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		<title>User Authentication Through Twitter OAuth or cURL</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter offers 2 types of authentication. Using the standard cURL GET HTTP protocols or the new and fancy OAuth. cURL is easy, we all get it, and it works great. However, OAuth offers a wide range of fancy features, most importantly, securtiy.Taken from the OAuth website &#8211; An open protocol to allow secure API authorization [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://twitter.com/" target="_blank">Twitter</a> offers 2 types of authentication. Using the standard cURL GET HTTP protocols or the new and fancy OAuth. cURL is easy, we all get it, and it works great. However, OAuth offers a wide range of fancy features, most importantly, securtiy.<br /><br />Taken from the <a href="http://oauth.net/" target="_blank">OAuth</a> website &#8211; <em>An <a href="http://oauth.net" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-69" style="float:right;" title="oauth" src="http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/oauth.jpg" alt="oauth" width="215" height="66" /></a>open protocol to allow secure API authorization  in a simple and standard method from desktop and web applications.</em> It&#8217;s a terrific idea and I&#8217;m glad someone is coming out with it. To make things easier there are also developers who&#8217;ve already done the work for you. Here&#8217;s a <a href="http://github.com/abraham/twitteroauth/tree/master" target="_blank">pre-built script</a> that does all the OAuth for you. There&#8217;s also a <a href="http://www.hueniverse.com/hueniverse/2007/10/beginners-guide.html" target="_blank">Beginners Guide</a>.<br /><br />When the benefits are increased security, a higher level of compatibility, and new fancy technology, why bother with cURL anymore?<br /><br />It&#8217;s pretty simple. cURL is easier, and it doesn&#8217;t require anything beyond what we know. Setting everything up with OAuth takes a few hours to wrap your head around. Compared to figuring out OAuth, here&#8217;s how to connect with cURL.<br /><br /><pre class="devcodeblock" title="PHP"><table class="devcodetools"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;PHP&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td><td style="background-image:url('http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/plugins/devformatter/img/devformatter-copy.png');background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;width:16px;height:16px;"/><embed id="ZeroClipboard3" src="http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/plugins/devformatter/_zclipboard.swf" loop="false" menu="false" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="16px" height="16px" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="id=3&width=16&height=16" wmode="transparent" /></td><td>&nbsp;copy&nbsp;code&nbsp;|</td><td style="cursor:pointer" title="DevFormatter Plugin" onclick="devfmt_credits()">?</td><td width="99%">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="devcodeoverflow"><table class="devcodearea" width="100%"><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">01</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"></pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">02</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">$loginUsername = &quot;username&quot;;   </pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">03</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">$loginPassword = &quot;password&quot;;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">04</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">&nbsp;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">05</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">$url = &quot;https://twitter.com/statuses/followers/&quot; . $username . &quot;.xml&quot;;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">06</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">&nbsp;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">07</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">$curl_handle = curl_init();</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">08</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, $url);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">09</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1); //GET method</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">10</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC); //basic authentication</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">11</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $loginUsername . &quot;:&quot; . $loginPassword); //login</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">12</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">13</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); //Return the string</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">14</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">$buffer = curl_exec($curl_handle);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">15</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">curl_close($curl_handle);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">16</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"></pre></td></tr></table></div></pre>
<br />There you have it, you're logged in, or at the very least authenticated. Here's how to report back:<br /><br /><pre class="devcodeblock" title="PHP"><table class="devcodetools"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;PHP&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td><td style="background-image:url('http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/plugins/devformatter/img/devformatter-copy.png');background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;width:16px;height:16px;"/><embed id="ZeroClipboard4" src="http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/plugins/devformatter/_zclipboard.swf" loop="false" menu="false" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="16px" height="16px" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="id=4&width=16&height=16" wmode="transparent" /></td><td>&nbsp;copy&nbsp;code&nbsp;|</td><td style="cursor:pointer" title="DevFormatter Plugin" onclick="devfmt_credits()">?</td><td width="99%">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="devcodeoverflow"><table class="devcodearea" width="100%"><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">1</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"></pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">2</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">// check for success or failure</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">3</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">if (empty($buffer) || strpos($buffer, &quot;Could not authenticate you&quot;)) {</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">4</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"> $replyStatus = &quot;Failed: Please check your username and password&quot;;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">5</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">} else {</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">6</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"> $replyStatus = &quot;Success: You are logged in.&quot;;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">7</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">}</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">8</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"></pre></td></tr></table></div></pre>
