Was this change deployed? I'm still getting user profiles for suspended users. An example: mlmsecrets2009 http://twitter.com/mlmsecrets2009 http://twitter.com/users/show/mlmsecrets2009.xml http://twitter.com/users/show/mlmsecrets2009.json
Thanks! On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Alex Payne <[email protected]> wrote: > > They should be deployed today. > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 07:15, Greg Schoen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Were those changes pushed live? I'm still seeing that user. > > > > Alex Payne wrote: > >> Actually, we're just pushing out changes today that excise suspended > >> users from API responses. Sorry for the confusion there. > >> > >> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:32, Greg Schoen <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > >> > Is it possible to poll the API for a user's suspended status? > >> > > >> > I am pulling up the show.xml for a suspended user, and nothing on that > >> > page leads me to believe that the account has been suspended. The xml > >> > document would have you believe that nothing is wrong with the > >> > account, that everything is live. However, trying to access their page > >> > directly results in the Suspension message. > >> > > >> > This is a difficult issue because my hourly API calls are being used > >> > up by polling users that are no longer valid, and nothing in their > >> > response leads me to believe this. I could totally bypass the API and > >> > screen scrape the data, but I'm sure that's not looked very highly on, > >> > and it would defeat the purpose of having the API. > >> > > >> > So am I missing something, or is this feature not out there? > >> > > >> > Example: > >> > user: bellyloss > >> > http://twitter.com/users/show/bellyloss.xml returns user data > >> > http://twitter.com/bellyloss returns the /suspended page > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc. > >> http://twitter.com/al3x > > > > > > -- > Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc. > http://twitter.com/al3x > -- "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." - Philip K. Dick, American Writer
