Yes, it looks as though this was fixed:
{"request":"\/users\/show\/mlmsecrets2009.json","error":"User has been
suspended."}On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:47 PM, Yu-Shan Fung <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 up by polling users that are no longer valid, and nothing in their 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 > -- [email protected] 920.941.0399