<br /><a href="http://twitter.com/appdevnet" target="_blank"><img style="float:right;" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-70" title="twit-fol" src="http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/twit-fol.jpg" alt="twit-fol" width="200" height="121" /></a>Twitter currently supports both without offering many benefits to either choice. cURL isn't really anything new but it's simple while OAuth will continue to develop. For serious developers who plan for longevity with their Twitter Application sites, I highly recommend taking the extra effort to at least understand OAuth enough to switch to it when they demand it. In the meantime, forget it and stick with cURL until the benefits outweigh the cons.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>BackType Tweetcount 1.2 with su.pr Short URL Support</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new BackType Tweetcount just launched last night. With a little work, it&#8217;ll support your very own custom shortened URL in the re-tweet. We like su.pr. Thanks to a bit of help from Michael of BackType, we&#8217;re able to figure out this mod overnight.The previous version of BackType worked well but it always re-tweet your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The new <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backtype-tweetcount/" target="_blank">BackType Tweetcount</a> just launched last night. With a little work, it&#8217;ll support your very own custom shortened URL in the re-tweet. We like <a href="http://su.pr" target="_blank">su.pr</a>. Thanks to a bit of help from <a href="http://twitter.com/michaelmontano">Michael of BackType</a>, we&#8217;re able to figure out this mod overnight.<br /><br />The previous version of BackType worked well but it always re-tweet your posts through <a href="http://awe.sm" target="_blank">awe.sm</a>. That&#8217;s great and all, but what about the rest of us who have our own click tracking or even our own custom shorteners.<a href="http://backtype.com"><img src="http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/backtype.jpg" alt="backtype" title="backtype" width="122" height="39" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-53" style="float:right;" /></a><br /><br />So to make it better, last night we added a new option for developers to add a function into the code that will allow them to build their own custom functions and generate their own custom links. It&#8217;s really just a meta tag, &#8220;<em>bttc_short_url</em>&#8221; that gets generated the first time the post is viewed. Here&#8217;s the best part. Since the short url is generated the FIRST time everything is viewed. Just by browsing your pages, and olf non-syndicated links are automatically added into su.pr. If you use another shortening service, it&#8217;ll do the same for that too.<br /><br />After grabbing the latest BackType Tweetcount, load up your favorite editing tool and add this function to the very bottom of the code:<br /><br /><pre class="devcodeblock" title="PHP"><table class="devcodetools"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;PHP&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td><td style="background-image:url('http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/plugins/devformatter/img/devformatter-copy.png');background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;width:16px;height:16px;"/><embed id="ZeroClipboard9" src="http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/plugins/devformatter/_zclipboard.swf" loop="false" menu="false" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="16px" height="16px" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="id=9&width=16&height=16" wmode="transparent" /></td><td>&nbsp;copy&nbsp;code&nbsp;|</td><td style="cursor:pointer" title="DevFormatter Plugin" onclick="devfmt_credits()">?</td><td width="99%">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="devcodeoverflow"><table class="devcodearea" width="100%"><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">01</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"></pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">02</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">function bttc_supr($url) {</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">03</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	$SU_username = &quot;username&quot;;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">04</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	$SU_api = &quot;api_key&quot;;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">05</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	$SU_url = &quot;http://su.pr/api&quot;;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">06</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	$SU_vars = &quot;?url=$url&amp;login=$SU_username&amp;apiKey=$SU_api&quot;;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">07</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">&nbsp;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">08</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	$curl_handle = curl_init();</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">09</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, $SU_url . $SU_vars);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">10</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 2);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">11</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">12</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1); </pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">13</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	$buffer = curl_exec($curl_handle);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">14</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	curl_close($curl_handle);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">15</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	//$SU_newURL = str_replace(&quot;su.pr/&quot;, &quot;&quot;, $buffer);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">16</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	$SU_newURL = $buffer;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">17</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">&nbsp;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">18</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	return $SU_newURL;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">19</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">}</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">20</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"></pre></td></tr></table></div></pre>
