The current API doc specifies restful CREATE and DESTROY methods for
BLOCK. It would be helpful to have an EXISTS method to test if a user
is BLOCKed similar to the friendship exists method:
http://apiwiki.twitter.com/REST+API+Documentation#exists. The
application I'm writing would benefit from
Yes, the method should require the user to be authenticated.
On Dec 20, 12:58 am, Cameron Kaiser spec...@floodgap.com wrote:
The current API doc specifies restful CREATE and DESTROY methods for
BLOCK. It would be helpful to have an EXISTS method to test if a user
is BLOCKed similar to the
In this purposed method, an authenticated user would only be able to
use the EXIST method to determine if she has blocked another user. She
would not be able to use it to determine if another user is blocking
her, and will only be able to query users from her perspective. An
alternative would be
to deliver it.
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:19, dougw igu...@gmail.com wrote:
In this purposed method, an authenticated user would only be able to
use the EXIST method to determine if she has blocked another user. She
would not be able to use it to determine if another user is blocking
her
Yes, the method should require the user to be authenticated.
On Dec 20, 12:58 am, Cameron Kaiser spec...@floodgap.com wrote:
The current API doc specifies restful CREATE and DESTROY methods for
BLOCK. It would be helpful to have an EXISTS method to test if a user
is BLOCKed similar to the
What is the maximum allowed rate of tweeting. I'm hitting some limit
where tweets are simply not being allowed for a user, and I presume
this is because the rate of tweeting is too high. Does Twitter have a
limit of how often a user is allowed to tweet?
Doug
can see where this behavior is helpful in
some cases, is there not a reasonable argument for throwing a 400 in
this case?
On Jan 5, 2:49 am, dougw igu...@gmail.com wrote:
What is the maximum allowed rate of tweeting. I'm hitting some limit
where tweets are simply not being allowed for a user
6, 12:59 am, dougw igu...@gmail.com wrote:
You can handle it with two calls to the friendship exists
method:http://apiwiki.twitter.com/REST+API+Documentation#exists
* user_a. Required. The ID or screen_name of the first user to
test friendship for.
* user_b. Required. The ID
That call works for me. Using page=2 does indeed give me the next
page or results.
Are you sure you have a second page of results? One way to know if you
don't is if there are less than the count parameter results returned.
For instance, you have count=200. If only 152 updates are included in
I didn't realize earlier you asked what it does so let me explain the
pagination functionality. Let's say you have 401 messages from friends
in your timeline. As per the API you can only get 200 statuses back
with each request.
So if you make a request with page=1count=200 you will get the first
I too would appreciate someone from Twitter giving us a best practice
here. I'd prefer not to cache images locally (lazy) and only store the
url. But how does the company feel about paying for bandwidth if I
just request user images from the S3 URL in third-party apps?
On Jan 8, 10:23 am, greg
is obviously something that
Twitter keeps cached/on hand. If I haven't missed it somewhere, and
there is no API-based way to receive this value, you can always ask
for a method ;)
@dougw
On Jan 7, 10:33 pm, Deepak Goyal hrdeepa...@gmail.com wrote:
Is there any way to get the total no of direct
with it might be, and that we're pushing
forward in good faith that the community will make the experience the
best it can be.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 12:30, dougw igu...@gmail.com wrote:
Developers,
Alex Payne sat down and discussed security recently. There's been a
lot of discussion here
Thanks,
@dougw
Thanks Alex,
Defect 231 created: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=231
@dougw
On Jan 11, 8:36 pm, Alex Payne a...@twitter.com wrote:
Not a known bug. File away.
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 17:34, dougw igu...@gmail.com wrote:
I am running a script that polls the public
An enhancement I could greatly use in the public_timeline method is
the ability to specify a specific language within the request. For
instance, I only want english updates. I'd like to be able to make a
request like this.
http://twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.rss?lang=en
While I know I
;
— Matt Sanford / @mzsanford
[1] -http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=212
On Jan 12, 2009, at 07:16 AM, dougw wrote:
An enhancement I could greatly use in the public_timeline method is
the ability to specify a specific language within the request. For
instance, I only
Matt,
Thanks for the link, quite informative.
