10 Oct
2012
Twitter RSS url feed can't be read... FIX
Quick Note: (UPDATED 05 MARCH 2013) This RSS url will cease working in March 2013! So I suggest NOT using this RSS feed url. I am now using the Twitter API1.1 so therefore my old RSS feed was last working on the 01 March 2013. Read this new article about Adding a Twitter feed APP to WordPress.
The problem which I had with my twitter RSS feed was that it suddenly stopped working. So after searching around on the web... here is the solution I found.
If you have used:
https://twitter.com/favorites/TWITTER_USERNAME.rssor
https://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/TWITTER_USERNAME.rssYou now need to use:
https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=TWITTER_USERNAMEOr if you have a twitter name which has an underscore (_) use:
(Thanks to claneksi for this snippet of code)
https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?user_id=TWITTER_IDSee comments below for how to find your TWITTER_ID.
If you do have a php script (See this code) it would be best you backup the RSS feed to another file on your server based on a schedule, such as every 10 minutes. The reason being that twitter does limit the amount of times the RSS feed can be read per hour based on your website IP. If you don't twitter that often it might be worth setting the schedule to an hour.
me@grafxflow
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24 Thoughts
11 Oct
2012
Doug
Thanks, I used that for my RSS feed in thunderbird. I suppose when they finally make it go away, I'll have to do something else!11 Oct
2012
Marcelo Kallocsaih
Thanks man, right on the spot!11 Oct
2012
Benjamin Hansen
so lame that they are ditching rss i would never bother with twitter if it were for the feeds. thanks for the temp fix.12 Oct
2012
claneksi
Thanks a lot!Also for those who prefer to use user id numbers instead of screen name can use this.
http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?user_id=TWITTER_ID
12 Oct
2012
me@grafxflow
Thanks for that. Another one to add to the list.
15 Oct
2012
Angilee
Anyone figure out the URL for and RSS feed for Twitter lists?15 Oct
2012
me@grafxflow
Does this work?http://api.twitter.com/1/AUTHOR/lists/TWITTER-LIST/statuses.atom
18 Oct
2012
wow
thx. i found a answer!18 Oct
2012
Vivi
Thank you soooo much! My Twitter RSS feeds just stopped working and I couldn't figure out the solution.. until I found this page by googling. Cheers from Finland xxx19 Oct
2012
Juan
Thanks, it works for now22 Oct
2012
Hansie
Thank you so much! It works fine again. I could not find this info on Twitter (last week)!28 Oct
2012
sjay
Thanks so much. I can't get this to work for twitter usernames that use an underscore _, any thoughts?29 Oct
2012
me@grafxflow
You could try using the other method, of the user id number.http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?user_id=TWITTER_ID
Find the id with the following.
mytwitterid.com/
30 Oct
2012
sjay
That worked, thanks again.30 Oct
2012
b00ms3r
A big thanks!!!20 Nov
2012
Scott
This fixed a broken bit of code on a client's site ---WTF did Twitter change this? How irritating - I'm lucky I even stumbled across the client's webpage, otherwise I wouldn't even have been aware of this issue.08 Jan
2013
Annette With Windward
Thanks - working at this moment!08 Jan
2013
me@grafxflow
Glad to help31 Jan
2013
Cory
It doesn't work now.31 Jan
2013
me@grafxflow
What is your twitter account name, does it have an underscore (_) in the name?07 Mar
2013
jon
Hi, can you share with us the correct format to use with the 1.1 api?The only way I can stomach twitter is within my old, beloved snarfer rss reader. I hope there's a way to continue the twitter to rss conversion - thanks!
07 Mar
2013
me@grafxflow
The correct format is JSON, but it's not as straight forward as the RSS feed. You will need to login in as a twitter developer at dev.twitter.com and set-up an app which will involve telling twitter your website url and other things like (OAuth Settings) Consumer key, Consumer secret, Access token and Access token secret etc. See new post here - Add Twitter feed APP to Wordpress10 Jul
2013
Mr Japanese
Twitter is effective to create a following. But it's hard to get people following. I think why many pages fail to take off is because the authors don't speak their audience's language.22 Jul
2013
me@grafxflow
Yes is stopped working back in March 2013. If you are using WordPress then follow the solution here for API 1.1.