<br />As a quick note there. The commented out <em>//$SU_newurl</em> is for those that host their own url shortcodes on their domain using the su.pr htaccess modification.<br /><br />Go to Line 180, insert this code:<br /><br /><pre class="devcodeblock" title="PHP"><table class="devcodetools"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;PHP&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td><td style="background-image:url('http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/plugins/devformatter/img/devformatter-copy.png');background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;width:16px;height:16px;"/><embed id="ZeroClipboard10" src="http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/plugins/devformatter/_zclipboard.swf" loop="false" menu="false" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="16px" height="16px" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="id=10&width=16&height=16" wmode="transparent" /></td><td>&nbsp;copy&nbsp;code&nbsp;|</td><td style="cursor:pointer" title="DevFormatter Plugin" onclick="devfmt_credits()">?</td><td width="99%">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="devcodeoverflow"><table class="devcodearea" width="100%"><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">1</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"></pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">2</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">if (get_post_meta($post-&gt;ID, 'bttc_short_url', true) != '') {</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">3</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">    $button .= 'tweetcount_short_url=\'' . wp_specialchars(get_post_meta($post-&gt;ID, 'bttc_short_url', true), '1') . '\';';</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">4</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">}</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">5</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"></pre></td></tr></table></div></pre>
<br />Then go to Line 161, search for this code:<br /><br /><pre class="devcodeblock" title="PHP"><table class="devcodetools"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;PHP&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td><td style="background-image:url('http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/plugins/devformatter/img/devformatter-copy.png');background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;width:16px;height:16px;"/><embed id="ZeroClipboard11" src="http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/plugins/devformatter/_zclipboard.swf" loop="false" menu="false" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="16px" height="16px" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="id=11&width=16&height=16" wmode="transparent" /></td><td>&nbsp;copy&nbsp;code&nbsp;|</td><td style="cursor:pointer" title="DevFormatter Plugin" onclick="devfmt_credits()">?</td><td width="99%">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="devcodeoverflow"><table class="devcodearea" width="100%"><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">1</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"></pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">2</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">if ($meta == '') {</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">3</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	add_post_meta($post-&gt;ID, 'bttc_cache', time() . ':' . $cnt);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">4</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">} else {</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">5</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	update_post_meta($post-&gt;ID, 'bttc_cache', time() . ':' . $cnt);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">6</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">}</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">7</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"></pre></td></tr></table></div></pre>
<br />Directly below the code, paste the following:<br /><br /><pre class="devcodeblock" title="PHP"><table class="devcodetools"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;PHP&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td><td style="background-image:url('http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/plugins/devformatter/img/devformatter-copy.png');background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;width:16px;height:16px;"/><embed id="ZeroClipboard12" src="http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/plugins/devformatter/_zclipboard.swf" loop="false" menu="false" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="16px" height="16px" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="id=12&width=16&height=16" wmode="transparent" /></td><td>&nbsp;copy&nbsp;code&nbsp;|</td><td style="cursor:pointer" title="DevFormatter Plugin" onclick="devfmt_credits()">?</td><td width="99%">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="devcodeoverflow"><table class="devcodearea" width="100%"><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">1</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"></pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">2</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">if (get_post_meta($post-&gt;ID, 'bttc_short_url', true) == '') {</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">3</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	$short_url = bttc_supr($url);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">4</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	if ($short_url) {</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">5</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">		add_post_meta($post-&gt;ID, 'bttc_short_url', $short_url);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">6</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">	}</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">7</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">}</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">8</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"></pre></td></tr></table></div></pre>
