Yes, you need the API for that.
I recommend using a list to pull the 5 tweets for the users, as it can
save a lot on API calls. If this widget is made for multiple websites,
you may want to look into the Streaming API, but I do not believe that
this is your case.
Tom
On 12/5/10 10:04 PM, S
I can't figure out if I need the API to accomplish this or just using
a generic user search and jQuery. My platform is PHP can someone give
me a brief roadmap how to accomplish the following tasks
page 1 (a widget)
pull latest 5 tweets given a list of users
--- this will never work because 50