TwitDB

 

 

 

TwitDB allows you to store and retrieve snippets of data using the Twitter service.

Think of TwitDB as a mini-spreadsheet.  In your Twitter Direct Message, you enter a key value, followed by your data.

You can retrieve your data at any time using the key value that you supplied when you stored the data.

Store multiple items using different key values.  Each Direct Message can become a separate row in your database.

 

 

 

 

1.           Follow twitdb

 

Navigate to http://twitter.com/twitdb and click the Follow button.

 

2.          Reply to twitdb

 

Send a public reply to twitdb with any greeting you choose.

 

Examples:

 

@twitdb howdy

@twitdb konichiwa

@twitdb hola

 

3.          twitdb will send you a direct message when it is ready to

 

 

 

There are four TwitDB commands: bput, bget, blist, bdelete.

 

After you issue a command, it may take some time for TwitDB to reply. Be patient and wait for a reply before issuing another command.

 

There are two ways to issue a command.

 

1.      From the Update page, send a direct message to the command.

2.      From the Direct Messages page, select the command from the list.

 

 

 

Syntax: d bput [key] [data]

 

Example:

 

d bput lunch Chez Michelle – 1114 Nichols Street – Corner of Abbey and Market

 

Example Reply:

 

Your data was saved successfully. Key = lunch

 

 

 

Syntax: d bget [key]

 

Example:

 

d bget lunch

 

Example Reply:

 

lunch: Chez Michelle – 1114 Nichols Street – Corner of Abbey and Market

 

 

 

Syntax: d blist

 

Example:

 

d blist

 

Example Reply:

 

Keys: lunch, dinner.at.5, reminder

 

 

 

Syntax: d bdelete [key]

 

Example:

 

d bdelete lunch

 

Example Reply:

 

lunch was deleted.