectorsdeck","1234");
// CHANGE: Your bit.ly Username and API Key
// API Key should be a long number starting with "R_"
// available free @ http://bit.ly/account/your_api_key
$bitly = new Bitly('collectorsdeck', 'my API');

---

uploaded. but its not working. wew!

i've done this

Quote:

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fixed this.
You have to edit both bitly.php and twitter.php

on line 133 bitly.php and line 158 of twitter.php comment out
PHP Code:
$options[CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION] = true;
so that it looks like:
PHP Code:
//$options[CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION] = true;
then somewhere around line 136 on bitly.php and line 161 on twitter.php add:
PHP Code:
if ( ini_get('open_basedir') == '' ) {
$options[CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION] = true;
}
Everything should work fine. (at least it did on my local machine)
##############################___

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still not working...i deleted the files then reuploaded. from the first to the last step.. still now working..

could i be missing something? Thanks!

it seems to be working on twitter:clap:

BUT :(

only if i click testfile.php URL

but when i add a product, no tweets.. i did it again, clicked the

http://www.mystore.com/admin/testfile.php

in twitter it says...

New Product Available: "" Check it out at http://bit.ly/ban8Mn

why is the test file is the only one working???? :cry:

Made it work! :clap::clap:

yahoo very nice mod thank you!!... :yes:

Great Mod!

I signed up on Twitter awhile back hoping to get more hits on my site but it was cumbersome having to go and tweet each and every product I upload so I sort of gave up on it until I found this MOD!

Now I am able to autotweet the new products and actually see if there are people clicking on it!

Once again great MOD!! Thank you!

Sorry I was absent there for a bit. Work's been crazy.

@corditreasures: Glad you got it working sorry I didnt respond sooner.
@sunflowertami: Yeah I was having problems with twitter too, it's a lot of work and combined with facebook and any other site you may need to update becomes very cumbersome.
@michellewardley: were you able to get it to work? As it's not part of the original twitter api, i'm not too familiar with it and i havent had time to look into it, sorry.

Speaking of which I'll have a facebook mod coming soon when I get a little time to finish it. Facebook doesnt make it easy though, I warn you.

Facebook Mod!! Can't wait for it! :clap:

You know, Facebook and Twitter supposedly has an app that combines the updates on both. But lately it has not been working. I've been reading on the complains of folks but so far no efforts to repair this has been done.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by corditreasures

Made it work! :clap::clap:

yahoo very nice mod thank you!!... :yes:

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how did you get it to work? what was the problem??

Mine still not working.

since it's about a different api pm me your problems michelle i'll take a look at it there so that we don't fill this thread with too much non related stuff

Hi,

I usually add my products into a temp category first which is status="not active" then link them to other categories (the product is still not active).

When the day comes when I activate them, I just move the products to it's actual category then activate them status=active.

I noticed that the products was twittered even when it was not activated and in a temp category that was also not active.

I sell downloadable items so rather than add them and go to the attributes one by one I just put them into one temp placeholder and get them ready before activating them.

Is there something I can do to prevent it twittering until the product is activated?

Hmmm i think the best i could do is make it so that when you update the products status to active from the categories page you can go back to the update product page and simple click update to tweet the info.
to do this edit the included update_product.php as follows:

delete everything from like 128 to line 149 so that you're deleting // bof Auto Tweet. and // eof Auto-Tweet and everything in between (all of the autotweet code). now skip down about 3 lines or so to where you see:

PHP Code:

---

 } elseif ($action == 'update_product') {
        zen_db_perform(TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION, $sql_data_array, 'update', "products_id = '" . (int)$products_id . "' and language_id = '" . (int)$language_id . "'");
      } 


---

and replace just those 3 lines with:

PHP Code:

---

 } elseif ($action == 'update_product') {
        zen_db_perform(TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION, $sql_data_array, 'update', "products_id = '" . (int)$products_id . "' and language_id = '" . (int)$language_id . "'");
 // bof Auto Tweet.
if($_POST['products_status'] = "1"){
include 'twitter/twitter.php';
require_once 'twitter/bitly.php';

