Hey Chad, thanks for your feedback. Thought experiment: Put aside the currently proposed response body for the moment. How would you unambiguously express the following/followed by relationship?
Marcel Molina Twitter API Team http://twitter.com/@noradio On Jun 9, 10:23 am, Chad Etzel <jazzyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for adding the extra verbiage. > > However, I'm still not clear how to decipher the exact relationship > given the data. In the example, is Bob following Jack? ...or is Jack > following Bob? > > -Chad > > > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Doug Williams <d...@twitter.com> wrote: > > Thanks, Chad. I've augmented the usage notes section to explain the > > rationale behind the denormalized and redundant data. > > Thanks, > > Doug > > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Chad Etzel <jazzyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Taking a look at the json return example: > >> {"relationship": { > >> "source": { > >> "id": 123, > >> "screen_name": "bob", > >> "following": true, > >> "followed_by": false, > >> "notifications": false }, > > >> "target": { > >> "id": 456, > >> "screen_name": "jack", > >> "following": false, > >> "followed_by": true, > >> "notifications": null } > >> } > >> } > > >> In the "source" object (i.e. for "bob"), "following" is true. Does > >> this mean that Bob is following Jack, or vice-versa? > > >> Knowing that, the other 3 following/followed_by value meanings can be > >> properly inferred. Some clarification on the page would help. > > >> -Chad > > >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Doug Williams <d...@twitter.com> wrote: > >> > That makes things difficult. Permissions are now public. > >> > Thanks, > >> > Doug > > >> > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Chad Etzel <jazzyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> >> <qoute> > >> >> Access Denied > > >> >> You don't have permission to look at Twitter REST API Method: > >> >> friendships > >> >> show. > >> >> </quote> > > >> >> :) > >> >> -Chad > > >> >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Doug Williams <d...@twitter.com> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > We discussed the need to deprecate the <following> and > >> >> > <notifications> > >> >> > elements [1] a few weeks back. We have begun work on the > >> >> > friendships/show > >> >> > method as mentioned in the notice. The method is slightly out of our > >> >> > conventional design, so we are soliciting opinions on its fitness for > >> >> > general use-cases. Please peruse the purposed method's documentation > >> >> > [2] > >> >> > and > >> >> > let us know what you think. > > >> >> > 1. http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_frm/th... > > >> >> > 2. http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-friendships-show > >> >> > Thanks, > >> >> > Doug
