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Retrieving the source of a tweet using TwitterVB - brandonio21 - 08-04-2011
Someone asked me on one of my YouTube videos how to retrieve the source of a tweet. Well here is the code. This code is meant to be directly added into the source code found in this tutorial : <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd2gYBsCjqI&list=UUVwwElhbjWhU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd2gYBsC ... wwElhbjWhU</a><!-- m -->
Code:
Dim source As String = ""
If entry.Source.ToString.Contains("<") Then
'Source is link, get rid of link crap
source = entry.Source.ToString.Replace("</a>", "")
Dim int As Integer = source.LastIndexOf(">")
source = source.Remove(0, int + 1)
Else
source = entry.Source.ToString
End If
'Source variable is now ready to use
n.SubItems.Add(source)Hope this helps!
Re: Retrieving the source of a tweet using TwitterVB - jaydude28 - 08-08-2011
Hello,
I am the person who posted the comment on your youtube video. This was exactly what I needed to figure out. Thanks for helping me out. Looking forward to many more of your great tutorials on Visual Basic. Keep up the great work!
Re: Retrieving the source of a tweet using TwitterVB - jaydude28 - 08-08-2011
What is the proper way to save the tokens that twitter returns after validating the PIN? I heard you mention something in one of the tutorials about it. I'm pretty new to VB, so any help you can provide would be great.
Re: Retrieving the source of a tweet using TwitterVB - brandonio21 - 08-09-2011
What you should do is save the tokens in a text file with the name of the username. Then type in the Key and key secret, and split them with something like a /
Then, read the text file, and split the text by a / and there you go, you have your two strings.
Hopefully this was easy to understand, if not, let me know!
Re: Retrieving the source of a tweet using TwitterVB - jaydude28 - 08-09-2011
Thanks for the quick reply. I see what you talking about. I'm more of a visual learner, so if you could provide some source code to achieve this, it'd be cool. Thanks again.