Thread: Feature Request : Twitter Coupons

Would be cool if when a new coupon was created or a new discount added that that would be tweeted automatically.

sure, just send it off using their API. very simple. Not in the core at this time...due to not many requests for it =) but I can see how this could be a bit cool.

The Twitter API is really basic and effective. To accomplish what you're looking for all you'd have to do is add the following function and call it from the Coupon logic:

HTML Code:

public static void Twit(string StatusUpdate)
        {
            string URL = "http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml?status={0}";

            HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(
                string.Format(
                URL, 
                HttpUtility.UrlEncode(StatusUpdate))
                );

            request.Method = "POST";
            
            //This should be your twitter user ID and password
            request.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(UserName, Password);

            request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
            request.ServicePoint.Expect100Continue = true;

            //Called to fire the request
            request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream();

        }

The logic you provided is simple and effective. It is really useful.

Originally Posted by subhaikav

The logic you provided is simple and effective. It is really useful.

I totally agree. Automatically tweeted coupons codes and links would be awesome especially if you have a list of targeted followers.

Something similar for facebook would also be very cool, nice snippet!

Thanks