Twitter issues

[sunray24]

Any one else having problems posting to Twitter?
Has been working fine then suddenly stopped.

Havent changed anything my end so maybe Twitter has changed something?

[DougVickers]

Hi Scott.
Twitter has stopped access to twitter.api for http plain text, so Cumulus can no longer send updates on twitter.

Hopefully Steve may issue a fix if he has time.

[OhioRVHawk]

Twitter has also stopped for me as well. (using your version 1.9.4) stopped about 6PM sommething

[OhioRVHawk]

a quick note, please do not give up on twitter. there are some of us who use twitter to send out the weather information to our city, schools, the kids, and such. it is easier for use to do that, than be online 24/7 sending out the information. So as a begging request, dont stop the twitter..

[sunray24]

I really hope a fix can be found. I use Twitter to auto send the updates to my Facebook weather page too.

So I have lost both my Twiiter and Facebook accounts that I use to update over 300 people!

Hope Steve can find a work around soon...

[sunray24]

Here is more info on the Twitter issue from this page https://dev.twitter.com/discussions/24239

This is an important notice for developers still using HTTP plaintext connections. On January 14th, 2014, connections to api.twitter.com will be restricted to TLS/SSL connections only. If your application still uses HTTP plaintext connections you will need to update it to use HTTPS connections, otherwise your app will stop functioning. You don't need to wait until deadline to implement this change, given that api.twitter.com already supports the recommended environment.

This SSL requirement will be enforced on all api.twitter.com URLs, including all steps of OAuth and all REST API resources.

Connecting to the API using the SSL protocol builds a safe communication channel between our servers and your application, meaning that no sensitive data can be accessed or tampered by unauthorized agents in the middle of this communication path.

Any well-established HTTP client library already supports the ability to connect to a SSL-enabled server and usually the required change is just a matter of updating a few lines of code or configuration files. For specific details about using SSL to connect at api.twitter.com, please review Connecting to Twitter API using SSL.

[OhioRVHawk]

I hope he will understand twitters updating of the security, and be able to fix it. I do worry about security as well. and twitter.

[nitrx]

Well I hope this can be fixed too. I've almost 500 followers

[RodH]

Thanks for quick resolution Steve. All working with the update to 1.94 (1087) today.

[nitrx]

Great job thanks for fixing it so fast

[sunray24]

Thanks Steve much appreciated

[OhioRVHawk]

God Bless you Steve, and thanks, it is working perfectly again........

[ThurrockWeather]

Sorry for sounding like a complete fool but a lot of this is all new to me.

What is the best way of fixing this issue please?

Thanks!

[steve]

The best way would be to install the new version of Cumulus (1.9.4 build 1087) with the fix in it. See the Announcements and News section of the forum.

[ThurrockWeather]

Thanks! However, now my website has lost all its templates. Is that related?