According to the api docs you can pass an email address to the user/ show method, I would assume that if a user didn't exist you'd get back a 404, which should allow you to determine whether or not the user exists.
eg: http://twitter.com/users/[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Nov 30, 5:02 am, "Abraham Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only way would be to take their password and > runhttps://twitter.com/account/verify_credentials.xml > > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 03:28, Kashif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I went thru the API documents but couldnt find any API method that > > allows me to check if a twitter user account exists for a given email > > address. Is there anyway I can find this using the API? > > > Basically the API Input should be an email address. Output should be a > > twitter username or error code. > > > PS: My app user only provides an email address. > > > Regards > > Kashif > > -- > | Abraham Williams | Web Developer |http://abrah.am > | Brazen Careerist | Pro Hacker |http://www.brazencareerist.com > | PoseurTech LLC | Mashup Ambassador |http://poseurte.ch > | Web608 | Community Evangelist |http://web608.org > | This email is: [] blogable [x] ask first [] private
