Watercooler URLs

Posted Nov 2nd, 2012 in developer watercooler

These can be used directly in applications such as Launch Center or by developers who want to incorporate Watercooler integration into their apps.

Watercooler supports the following basic URL format:

  • watercooler://[service]/[account_username]/[destination]

This can be used for some of the following URLs:

  • watercooler://
  • watercooler://app.net/stream
  • watercooler://app.net/mentions
  • watercooler://app.net/stars
  • watercooler://app.net/my_posts
  • watercooler://app.net/account
  • watercooler://app.net/profile
  • watercooler://app.net/global
  • watercooler://app.net/user/[username]
  • watercooler://app.net/hashtag/[tagname]
  • watercooler://app.net/post/[post_id]
  • watercooler://app.net/create?text=[Post+text+goes+here.]
  • watercooler://app.net/[login_username]/stream
  • watercooler://app.net/[login_username]/mentions
  • watercooler://app.net/[login_username]/stars
  • ...
  • watercooler://twitter/timeline
  • watercooler://twitter/mentions
  • watercooler://twitter/my_tweets
  • watercooler://twitter/favorites
  • watercooler://twitter/account
  • watercooler://twitter/profile
  • watercooler://twitter/user/[username]
  • watercooler://twitter/hashtag/[tagname]
  • watercooler://twitter/post/[post_id]
  • watercooler://twitter/create?text=[Post+text+goes+here.]
  • watercooler://twitter/[login_username]/timeline
  • watercooler://twitter/[login_username]/mentions
  • watercooler://twitter/[login_username]/favorites
  • ...

When the optional login username is not included in the URL, the first-listed user for the given service will be used.