<br />And that's it. Edit the first bttc_supr function into basically whatever you want, and the short URL will automatically generated the first time the posts are viewed. It'll let you re-tweet with your own custom links, and even add old content that you haven't added to your shortening admin pages for you. This is a pretty raw version of doing this. BackType will be launching an updated version soon with these modifications to make it easier for users that don't want to edit as much code.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>OnlyWire &#8211; Annoying but Helpful</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After spending about 4 to 5 hours on setting a whole chain of accounts for OnlyWire, I&#8217;d be holding back if I didn&#8217;t discuss it. Since the beginning on time (Internet time), webmasters have been looking for methods of auto-submitting. I can&#8217;t count how many companies that I have been a part of that have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After spending about 4 to 5 hours on setting a whole chain of accounts for <a href="http://onlywire.com">OnlyWire</a>, I&#8217;d be holding back if I didn&#8217;t discuss it. Since the beginning on time (Internet time), webmasters have been looking for methods of auto-submitting. I can&#8217;t count how many companies that I have been a part of that have tried to develop their own auto-submission services to their own sites or to their partners.<br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a title="OnlyWire" href="http://onlywire.com" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" title="OnlyWire" src="http://onlywire.com/i/home_banner.jpg" alt="" width="377" height="225" /></a></p>
<br />Why do companies have such a hard time? We&#8217;re fickle. The &#8220;team&#8221; changes it&#8217;s minds frequently. Worse yet, the Internet keeps changing&#8230; very very fast. So some could say it&#8217;s hopeless. Whenever the technology starts to complete, something new comes out and we&#8217;re stuck rebuilding an automated system&#8230; kind of defeats the purpose.<br /><br />Thank god someone made a business out of this. While it doesn&#8217;t cover every blog or social networking site out there, at least it does the major ones. And for guys like me who don&#8217;t have the time, it&#8217;s great.<br /><br />While this service is great, this very well hidden Wordpress Plugin for it is even better. Don&#8217;t say I never offered you anything. This is something I snuck off the <a href="http://blackhatworld.com">BlackHatWorld Forums</a> so credit belongs to them.<br /><br /><a href="http://applicationdeveloper.net/files/onlywireautosubmit.zip">Download the Plugin</a><br />]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>su.pr Traffic Results and API Tests</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I finally have enough data to report on the su.pr mods we made to our systems as discussed in the post &#8220;su.pr – cURL Links into your Account with Login/API&#8221;. They came out great. I really only started working with StumbleUpon a few weeks ago and we&#8217;re already seeing great results. For the most [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[So I finally have enough data to report on the <a href="http://su.pr">su.pr mods</a> we made to our systems as discussed in the post <a href="http://applicationdeveloper.net/2009/07/11/supr-curl-links-account-loginapi/">&#8220;su.pr – cURL Links into your Account with Login/API&#8221;</a>. They came out great. I really only started working with <a href="http://stumbleupon">StumbleUpon </a>a few weeks ago and we&#8217;re already seeing great results. For the most part, it really just started picking up after we installed su.pr.<br /><br />Here&#8217;s a screenshot of the results since su.pr. You can tell right when we got it installed. The effects shows the next day.<br /><br /><div id="attachment_15" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img class="size-full wp-image-15" title="su.pr-results" src="http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/su.pr-results.jpg" alt="su.pr traffic" width="500" height="197" /><p class="wp-caption-text">su.pr traffic</p></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>su.pr &#8211; cURL Links into your Account with Login/API</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unlike bit.ly, tinyurl, or any of the other 50 services, su.pr is the first URL shortener to also syndicate content. I&#8217;m a bit late in posting about this but they did a terrific job on their URL shortener. The catch here is that it also syndicates in StumbleUpon (SU) which is absolutely kick ass. You [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Unlike <a href="http://bit.ly">bit.ly</a>, <a href="http://tinyurl.com">tinyurl</a>, or any of the other 50 services, <a href="http://su.pr">su.pr</a> is the first <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_shortening">URL shortener</a> to also syndicate content. I&#8217;m a bit late in posting about this but they did a terrific job on their URL shortener. The catch here is that it also syndicates in <a href="http://stumbleupon.com">StumbleUpon </a>(SU) which is absolutely kick ass. You know what that means? More traffic, a content-rich SU blog, and more links into the Internet.<br /><br />This handy snippet of code will take the $url variable and churn it through the system to generate your new $SU_newURL.<br /><br /><pre class="devcodeblock" title="PHP"><table class="devcodetools"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;PHP&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td><td style="background-image:url('http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/plugins/devformatter/img/devformatter-copy.png');background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;width:16px;height:16px;"/><embed id="ZeroClipboard15" src="http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/plugins/devformatter/_zclipboard.swf" loop="false" menu="false" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="16px" height="16px" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="id=15&width=16&height=16" wmode="transparent" /></td><td>&nbsp;copy&nbsp;code&nbsp;|</td><td style="cursor:pointer" title="DevFormatter Plugin" onclick="devfmt_credits()">?