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Twitter4J - Looking up profile details without logging in

Hello all, I've been using Twitter4J for a quite a while now, but I can't seem to find this particular feature. I want to be able to search on a name, and when the certain user is on twitter, I want to retrieve basic information such as tweets, followers (like you can access via http) - but how to do is in Twitter4J? Neither the code e...

Commission Detail Service (REST)

Hi, Can someone who uses CJ's Commission Detail Service (REST) tell me what a sample XML response is for this query. None of CJ's Web Services documentation indicates exactly how the XML is formatted and as I don't have any commission payments yet I can only guess the result. ...

Client or server side invocation to google API?

I'm writing a web application with GWT and I've to call google calendar's API to retrieve some information. I now have this dilemma: Is it better to use a client side invocation (using javascript or gwt-gdata library) or using the standard google library for java to call the service at server side and then passing all the data to the cli...

Is there a case for parameterising using Abstract classes rather than Interfaces?

I'm currently developing a component based API that is heavily stateful. The top level components implement around a dozen interfaces each. The stock top-level components therefore sit ontop of a stack of Abstract implementations which in turn contain multiple mixin implementations and implement multiple mixin interfaces. So far, so go...

Anyone heard about Sharpkit?

Has anyone heard about SharpKit? It's a .NET to jscript, .NET to jQ and more API. I am about to start a new web project, and I am doubting whether to use sharpkit. From my browsing around the site and the documentation there, it looks really so seducing, does anyone have experience with it? I even played with it a little bit on their a...

Facebook new js api and cross-domain file

Hi all, I am building a simple facebook iframe application. I've decided since the code is separate from facebook none the less, I will also create a connect website as well. In my connect website I'm trying to figure out the following: I am using facebook's new api and I am calling the init function. I can't seem to figure out where I...

lua c api: how to push a string with a null character in the middle?

normally, I would just use lua_pushstring(lua_State* L, const char* s); however, the string I want to push might have a null character in it. How do I make that work? ...

C/C++ GetAsyncKeyState() Key combination

I understand how to use this function with one key, but how can I use it with two keypresses? Like: GetAsyncKeyStat(VK_LBUTTON && VK_RBUTTON); ...

What is a "pluggable" API?

I'm evaluating a piece of software (uPortal), and it lists one of its features as "Pluggable APIs." I know what an API is, but have not heard the pluggable term before. What does it mean for an API to be "pluggable"? ...

What to keep in mind when creating your own custom web services API?

I have created a website which allows users to sign up for, and use, an online service. To help promote the website we will be have resellers who will be offering their own branded services through us. The initial plan is to allow resellers to place registration, login, and lost password forms on their own website and use an API created ...

good documentation about "avoid catching throwable", in context of weblogic server

hi all, i am currently refactoring an existing codebase (EJBs...) to rip out all blocks where a Throwable is catched inside of the EJB. try { ... do some business logic } catch(Throwable t){ ... log and swallow ... :-( } i want/need to convince the people around me with proper documentation that "catching throwable" is a no-g...

.NET API for HID (USB)?

Is there an API in .NET (C#) for using USB HID (Human Interface) devices? ...

Routing Skype call to another Voip company

Hello, As my project to do over this summer I would like to create a program that answers a Skype call using the Skype API and allows a user to connect to another VOIP provider (through SIP) and make calls by dialling through the client callers Skype application. I understand that the Skype API allows me to answer and receive keypad in...

Throttling outbound API calls generated by a Rails app

I am not a professional web developer, but I like to wrench on websites as a hobby. Recently, I have been playing with developing a Rails app as a project to help me learn the framework. The goal of my toy app is to harvest data from another service through their API and make it available for me to query using a search function. Howeve...

How does NSActor work and what is NSActor used for?

Sorry if this is a newbish question but, can some one tell me in an easy way what the use of NSActor is for and what does it do? ...

Google checkout invoice through API

Hey all I am trying to find a way of sending email invoice via google checkout's API (and also in PayPal) I can't find how. or at least how to generate a new order (money request) thank you ...

hiding inner class implementation using namespace

Hi all I am developing a library and a would like to provide my users a public interface separate from the real implementatino that is hidden in a namespace. This way, I could change only the class HiddenQueue without changing myQueue that will be exposed to users only. If I put the C++ code of HiddenQueue in the myQueue.cpp file the ...

Center Google Map on point from database?

I'm trying to center a google map on a single marker pulled from a database, what I'm doing so far is using this function to get a single marker from the database function getMarkers(){ var urlstr="readsingle.php?v=<?php echo $cam ?>"; var request = GXmlHttp.create(); request.open('GET', urlstr , true); // reques...

Communication between two server

can any one please tell me what are the other ways to build the communication between two website's server without using "nusoap" ...

Facebook invites partialy working..

Hello! im new to facebook api and i have a litle problem.. i created iframe app and im using the folowing code to invite my friends. invitation screen renders and im able to send invitation. when someone accepts invitation it redirects them to the following link: http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#!//apps.facebook.com/erste_app/ and noth...