@dougw
On Jan 12, 1:46 pm, Matt Sanford m...@twitter.com wrote:
I was about to write up a description when I remembered this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/msg/565313d7b...
Thanks;
— Matt / @mzsanford
(pagination, etc...) that would have been resolved if every user
timeline were returned with a count value as well. I can see the value
extending this idea to all user timelines, can you?
@dougw
On Jan 15, 9:35 am, Chad Etzel jazzyc...@gmail.com wrote:
I see that the current Replies API call does
be of little
real world use for most users so you can ignore my mumbling.
In other news, I'd like you to move forward with the request, because
it's a feature I could use.
On Jan 15, 11:37 am, Chad Etzel jazzyc...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:20 AM, dougw igu...@gmail.com wrote
Amir,
I asked a similar question a few days ago http://is.gd/g3zM.
Besure to read the link in Matt's second reply.
@dougw
On Jan 15, 6:20 pm, Amir Michail amich...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
This would be useful since the search API allows you to specify a
language.
Amir
would limit your calls to at most 100 requests per hour per
user.
@dougw
On Jan 16, 10:40 am, Tomas Fornara forna...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I would like to know if there is some limit on the amount of
*simultaneous *connections
I can stablish with the API?
Other question..
if I iterate asking
flip,
Matt Sanford has a great answer for this already posted:
http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/msg/565313d7b36e8d65
@dougw
On Jan 20, 4:46 am, Philip (flip) Kromer f...@infochimps.org
wrote:
I'm unable to get search results for a bunch of languages from India using
Jesse,
Doing what you say you are doing should work. Can you provide more
details what URL you are using, how you are making the requests, what
exactly is coming back, etc...?
@dougw
On Jan 21, 12:41 am, Jesse Stay jesses...@gmail.com wrote:
Speaking of going through Scoble's followers, I'm
you an example to get you started.
@dougw
On Jan 21, 3:05 am, gautam.shiv...@gmail.com
shivani_gau...@rediffmail.com wrote:
hello,
i am trying to send the username and password with friends_timeline
option to get the recent records but am not able to as there is no
option given in rest API
Dhaval,
Retrieving the number of @replies is open issue
http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=235
By number of Twitters, are you wanting the number of updates a user
has made?
@dougw
On Jan 21, 5:21 am, dhaval dhaval.parik...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey all
I am making a ruby
The statuses_count value gives you the number of updates performed by
that user. I updated your issue to reflect that this method is a great
home for the @replies count you suggested.
@dougw
On Jan 21, 4:35 pm, Matt Sanford m...@twitter.com wrote:
Hi Yu-Shan,
This has now been deployed and yes
question.
@dougw
On Jan 22, 12:38 am, Dhaval Parikh dhaval.parik...@gmail.com wrote:
Well there is a difference what I want is the counts only for the replies
and not the total updates performed by the user.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:34 AM, dougw igu...@gmail.com wrote:
Dhaval,
To get
and
jagdib_singh2k9
Does that meet your needs?
@dougw
On Jan 27, 5:39 am, Jagdip jagdeepsingh...@gmail.com wrote:
We are developing an application by using Twitter Search API.
Given below is the URL for API:
http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Search+API+Documentation#Methods
and
for Atom:
http
. You would know if you are being rejected
due to this throttling if the status returned by the update method is
equal to the last successful update.
@dougw
On Jan 28, 6:41 pm, AAfter/ Subhankar Ray subhankar@gmail.com
wrote:
Greetings,
We are using the following code. It does update a couple
Anu,
You should request whitelisting (see rate limiting
http://apiwiki.twitter.com/REST+API+Documentation#RateLimiting).