// CHANGE: path to your store (i.e. http://example.com/store
$myStoreUrl = 'http://www.example.com';
// CHANGE: Your stores Twitter username and password
$twitter = new Twitter("TwitterUsername","TwitterPassword");
// CHANGE: Your bit.ly Username and API Key
// API Key should be a long number starting with "R_"
// available free @ http://bit.ly/account/your_api_key
$bitly = new Bitly('myBITLYusername', 'R_321321321321321');

// ##### No need to change below this line #####
// URL for bitly.php to shorten
$shirturl = $myStoreUrl . '/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=' . $current_category_id . '&products_id=' . $products_id ;
// send tweet.
$shirtname = $sql_data_array['products_name'];
$mytweet ='New Product Available: "' . $shirtname . '" Check it out at ' . $bitly->shorten($shirturl);
$twitter->updateStatus($mytweet);
}// eof Auto-Tweet
      } 


---

using your stores/twitter/bit.ly info of course. This new code is just checking the products status and if the status is = to 1 it performs the tweet. So this code will only be executed from the product's update page if the product is active.

Thank you so much for your quick reply!

I have installed the changes. Will have to wait until I have some new stuff to upload before being able to test it. So far my store has not disappeared so that means I installed the changes correctly :P

I do have one question though and I'm a bit confused. If I move the product from a temp Not active category into an active category and update it from there then it will send off the twitter.

If I create a new category Not active and add all my products there then ACTIVATE the category and thereby activating all the products on it, will it still send a twitter?

for your first question; if you move the product from your temp category to an active category, the product is not automatically turned on. (you have to click the red button to turn it green again) So as long as the product itself is set to 'not active' you can do all the updating you want and it wont tell twitter until it is active (green button in the category)

2nd question: once you activate the new category and the products within twitter will not be notified (as with both scenarios) until you actually click on a specific product and update it.

Ok I got it.

How come activating a new category and thereby making all the products within it green or activated will not trigger the tweet? Is it a different system working on automatic activate as opposed to those I move and manually turn green?

I have tested and moved one of the product on the temp category to the active category and turned it green. There was no tweet.
(It was tweeted before under the temp category when it was not active)

Reverting back to the original php file.

I think the module works so great! I'm a big fan of this indeed as it saves me a lot of time in tweeting it individually. I know I'm asking the sun and moon especially for free module but it would be great if it can only tweet when the product turns green whether or not it was manually turned green or automatically turned green by activating a new category.

yeah its not the best method; Once the product is in an active category and is active itself, you have to go in and update the product (as if you were changing the price or description or image). You don't actually have to go and change anything just click 'update' and then 'insert' on the following page as if you were.

This is a work around because the file where autotweet is located (update_product.php) does exactly that, it either adds a new product or updates an existing product. a differenct file controls whether or not the product is active and unfortunately it is a file I'm unfamilar with.

Hmm...well thanks for trying! I think I'll just use the original php file. It will still tweet the stuff on my temp category and people will click on it to get to my site however it will say product not found.

At this point, I'm grateful it got them to my site!! hopefully if they are interested, they will actually do a search and look for the product!

Anyway, in your future updates or revisions, you may want to look into this.

Thanks again! this is really the best module I've installed on my site so far!!! Keep at it!! :clap:

Update: AutoTweet version 1.01 has just been submitted to zen cart for review and should be available soon.

It is basically updated to better integrate with zen cart version 1.3.9a and future releases. Also I have included some minor fixes for bugs/issues discovered on this forum including:

• issue with descriptions not posting to twitter.
• issue with 'cannot redeclare class' error.

Anyone wishing to install the upgrade now may do so at: http://htmyell.com/autotweet-v-1-01/

As always, please let me know what you think/if there's any problems.

