curl --basic --user username:password --data status="Having fun with cURL" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml


The command ‘curl’ is normally present on most Linux distro’s these days. Windows users will need to Google and download it. To use the code above simply replace ‘username:password’ with your real ‘username:password‘, the string of status in double quotes is the update that will actually appear on your Twitter page. The url present at the end of the code is the Twitter API endpoint.

Twitter will reply with a response similar to the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<status>
<created_at>Sun Apr 08 01:25:56 +0000 2007</created_at>
<id>12345xxx</id>
<text>Having fun with cURL</text>
<user>
<id>xxxxxxx</id>
<name>Your Name</name>
<screen_name>your_username</screen_name>
<location></location>
<description></description>
<profile_image_url>[removed]</profile_image_url>
<url></url>
<protected>true</protected>
</user>
</status>

Note: I have replaced specific numbers with ‘x’s.

Over the coming weeks I intend to tweak the existing layout and design, create an alternate theme for my project manager, improve on my link directory (add an interface to manage links etc) and use scripts where-ever possible to enhance the user experience.

Website Enhancement
Favicon is fine, just updated recently. Add new Bur.st logo for hosted content. Create my digital portfolio.

Link Directory
Umm I’m a bit lost for ideas. Develop an interface to create new links in the ‘go’ folder, Automatically generate perl code. add a stat tracker (probs at go/stats/ w/htaccess for auth) for links!

Other Meaning-less crap
Check my Google Rank

This is going to be the biggest Christmas eve for me yet. I’m about to go out and get smashed shortly then come home and join in on the code-a-thon to finish a minimalistic working beta of Beetroot. Oh, what fun! Cya in the morning.