Twitter a command to a separate web service?

[rpsfan]

We want to add a feature to our web service. Our service does X and
works fine on our site, but we would love to add the ability to allow
users to utilize Twitter to execute X. So they would Twitter
something like ....

@coolwebservice send 50 bucks to @jenny. From here this Twitter
command would be sent to our webservice which our service would then
deposit money into jenny's paypal.

Is this doable through Twitter's API? Can a hack be created?

Thanks

[Andrew Badera]

You would need a bot awaiting user commands. Your bot would then tie into a mechanism -- created and hosted by you -- to call your service.

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[Andrew Badera]

A Twitter bot, if that was unclear.

[rpsfan]

So this is doable with Twitter's API or we would need to hack
something ourselves?

[Michael Ivey]

It's possible, but you're going to have to implement some code on your
side.

For @replies, you'll need to get autofollow turned on, and have your
users follow you. If/when XMPP comes back, this will be ideal for
you.