Can you describe exactly what it is you want to do with your friends
and followers so I could provide more hints how to do what you want to
do, efficiently?
@dougw
On Feb 2
on the account following the
users and bam(!) you have your feed of your top 100.
If this list is in flux then you can simply use the friendship methods
to keep your follow list up to date.
How does that sound?
@dougw
On Feb 2, 10:40 am, Cameron Kaiser spec...@floodgap.com wrote:
Hi Cameron,
I
, but the current API model is session-
less.
Your second question is yes. It will be nice, won't it?
@dougw
On Feb 2, 11:52 am, Naveen naveen.s.sax...@gmail.com wrote:
I have some basic questions (I am still learning this world) regarding
fetching another user's timeline...
1. If basic
Nice, Chad!
On Feb 2, 3:52 pm, Chad Etzel jazzyc...@gmail.com wrote:
i have added some lines (marked by //new) that should accomplish what you
want.
function twitterCallback2(obj) {
var twitters = obj;
var statusHTML = ;
var username = ;
var name = ;
serial friendship/exists API queries used to generate
that page.
@dougw
On Feb 2, 9:55 pm, Peter Denton petermden...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello everyone,
Can anyone share the best way to go about checking if twitters users are
following other users in a semi-large qunities (100 at a time).
My scenario
to
receive notification progamatically that a user has requested to
follow you. Is this a deal killer to you? If you can better explain
what you are trying to do, I can help you find a workaround.
@dougw
On Feb 3, 2:32 am, Deepak hrdeepa...@gmail.com wrote:
I am also using APi to develop my application
access to their data, he would simply give you
permission on Twitter.
The about OAuth section here: http://oauth.net/about for more
understanding has a great high-level analogy.
@dougw
On Feb 3, 1:52 pm, Naveen naveen.s.sax...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Doug,
The second part of your response
Just wanted to supply sample output for the curious:
curl --basic --user dougw:PASSWORD http://twitter.com/followers/ids.xml
?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
ids
id2396591/id
id13348/id
id6014732/id
id9300822/id
/ids
@dougw
On Feb 3, 11:17 pm, Matt K. mkoi...@gmail.com wrote:
Alex
So this is where your gripes about JS freeing memory come from that I
saw you tweet about days ago...
On Feb 4, 12:32 pm, Chad Etzel jazzyc...@gmail.com wrote:
I thought about doing that, but I don't want to overload people's
browsers and memory by loading a metric-ton of images. From my
/list
@dougw
On Feb 4, 10:14 am, skieter prau...@gmail.com wrote:
I have read through the documentation for REST API and Search API and
could not find an answer to this.
Is there a way to retrieve multiple status messages in a single
request? i.e. I have status ids 1234, 1235, 1236 and would
Eric,
Please do provide some basic recreate steps... not much to go on here.
@dougw
On Feb 4, 9:08 pm, pnoeric e...@ericmueller.org wrote:
I've been having some strange issues with following new people-- I'm
issuing the createFriendship call as always, Twitter doesn't appear to
be returning
For posterity's sake, this issue is being tracked here
http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=267
@dougw
On Feb 5, 3:38 am, skieter prau...@gmail.com wrote:
Did that. Thanks.
For all those wanting id AND username attributes to be returned with
these new methods, be sure to head over to
http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=265 and vote
(click the star) to signal your support.
@dougw
On Feb 5, 11:40 am, jstrellner jstrell...@urltrends.com wrote
both user id and
user screen name.
Does anyone else see a need here?
@dougw
On Feb 6, 6:16 am, Ninjamonk dar...@stuartmedia.co.uk wrote:
sorry badly put, I meant via user id, search via user id so like FROM:
342342342 etc returns the same as say FROM: ninjamonk.
On Feb 5, 10:49 pm, Alex Payne
is that it prevents people
from being able to create links, have people click on them, and gain
followers unscrupulously.