Thanks,
Jamie

Just an FYI AutoFacebook is now available at: http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...oducts_id=1623

Hi,
great modules. save lot of my time.
i think there's a minor bugs in this module.
Right after after inserting new products into my website. The number of visitors showed quite a big number sometime '20++ guest' online, sometime '30++ guest online'.
before this, the number never exceed 10 guests in one time.
Am i missing something?

Haha that's the beauty of twitter. I notice regular tweeting can make a huge impact on the number of visitors I receive a day. All this mod does is shorten and send a link to twitter... it doesnt have any affect on your online visitors counter. So I wouldnt call it a bug, more like the purpose of this mod.

I still got the problem with the products_name in my tweet....

The name of the product is not shown.

My tweet looks like this:
New Product available: "" Check it out at http://bit.ly/9mRfmk

I know i has been passed a few times in this topic, but i haven't seen any good explanations to fix it.

try this:

Around line 19 of autoTweet.php (if you have the updated version of AutoTweet) find the line that looks like this:

PHP Code:

---

$my_product_name = $_POST['products_name'][1]; 


---

and change it to:

PHP Code:

---

$my_product_name = implode(" ", $_POST['products_name']); 


---

Try it again, let me know if that doesnt work.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by jamielife

try this:

Around line 19 of autoTweet.php (if you have the updated version of AutoTweet) find the line that looks like this:

PHP Code:

---

$my_product_name = $_POST['products_name'][1]; 


---

and change it to:

PHP Code:

---

$my_product_name = implode(" ", $_POST['products_name']); 


---

Try it again, let me know if that doesnt work.

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Thanks! it works for me

"Zen Cart 1.3.9a Users: upload everything inside the admin folder to where ever your admin folder is on your server, and that's it... you're finished!" (v1.01)

For 1.3.9b:
This should be corrected to upload only "twitter" folder on admin. The update_product.php has somehow commented out line 198 (don't know if this is intentional) but it resulted in getting a screen of the category without the controls after one inserts a product.

see pic on this forum post:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...412#post884412

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by sunflowertami

"Zen Cart 1.3.9a Users: upload everything inside the admin folder to where ever your admin folder is on your server, and that's it... you're finished!" (v1.01)

For 1.3.9b:
This should be corrected to upload only "twitter" folder on admin. The update_product.php has somehow commented out line 198 (don't know if this is intentional) but it resulted in getting a screen of the category without the controls after one inserts a product.

see pic on this forum post:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...412#post884412

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For AutoTweet to work you still need this piece of code in admin/includes/modules/update_product.php after

Quote:

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$db->Execute("insert into " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . "
(products_id, categories_id)
values ('" . (int)$products_id . "', '" . (int)$current_category_id . "')");

---

(found around lines 82-84):

Quote:

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///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// INSERT PRODUCT-TYPE-SPECIFIC *INSERTS* HERE //////

include_once("twitter/autoTweet.php");

//// *END OF PRODUCT-TYPE-SPECIFIC INSERTS* ////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////

---

Only uploading the admin/twitter folder may render the mod useless.

That's right!

I should say just uncomment line 198 before uploading.

This has turned out to be a great mod. I was hesitant at first, as I would have liked what @sunflowertami was asking for as well. We have a restaurant, and there are several 'specials' we sometimes come back to due to popularity. Once we add a menu item, it would be great to go from RED to GREEN and have it tweet automatically without the extra step.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by sunflowertami

Hmm...well thanks for trying! I think I'll just use the original php file. It will still tweet the stuff on my temp category and people will click on it to get to my site however it will say product not found.

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It was tweeting immediately after I added a new menu item, even if status was 'out of stock' (RED).
I found the culprit that was creating the tweet bug.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by jamielife

and replace just those 3 lines with:

PHP Code:

---

 } elseif ($action == 'update_product') {
        zen_db_perform(TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION, $sql_data_array, 'update', "products_id = '" . (int)$products_id . "' and language_id = '" . (int)$language_id . "'");
 // bof Auto Tweet.
if($_POST['products_status'] = "1"){
include 'twitter/twitter.php';
require_once 'twitter/bitly.php';

