Updating Twitter with Google Talk status

By Chris M on January 13th, 2008 140 Reads

Rob just dropped me an email referring to my post on updating your Facebook status via GTalk letting me know about the tutorial he wrote about posting your GTalk status to twitter.

Here’s how you do it:

Setup account @ Jabberland to post your Jabber status as plaintext
Your JID is your gtalk login such as: example@gmail.com
Choose the output format:
- Plain format. Output the status message like you enter it in your favorite client.
- JavaScript format, the best way to insert it in your web page.
Copy the url and paste save it for the php file in the next step.

Add the bot@jabberland.com to your contacts list. This is mandatory if you want to maintain up to date your information.
Download his modified PHP script and upload to your web server. Make sure to modify the file with your settings, and then change the file extension to .php
Setup your cron tab to execute your PHP code on a regular basis. Here are some instruction on setting up a crontab with Dreamhost.
Enjoy the ease of updating your Twitter Status using Gtalk.

Fantastic little tutorial for all those Twitte / GTalk junkies!

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16 Responses to “Updating Twitter with Google Talk status”

Nikk Folts
Feb 10th, 2008 at 11:10 pm

Hey, I have tried to add bot@jabberland.com to my contacts, but it is shown as offline… are you having similar problems?
Chris M
Feb 11th, 2008 at 12:33 am

I’ve not used this service for some time now, but last time I tried, all seemed alright.. I will try again when I have a chance Nikk :)
Nikk Folts
Feb 11th, 2008 at 12:39 am

Thanks, it’d be awesome figuring this out… I appreciate the blog post, very helpful!
Chris M
Feb 11th, 2008 at 12:41 am

Seems to be working my side, perhaps remove and readd?

Thanks for the comment :)
Elrondp
Mar 22nd, 2008 at 2:34 pm

does this only work on unix based OS?
i run windows (shame on me) and i’d like to do it.
so, a response would be nice.
i leave my twitter if u r interested in sharing that info with me.
thanx.
Chris M
Mar 22nd, 2008 at 2:41 pm

I run it on XP without any problems. I would suggest looking at twhirl for twitter, which is a fantastic piece of software:

http://imod.co.za/index.php/2008/03/11/twhirl-is-taking-the-industry-by-storm/
Jon Deutsch
Apr 14th, 2008 at 3:03 am

I found another way to get gtalk status to twitter without using the jabber service. By setting up a google chat badge and parsing it, I could get the status and post it to Twitter. Here’s the details: http://www.jdeutsch.com/pg/2008/4/13/Google_Talk_Status_to_Twitter
Chris M
Apr 14th, 2008 at 8:47 pm

Ah yes, I’ve seen something very similar, thanks for updating, I’m sure a great deal of people will find this interesting!
Dan
Jul 6th, 2008 at 5:34 am

I just created a hosted service basedon Rob’s code, for my friends who don’t have the wherewithal to set up their own PHP and cron jobs. Free. Come sign up and enjoy the gtalk tweeting goodness.

http://www.danray.net/gtalk-to-twitter/
Chris M
Jul 6th, 2008 at 7:26 pm

Sounds interesting Dan, I will head over and take a look the minute I get a spare moment :)
faizal
Jul 28th, 2008 at 1:39 pm

do you know how to auto post to gtalk status from twitter?
Chris M
Jul 28th, 2008 at 1:51 pm

I actually don’t know if you can do it that way around, mind you, it’s jabber, has to be possible!
Gabri
Jan 11th, 2009 at 4:11 pm

I’ve also created a hosted service to update your twitter based on the Google Talk status message. I’ve added the possibility to ignore an already posted status and to ignore status messages that start with some text. Enjoy!

http://gabriel.prat.name/gTalkTwit/
Chris M
Jan 11th, 2009 at 4:34 pm

Hi Gabri,

Can you tell me a little about it please?
Gabri
Jan 11th, 2009 at 4:51 pm

Of course, the application reads the Google Talk status message from a Google chat badge and sends it to Twitter. But you can define some restrictions to avoid sending repeated status messages or to be able to have some status message that won’t be sent to Twitter. If you sign up you’ll find some more explanations in the website.
Chris M
Jan 11th, 2009 at 5:24 pm

Cool, thanks so much for the breakdown, I like to give my readers a better idea before they go forwards and just look at a website :)