When querying for users directly using users/show we will indicate if they
are suspended or not. If they are deleted it's as if they never existed so
you will get a 404. For methods such as timeline responses, and
followers/friends, suspended and deleted users are filtered out.
Remember a suspended user can be reinstated, and that users can change their
screen_name leading to 404s if you query for them in that way. Assuming a
user is deleted or suspended permanently using users/show is not sensible,
and you should instead rely on Twitter filtering the users out of other
responses (such as followers/friends/timelines).
As for the missing users could you please add the screen_names to this
ticket in our issue tracker:
http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=1784
Best
@themattharris
Developer Advocate, Twitter
http://twitter.com/themattharris
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Slate Smith sl...@slatesmith.com wrote:
Gotcha, I'll write in a class to test for suspension/deletion etc.
On Oct 25, 2010, at 3:51 PM, Tim wrote:
I believe users/show returns with status 403, with user has been
suspended in the text
On Oct 25, 5:19 pm, Slate Smith sl...@slatesmith.com wrote:
I haven't seen a method for checking a suspended or deleted account
yet. If anyone knows of a hack for that it would be nice. Messes w/
metrics etc.
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