On 8/10/10 9:17 PM, manggit wrote: > Hello All, > > I am currently developing an app for a open source project. I would > like to first obtain all direct child retweets of a given tweet, and > then I would like to find all retweets of each of the child retweets, > so on and so forth, until i reach the end of the retweet chain. > However given the new style retweets, the api function call returns > all retweets of a given tweet, including retweets of retweets, as > retweets of the original tweet. Therefore I am unable to follow the > progression of a tweet and gather information on whether a retweet is > a retweet of the original tweet, or if the retweet is of a retweet. > > Is there anyway to obtain this information using the status_retweet > api function call, or any clever combination of any of the api > functions? > > > Any support will be greatly appreciated > > Thanks > Mang-Git
No and yes. No: if there's no specific API for it, then there's no easy way. Yes: You can build a follower-tree (A follows B, B follows C, C follows D, etc) from the original tweep, but that may take a lot of time depending on the amount of retweets, and should probably only be used for research purposes. Tom