</td><td width="99%">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="devcodeoverflow"><table class="devcodearea" width="100%"><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">01</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"></pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">02</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">// Set username and password</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">03</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">$SU_username = &quot;username&quot;;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">04</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">$SU_api = &quot;34827348732fakekey&quot;;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">05</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">&nbsp;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">06</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">// The SUPR API address</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">07</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">$SU_url = &quot;http://su.pr/api&quot;;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">08</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">&nbsp;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">09</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">// URL to Shorten</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">10</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">$SU_shortUrl=&quot;$url&quot;;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">11</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">&nbsp;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">12</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">// Combine URL</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">13</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">$SU_vars = &quot;?url=$SU_shortUrl&amp;login=$SU_username&amp;apiKey=$SU_api&quot;;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">14</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">&nbsp;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">15</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">// Set up and execute the curl process</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">16</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">$curl_handle = curl_init();</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">17</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, $SU_url . $SU_vars);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">18</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 2);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">19</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">20</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1); </pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">21</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">$buffer = curl_exec($curl_handle);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">22</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">curl_close($curl_handle);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">23</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">/*</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">24</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">// check for success or failure</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">25</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">if (empty($buffer)) {</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">26</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">    echo 'message';</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">27</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">} else {</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">28</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">    echo $buffer;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">29</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">}</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">30</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">*/</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">31</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">&nbsp;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">32</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">//$SU_newURL = str_replace(&quot;su.pr/&quot;, &quot;&quot;, $buffer);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">33</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">&nbsp;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">34</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">echo $SU_newURL;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">35</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"></pre></td></tr></table></div></pre>
<br />This part here is optional:<br /><br /><pre class="devcodeblock" title="PHP"><table class="devcodetools"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;PHP&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td><td style="background-image:url('http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/plugins/devformatter/img/devformatter-copy.png');background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;width:16px;height:16px;"/><embed id="ZeroClipboard16" src="http://applicationdeveloper.net/wp-content/plugins/devformatter/_zclipboard.swf" loop="false" menu="false" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="16px" height="16px" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="id=16&width=16&height=16" wmode="transparent" /></td><td>&nbsp;copy&nbsp;code&nbsp;|</td><td style="cursor:pointer" title="DevFormatter Plugin" onclick="devfmt_credits()">?</td><td width="99%">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="devcodeoverflow"><table class="devcodearea" width="100%"><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">1</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"></pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines devcodelinesodd" width="1%">2</td><td class="devcodelinesarea devcodelinesareaodd"><pre class="devcode devcodeline">$SU_newURL = str_replace(&quot;su.pr/&quot;, &quot;&quot;, $buffer);</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="devcodelines" width="1%">3</td><td class="devcodelinesarea"><pre class="devcode devcodeline"></pre></td></tr></table></div></pre>
<br />When you use the "sync" or host the shortened URL on your own domain through the su.pr .htaccess mods, it returns the hash and link as http://su.pr/domain.com/hash_key<br /><br />That can kind of mess things up. All the optional code does is extra the su.pr out.]]></content:encoded>
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