That makes sense, thanks :-D
On Jan 8, 3:31 pm, dougw <igu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I didn't realize earlier you asked what it does so let me explain the > pagination functionality. Let's say you have 401 messages from friends > in your timeline. As per the API you can only get 200 statuses back > with each request. > > So if you make a request with page=1&count=200 you will get the first > 200 statuses from your friends_timeline > If you make another request with page=2&count=200 you will get > statuses number 201-400 from your friends_timeline > If you then make a final request to page=3&count=200 you will get the > final (number 401) status from the timeline. > > When you receive less statuses than you requested you know you are on > your last page. > > On Jan 8, 8:38 am, BarryCarlyon <barrycarl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > Just trying to figure out what the page parameter does > > > Im grabbing (and authenticating as me) > > >http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline.xml?since_id=1104313400&;... > > > I get stuff on page 1 but nothing on page 2, just wondering if > > > a) I can find out how many pages are returned, if more than 1, > > b) what page actually does..... > > > Yours > > > Barry Carlyon
