How to share articles from GoogleReader to Twitter
When reading articles in GoogleReader, how to share the nice articles to Twitter at a rapid? I made one GreaseMonkey script for that, and you can now.
The format of messages
[Tag] Title(Note) URL
The basic function
- Tag\title\URL are received from articles in GoogleReader automatically. And you can edit them.
- URL can be converted into tinyURL.
- Before sending the messages, the words number will be counted.
The installation order
i. Install the browser - firefox
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
ii. Install the plugin - GreaseMonkey
http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748
iii. Install this script
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/10169
The specification
1. the link "Share with twitter"
After installing the script, open GoogleReader. Below each article, one link "Share with twitter" is added in the toolbar.
2. one mini window
Click the link, one mini window will popup. There are four inputboxes: Title, Tags, URL, and Note. Tag\title\URL are received from articles in GoogleReader automatically. And you can edit them. If you want to talk about it yourself, please input in "Note".
3. four buttons
- Save - send the message to twitter
- TinyURL - make the long url tiny. Once you click it, please wait the URL changing from "making urlurl tiny…" to one tiny url
- Count - count the words’ number
- Cancel - close the mini windows
4. the user authentication
When you send the first message, one authentication is required. Please use your registered username or email address as the username component.
5. show the messages shared
You can install the script here:
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/10169
amer said,
June 26, 2007 @ 9:15 am
Nice plugin. I added it to the list @ http://wtips.blogspot.com/2007/04/twitter-tools.html
Tysen Woodlock said,
January 24, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
Thanks! I find your script useful.
Wu Xiao said,
January 28, 2008 @ 7:33 am
What a super extension! Is there any way you can incorporate the Snipurl api though? I’m not terribly happy with the tinyurl stuff (no features) and it is blocked in many Asian countries due to spam. Snipurl has more features anyway and is just a nicer thing to use as I can edit URLs if they break. Thanks!
vince said,
February 14, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
your script is fantastic I use it veryday but a couple weeks ago the buttons got very smashed together and small it is happening on all my computers so I don’t think its anything I did. Any possible update if its a bug?
bck said,
April 13, 2008 @ 1:45 am
Seems to be a bug, as stated buttons get small still possible to use but the UI sucks as it now. May want to update to fix the bug. Otherwise great addon
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jorge said,
April 18, 2008 @ 4:32 pm
@vince, I just installed this and the same thing is happening to me.
johnny said,
April 21, 2008 @ 9:00 am
any chance this script will be fixed for @vince comment issue?
eric said,
April 23, 2008 @ 8:23 pm
Absolutely great script. I have the same problem with the buttons bunching up. Still very usable. Love it!!
fernando said,
May 1, 2008 @ 10:56 am
works great. buttons still bunch up together. i just reference your pics to remember what they are. let us know when the bug is smooshed. thanks. peace.
Mark H. Delfs said,
May 6, 2008 @ 6:00 am
The script no longer works as of today (when they just updated Google Reader with the new share function)–I live and die by this script! Can you *please* update it?
Jesús Dugarte said,
May 6, 2008 @ 7:22 am
Great script!
I’m having the same problem with the button, already mentioned above.
Also, since yesterday, It hasn’t been working. I guess is due to a Google Reader update.
I just found out about is.gd shortening url service (http://is.gd). It generates shorter url than tinyurl. They offer an API (http://is.gd/api_info.php). Would it be possible to use is.gb instead of tinyurl? In twitter every character counts
Thanks!
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Jason Sares said,
May 15, 2008 @ 11:19 am
It’s broken.
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mhp said,
June 23, 2008 @ 12:20 pm
FYI. Seems like the auth part of the script is broken with Firefox 3 on a Mac. Might be a GreaseMonkey thing, but for my first post the auth window does not show up. Expose reveal it is there, but there is no way to get it on top to input the username and passwd.
J Berman said,
June 25, 2008 @ 7:15 am
Was curious about posting to different Twitter accounts. I have four twitter accounts that I use for different reasons. When I post my first Reader post, I get a login and choice for which account I would like to tweet to.
What do I need to do so that I can have that option every time. I’d like my browser to not remember which Twitter account I selected the previous time. Is this possible? Anyway, to keep that part of my cache clear so that I can do this?
I love this script. Thank you!
Manoj said,
July 8, 2008 @ 4:30 am
How do you clear the authentication info stored by the script?? I changed my twitter passwd and it no longer works.