ThingTweet
The ThingTweet App allows you to update a Twitter status via ThingSpeak. Twitter requires Open Authentication (OAuth) which is difficult for a low level device to interface with. ThingTweet acts a Twitter proxy, so the device can use Twitter by making simple API calls.
App Setup
Sign in to https://thingspeak.com/login, select Apps from the menu, and then click on ThingTweet.
Under the ThingTweet App, select “Link new Twitter account”. This will redirect you to Twitter to see if you want the app to have the ability to access your account. You can Allow or Deny the process. Once you have confirmed the right Twitter account, Twitter will send you back to ThingSpeak.
The app generates a ThingTweet API Key for you to use. If you send an HTTP POST with your ThingTweet API Key, then the message will be relayed to Twitter. All of the parameters from the Twitter API (statuses/update) are possible including geolocation.
ThingTweet URI for Status Updates
Example HTTP POST
api_key=(thingtweet_api_key)&status=I just posted this from my thing!
Hi,
What is the minimum update time for thingtweet?
Is it 15 seconds as for channels update?
Thanks
Davide
Davide,
If you are updating a ThingSpeak Channel via ThingTweet then the normal 15 sec API rate limit applies.
Hope that helps,
Hans
hello, may sound silly, but i m not able to get it right as i get errors. can i get the full html code with the form tag to arrive at the above results? i am new to this but just be passion on me
….. i mean :
Example HTTP POST
POST /apps/thingtweet/1/statuses/update HTTP/1.1
Host: api.thingspeak.com
Connection: close
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: (number of characters in message)
api_key=(thingtweet_api_key)&status=I just posted this from my thing!
If I’m sending the same tweets in short timeperiods and they get blocked. Where does this happens? In the Thingsspeak API or at twitter? Is there a possibility to send a “submission ID” to bypass this filtering step?