For performance reasons, we cache each status object and construct the timeline from these cached objects at request-time. Therefore, complete user objects are returned with each status in a timeline.
If you have a project that is bandwidth constrained, you should set up a proxy that strips unnecessary fields before forwarding the data to the edge device. Doug Williams Twitter API Support http://twitter.com/dougw On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Vitus <vitusm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi2all! > > I've found, that http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline.xml > response with XML document, where info about user is repeated for > every status. I think, it's so uneffective by traffic volume reason! > > How can I get friend's statuses without full info about the author? > > Thanks! >