Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Getting retweets in user timelines

2009-12-18 Thread Marcel Molina
The backwards compatibility problem is SAX event based parsers that, without proper code in place to set the current context, will just blindly grab the screen_name and text attributes etc in potentially non-deterministic ways thus mixing up, potentially, the tweeter from the retweeter, and the

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Getting retweets in user timelines

2009-12-17 Thread Cameron Kaiser
As of today, I've noticed that retweets created via the new system are represented in user timelines as RT @username...--are others seeing this, and is this something new? Is this leftovers from the old to new retweeting transition, or is this going to be a permanent method for representing

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Getting retweets in user timelines

2009-12-16 Thread Cameron Kaiser
There are several threads looking for a way to get built-in retweets via teh user_timeline as was available before with organic (i.e., RT ...) _tweets. Has there been any decision made on what will be done here? _ Built-in retweets are invisible to the user_timeline which is a

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Getting retweets in user timelines

2009-12-15 Thread Abraham Williams
Not ideal but for any users whom you have authorized credentials for you can use: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method:-statuses-retweeted_by_me On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 07:19, Jeffrey jeffreywin...@gmail.com wrote: +1 There are several threads looking for a way to get built-in

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Getting retweets in user timelines

2009-12-15 Thread Cameron Kaiser
Not ideal but for any users whom you have authorized credentials for you can use: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method:-statuses-retweeted_by_me Definitely not ideal. +1 for There are several threads looking for a way to get built-in retweets via teh user_timeline as was