In my "mutuality" tool I use social graph methods and I think it works.
On Apr 29, 9:54 am, API_Tester <[email protected]> wrote: > Just need number of followers and number of friends. > > Method 1: users/show and use the followers_count and friends_count > values. Problem: The numbers are updating only on a status update. > Example: At last status update if followers_count was 2420 and then > there have been 30 more followers. Unless there is a status update, > the followers_count does not change to 2450. > > Method 2: statuses/friends and statuses/followers looping through each > page. This is an unnecessary strain on the API system and secondly, > when twitter is loaded, this method takes forever or breaks. > > Method 3: Yet to try, can use social graph methods and count the > number of IDs returned. > > Could someone suggest which of these methods is recommended or if > there is a more efficient method. > > Thanks
