Doug, Isn't it possible to restrict protected updates when calling a specific user? This functionality would be similar to the statuses/user_timeline.
And maybe a parameter to filter out replies only, not just all mentions. This would be similar to the Search API using t...@screen_name in the query. Jason. Doug Williams wrote: > Jason, > It is authenticated because the statuses/mentions timeline potentially > includes protected updates. Making it unauthenticated is therefore not > an option. > > Thanks, > Doug Williams > Twitter API Support > http://twitter.com/dougw > > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Doug Williams <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Jason, > statuses/mentions would contain this data, and it is available via > search. Let me bring this up with Alex, because you make a good > point. > > Doug Williams > Twitter API Support > http://twitter.com/dougw > > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Jason Wong > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > As I see it, replies also contain @screen_name in them. > There's already an API structure to find these items, via > statuses/mentions. Is there a reason why it's restricted to > only the authenticating user and not open to access a > screen_name / user_id parameter? > > I can easily implement this if I keep everyone's > authentication tokens and doing statuses/mentions and checking > the in_reply_to_status_id. But it's not efficient and will > have way too many hits against the twitter server. > > What do you guys think? > > Jason. > > > Doug Williams wrote: >> It requires a non trivial change to our architecture which >> means that until the product at large (twitter.com >> <http://twitter.com>) adopts the idea of conversation >> threads, the API will be unable to offer this feature. >> >> >> Doug Williams >> Twitter API Support >> http://twitter.com/dougw >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Zac Bowling >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> I see the bug was closed as "WONTFIX". Would it not be >> possible for >> search to get a param for in_reply_to_status_id? >> >> I'm not working on any twitter projects anymore but it >> could lead to >> some very interesting clients. >> >> >> Zac >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Doug Williams >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > Please see >> http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=142 >> > >> > >> > Doug Williams >> > Twitter API Support >> > http://twitter.com/dougw >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Jason Wong >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> >> I'm trying to find a way to get all replies to a >> certain status. >> >> >> >> I was looking at the statuses/mentions function, but >> according to the >> >> documentation it only works with the authenticated >> user's screen_name. >> >> If I use statuses/user_timeline and get a status id >> that I know has >> >> replies, is there a way for me to get it without >> searching the >> >> public_timeline and checking the in_reply_to_status_id >> field for that >> >> status? It doesn't seem very efficient. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jason. >> > >> > >> >> > >