// CHANGE: path to your store (i.e. http://example.com/store
$myStoreUrl = 'http://www.example.com';
// CHANGE: Your stores Twitter username and password
$twitter = new Twitter("TwitterUsername","TwitterPassword");
// CHANGE: Your bit.ly Username and API Key
// API Key should be a long number starting with "R_"
// available free @ http://bit.ly/account/your_api_key
$bitly = new Bitly('myBITLYusername', 'R_321321321321321');

// ##### No need to change below this line #####
// URL for bitly.php to shorten
$shirturl = $myStoreUrl . '/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=' . $current_category_id . '&products_id=' . $products_id ;
// send tweet.
$shirtname = $sql_data_array['products_name'];
$mytweet ='New Product Available: "' . $shirtname . '" Check it out at ' . $bitly->shorten($shirturl);
$twitter->updateStatus($mytweet);
}// eof Auto-Tweet
      } 


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Follow @jamielife's directions above, but where...

PHP Code:

---

if($_POST['products_status'] = "1"){ 


---

change to...

PHP Code:

---

if($_POST['products_status'] == 1){ 


---

This should do the trick. it would still be nice for the action to perform when turning RED to GREEN, but this should solve it tweeting when inactive. Great mod @jamielife!

I have installed the autotweet, but the file name update_product.php is the same file name for the autofacebook which i upload earlier, what can i do to fix this and have both working at the same time

I have installed the autotweet, but the file name update_product.php is the same file name for the autofacebook which i upload earlier, what can i do to fix this and have both working at the same time

can you tell me the code i need to copy from the twitter update_product.php and paste into the facebook auto update update_product.php

i have facebook already installed and running just want to add the twitter one also but the updateproduct will overwrite the facebook changes.

If Twitter goes down for any reason for instance, over capacity, the Twitter add on will cause an error on the cart website. Would it be possible to add an if-then-else type catch all to handle such a situation? New products cannot be entered while Twitter is down unless the code is commented out or some other workaround is used. The tweet goes out but the new product addition isn't realized and has to be reentered.

I can't seem to get mine working. Could it be the new version of Zen Cart as I'm running v1.3.9d?

I have made the changes in the autoTweet.php file and uploaded all files to my server. When I create a new product nothing happens on Twitter.

Have you any ideas?

I'm Looking for a way to implement it with the multisite-mod.
I need to update multiple Twitter-accounts for each site in the multi-sitemod, only publishing the products available for the specific sites.
Not all categories are available on each site.

I have installed this mod & it's working but it showing like this on twitter:

New Product Available: "" Check it out at http://bit.ly/aeG164

It's not showing the item title and when you click on the link it shows a 404 not found page. How can I correct this problem so that it can work properly?

Nevermind I figured it out!

I had to change the following information

// CHANGE: path to your store (i.e. http://example.com/store
$myStoreUrl = 'http://divaboutiques.com';

To this:

// CHANGE: path to your store (i.e. http://example.com/store
$myStoreUrl = 'http://divaboutiques.com/store';

And everything is working fine now!

Thanks for the add on but you can do this an easier way without pulling out your hair. To submit to twitter every time you add a product is very simple. Just add this bit of code into your admin/includes/modules/update_product.php, just before the zen_redirect right at the end of the file, add the code below and don't forget to put in your user name and password thats it. No other files necessary.

Quote:

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// BOF twitter feed
if ($action == 'insert_product')
{
$purl = zen_catalog_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $products_id);
$tinyPurl = file_get_contents('http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url='.$purl);
function updateStatus($user, $password, $message)
{
$url = "http://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_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Expect:'));
$result = @curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
return $result;
}
$message = STORE_NAME . ' has a new product. ' . $tinyPurl;
$message = $_POST['products_name'][$_SESSION['languages_id']]. ' $' . $products_price . ' ' . $tinyPurl;
$user = 'YYYYYYYYY';
$password = 'XXXXXXXXX';
$result = updateStatus($user, $password, $message);
$messageStack->add_session($result, 'error');
}
// EOF twitter feed

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