About a week ago, Twitter announced that they will stop the free access to their API on 9 Feb 2023.
There is still no further information (how much? for what?), so I'm waiting for details.
If the cost is prohibitive, I will be checking other options to access the data. But this will take some time.
There is still no further information (how much? for what?), so I'm waiting for details.
If the cost is prohibitive, I will be checking other options to access the data. But this will take some time.
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Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead 🧵
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I realized that there were no post in @UAWeapons since 1 Feb 2023 to 8 Feb 2023. Short investigation revealed that the bot failed posting this tweet. Quick fix: marking this tweet as posted, so it's skipped. Long term fix needs proper investigation.
It took me almost two weeks of slacking and an issue appearing in another channel, @OSINTtechnical_twitter, to fix it.
The root cause was in Google Maps URLs containing a single quote character.
Now fixed and running:
https://news.1rj.ru/str/OSINTtechnical_twitter/2138
The root cause was in Google Maps URLs containing a single quote character.
Now fixed and running:
https://news.1rj.ru/str/OSINTtechnical_twitter/2138
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If video was sent by uploading (this happens for bigger video files, and you can see it by "(@)" prefix instead of "(#)"), Telegram ignored its dimensions and display it as a square: https://news.1rj.ru/str/UAWarReports/9802
In order to see it with right dimensions, you had to download it and use external player.
Now, I have added passing width and height information, so these videos shall be displayed properly.
In order to see it with right dimensions, you had to download it and use external player.
Now, I have added passing width and height information, so these videos shall be displayed properly.
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Ukraine War Reports: Twitter
(@) Mick Ryan, AM
Great to speak with @holmescnn again today, with our discussion covering potential Chinese military aid to Russia, and the ongoing Russian offensives in #Ukraine. @cnni
Michael Holmes: US suggestions China might be planning to help Russia…
Great to speak with @holmescnn again today, with our discussion covering potential Chinese military aid to Russia, and the ongoing Russian offensives in #Ukraine. @cnni
Michael Holmes: US suggestions China might be planning to help Russia…
Twitter Feeds Discussion
If video was sent by uploading (this happens for bigger video files, and you can see it by "(@)" prefix instead of "(#)"), Telegram ignored its dimensions and display it as a square: https://news.1rj.ru/str/UAWarReports/9802 In order to see it with right dimensions…
The first video sent with correct dimensions: https://news.1rj.ru/str/oryxspioenkop_tw/6033
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(@) Ernesto’s Sanctuary for Syrian Cats: Since that sad February day many animals have flown away,some are approaching a slower and sadder death now if we don't something
Help us to help them
You can setup monthly donation here
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Help us to help them
You can setup monthly donation here
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📢 The free access to Twitter API will end on 1 May. 📢
This channel uses Twitter API to retrieve tweets for posting, and I can't afford paying $100 every month for a pet project. But I don't want to drop it either.
So, with the help of @nakedbotch, the author of @getnaked_bot and @IGSpyBot (highly recommend to check out both of them) I am trying to look for a workaround.
There is a good chance that every now and then, some things will be broken. There is also a chance, that at some point, the project will stop working completely. Let's see - I'll try to keep it alive as long as I can - with a meaningful effort.
Please fasten your seatbelts and expect some turbulence coming!
This channel uses Twitter API to retrieve tweets for posting, and I can't afford paying $100 every month for a pet project. But I don't want to drop it either.
So, with the help of @nakedbotch, the author of @getnaked_bot and @IGSpyBot (highly recommend to check out both of them) I am trying to look for a workaround.
There is a good chance that every now and then, some things will be broken. There is also a chance, that at some point, the project will stop working completely. Let's see - I'll try to keep it alive as long as I can - with a meaningful effort.
Please fasten your seatbelts and expect some turbulence coming!
Well, just in a 2-3 days, the main share of the work is done.
Featurewise, it should be matching the current set. There is a couple of missing things under the hood like getting numerical user ID via twitter name, but you should not see it.
I am sure some issues will surface as well as Twitter will be changing some items. I will keep an eye on them.
Featurewise, it should be matching the current set. There is a couple of missing things under the hood like getting numerical user ID via twitter name, but you should not see it.
I am sure some issues will surface as well as Twitter will be changing some items. I will keep an eye on them.
The first issue found: tweets which are marked as aged restricted are not displayed. 🙁
For example video and text from the source tweet here:
https://twitter.com/deaidua/status/1651850847351980033
For example video and text from the source tweet here:
https://twitter.com/deaidua/status/1651850847351980033
Twitter
A Gepard SPAAG was hit by a Lancet Kamikaze drone with his pants down. Looks like only minor damage.
In Germany, I would say: “Deutsche Wertarbeit”.
In Germany, I would say: “Deutsche Wertarbeit”.
Now, the bot properly handles long tweets. Instead of posting a trunkated version of the tweet, it posts the whole text.
Over last week, the bot got broken twice: first, it changed request parameters, and second, it started requiring guest cookie in a request.
It took me a day or two to notice those issues, but now I fixed it. I also plan to improve monitoring, so in case these issues persist, I will be notified.
It took me a day or two to notice those issues, but now I fixed it. I also plan to improve monitoring, so in case these issues persist, I will be notified.
Couple of posts (one in English, another in Russian) were too long to be posted as a single Telegram message. Telegram limits a single (non-media) message to 4 096 characters, and Twitter nowadays lets people post up to 10 000 characters long posts.
Incident fixed those channels by splitting and posting messages manually. This broke the clogging, and all other message are being posted by bot as I write this.
Short term fix planned: set the monitoring for this kind of issues, so if they occur, I will be notified and will do the manual fix.
Long term fix planned: come up with the message splitting mechanism.
Incident fixed those channels by splitting and posting messages manually. This broke the clogging, and all other message are being posted by bot as I write this.
Short term fix planned: set the monitoring for this kind of issues, so if they occur, I will be notified and will do the manual fix.
Long term fix planned: come up with the message splitting mechanism.
Today, I woke up to my worst nightmare related to the bot: hundreds of duplicate posts in multiple channels. The reason was this tweet with huge video. Bot was failing to upload it to Telegram, and crushing without storing any information about previousely sent posts. So, next time it was resending posts and trying to upload video again...
Incident is fixed, duplicates mostly removed, proper fix planned for... I don't know when. 🙂
Incident is fixed, duplicates mostly removed, proper fix planned for... I don't know when. 🙂
Twitter
RT @SugarEgor: This is a video of an offensive battle with a GoPro, taken during the assault on the positions occupied by the 72nd omsbr of…
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📣 Well, it looks to be over. 📣
Tonight, without any prior announcements, Twitter has disabled any access to tweets withot login. This means that the bot can't retrieve the data anymore, so I am shutting it down.
I'll keep the channels, but there will be no updates unless Twitter reverses its decision or I will find a way to bypass this limitation (which is unlikely).
It's very ironic and sad to see how two big platforms, Twitter and Reddit, go down the closure pass simultaneousely.
Thank you for staying here for all this time.
Tonight, without any prior announcements, Twitter has disabled any access to tweets withot login. This means that the bot can't retrieve the data anymore, so I am shutting it down.
I'll keep the channels, but there will be no updates unless Twitter reverses its decision or I will find a way to bypass this limitation (which is unlikely).
It's very ironic and sad to see how two big platforms, Twitter and Reddit, go down the closure pass simultaneousely.
Thank you for staying here for all this time.