"Invalid card type" error for twitter:card="app"

badoo_api · 2013-09-05T16:13:48.000Z

We have next twitter tags

        <meta name="twitter:card" content="app">
        <meta name="twitter:app:id:iphone" content="351331194">
        <meta name="twitter:app:name:iphone" content="Badoo - Meet New People, Chat, Socialize">
        <meta name="twitter:app:id:ipad" content="351331194">
        <meta name="twitter:app:name:ipad" content="Badoo - Meet New People, Chat, Socialize">
        <meta name="twitter:app:id:googleplay" content="com.badoo.mobile">
        <meta name="twitter:app:name:googleplay" content="Badoo - Meet New People, Chat, Socialize">

On badoo.com site. But validator show “invalid card type” error. Why?

rchoi · 2013-09-06T19:59:00.000Z

I tried this on my test account, and it works:

http://cardstest2.blogspot.com/2013/09/badoo.html

Can you provide the URL?

(Also, be sure you’re testing on mobile; the app card appears there.)

badoo_api · 2013-09-06T20:58:57.000Z

Badoo

Meet People on Badoo, Make New Friends, Chat, Flirt

Badoo - chat, date and meet with over 330 million people. Join our community and make friends in your area.

rchoi · 2013-09-09T22:58:47.000Z

Great. After tweeting out the URL, did you test on mobile?

badoo_api · 2013-09-10T07:38:02.000Z

Right now - all ok.

testspeakphone · 2013-09-10T10:02:48.000Z

I have the same problem with my app:

Barnotes

The Hound Dog

I found this at a Memphis bar over the weekend. I made a few changes (add more booze) to perfect it !

I set all meta-tags, i think, all right. But when i try to approve my twitter card, i get error: Invalid card type.

Can you help me? What wrong?

badoo_api · 2013-09-10T11:14:34.000Z

twitter:site and author use with @

testspeakphone · 2013-09-10T11:27:57.000Z

it doesn’t help me(

rchoi · 2013-09-10T17:01:04.000Z

Not 100% sure what’s going on here. I took a stripped down version of your tag here:

http://cardstest2.blogspot.com/2013/09/summary-hound-dog.html

And it validates w/ info properly. Is it possible to start with a simpler page on your site with just these tags and run through the validator?

testspeakphone · 2013-09-12T05:12:48.000Z

Yeah, i add this meta tags to another site, and it works.

I try to remove all meta-tags from site(but leave twitter- card meta- tags) - it didn’t help.

I try to add user- agents to robots.txt:

User-agent: Twitterbot
Disallow:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /

But it still doesn’t work.

testspeakphone · 2013-09-19T07:40:00.000Z

@rchoi thanks.
I add simple page http://barnotes-api-test.herokuapp.com/test
And my card was approved.

But now when i try to tweet i have card without image:
https://twitter.com/testspeakphone/status/380595462283071488

hammercricket · 2014-03-01T19:51:35.000Z

hey guys, trying to set up twitter cards with my iPhone app but don’t have any idea how to do it…

can’t find app id or anything like that, can anyone help please.

hauntedplanet · 2014-03-28T12:29:17.000Z

Hey, so I’m trying to enter names for our app on the various stores in the twitter:app:name:googleplay field, etc., but when I update the preview, the lights turn amber and the names disappear. The names are written exactly as they appear on the appstore. Is there something that I’ve overlooked? Thanks in advance.

rchoi · 2014-04-07T06:19:28.000Z

Hi Haunted,

Can you provide the URL of the page you’re adding the Card to?

Thanks!

Too-Scared-To-Watch-Nightmare-Before-Christmas-On-Netflix

CristiFoto · 2014-06-19T10:40:22.000Z

Why I always get error : Invalid card type ?
This is the link which I try to validate : www.cristisebastian.com/usanze-matrimonio/
I’m using Squirrly SEO ; they have this feature that add automatically twitter card. I only have to Select Summary & Validate URLs and I get Invalid error. Help ?!

jbulava · 2014-06-21T23:06:56.000Z

Hi Cristi, there are no twitter card meta tags found on your page so the “invalid card type” is displayed. You will need to contact Squirrly SEO to troubleshoot why their tool is not adding the proper tags after you’ve selected to do so.