there are several threads discussing this if you search the group. There may even be an open issue.
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:31, Brandon Geiger <[email protected]>wrote: > > Right now we are using the method: > > http://twitter.com/friends/ids.json > > to get a user's friends, but it doesn't have the friend's screen_name, > which is obviously how users identify their friends. So what we are > currently having to do, is store the id's in our database then loop > through and use the method: > > http://twitter.com/users/show/<id>.json > > to figure out the screen_name associated to the id, and store that in > our system as well. This is a failed system because users can change > their screen names and it burns through API requests to fast. > > API DEV TEAM: anyway you guys can add screen_name in the response for > the method http://twitter.com/friends/ids.json? > > That would solve this issue. > > If I'm missing something obvious, or if anyone has a better approach > please reply. Thanks! -- Abraham Williams | http://the.hackerconundrum.com Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham Web608 | Community Evangelist | http://web608.org This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private. Sent from Madison, Wisconsin, United States