If this argument isn't clear, let me know, and I'll expound.
@dougw
On Feb 11, 12:14 pm, TjL luo...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Abraham Williams 4bra
Chad,
Very cool. It's perfect for trending topics and large (but not TOO
large) conversations. It'll be interesting to use when something comes
along that I want to follow ... expect some feedback then. You pump
these things out like they are candy, get it son!
@dougw
On Feb 11, 11:45 am, Chad
a Python wrapper for the Search API then you
will need a non-Search based method if the community doesn't uncover a
wrapper for you. I'll watch this thread, and if no one gets back to
you, then I can also give you some tips on how to do this with the
REST API.
@dougw
On Feb 11, 1:38 am, Lakshman
Awesome!
http://apiwiki.twitter.com/FAQ#IkeephittingtheratelimitHowdoIgetmorerequestsperhour
should get you started on requesting whitelisting.
@dougw
On Feb 11, 2:10 pm, Lakshman Prasad scorpion...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Doug,
Thanks so much, I figured out it myself and have been able
Very nice, I'll be implementing your twitterlibphp updates when they
are available and will forward along any appropriate feedback. Thanks
for sharing!
@dougw
On Feb 14, 9:03 pm, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.com wrote:
I wrote up some example code to get OAuth working in PHP.
Code:http
Are you seeing any signs that you've been blacklisted? Are any calls
getting through? I've seen this before but only when my IP was
blacklisted (because of a bug that sent a script into an infinite
loop).
@dougw
On Feb 19, 9:35 pm, Eric Blair eric.s.bl...@gmail.com wrote:
I've been seeing
Ahila,
Can you give more specifics on how you are invoking the API. What
language or tool are you using to send your HTTP requests?
@dougw
On Feb 20, 2:13 am, Ahila ahilas2...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I am using http://username:passw...@twitter.com/direct_messages.xml
in my code
Jonathan,
Are you going to stream this live or blog any of the topics/concerns/
outcomes of this event?
I will be extremely interested in remotely watching the discussion.
Thanks,
@dougw
On Feb 20, 11:53 am, Jonathan Markwell j.l.markw...@inuda.com wrote:
There will be pizza and beer to wash
hourly-limit type=integer2/hourly-limit
reset-time type=datetime2009-02-21T18:00:41+00:00/reset-time
reset-time-in-seconds type=integer1235239241/reset-time-in-
seconds
/hash
As you can see, I have an hourly limit of 2 calls. All whitelisted
accounts should see this, too.
@dougw
Ricardo,
It's not possible through the API as it stands, and has been brought
up before as a shortcoming. I didn't find any duplicate issues in my
searches. Sounds like an enhancement defect to report: add
http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/entry
@dougw
On Feb 21, 5:28 pm, Ricardo
I take that back, Ricardo. I looks like this has already been
officially requested.
Be sure to star it if you want to add your vote.
http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=242
@dougw
On Feb 21, 11:12 pm, dougw igu...@gmail.com wrote:
Ricardo,
It's not possible through the API
have any questions or suggestions.
Thanks,
@dougw
do...@igudo.com
On Feb 24, 10:45 am, Burhan TANWEER btanw...@gmail.com wrote:
My contact information
Explore WorldWideWeb
Detroit, Michigan
@explorewww
expl...@explorewww.comhttp://explorewww.com
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 3:48 AM, Dave
Pete,
Thanks for the heads up. The problem has been fixed.
@dougw
do...@igudo.com
On Feb 24, 2:08 pm, Pete Warden searchbrow...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for putting this together, it's a great way of supporting the
community. The link shows up on the front page now, but asks for a PBWiki
Zachary,
I tried a couple of different updates and didn't see the same
behavior. Can you replicate and send headers, or give me steps to
follow and replicate?
Thanks,
Doug Williams
On Mar 8, 5:17 pm, Zachary West zacw...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
When POSTing an update_profile, the returned
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