Did you try url encoding the character?
On Jan 16, 8:43 pm, "twonvo.com" <[email protected]> wrote: > i have a similar problem... when submitting from my tool the user > cannot use &! > > any ideas? - tried converting to & with no luck > > On Jan 16, 2:52 pm, nattu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If the status message for a user contains the characters '<' or '>', > > while > > fetching through the API, the returned status contains the double html > > encoded form of < and >, i.e., '&<' and '&>'. This is > > causing > > issues when used in our application. > > >http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml > > We are requesting the status update for which the new status is > > returned.
