this part of the API has been busted for a while and is undergoing a re-engineering.http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=497
Haven't heard anything lately on it but assume they are working on it +Clint On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Kevin Makice <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm trying to debug a tool that deals with profile pictures, but I am > having difficulty with what is appearing in the API user data. Some > background, with questions at the end. > > > I've tested with PNG and JPEG, and both are able to use the API to > change a profile image, with quick response time and confirmed results > on the web site. However, the data returned in the API user data for > "profile_image_url" is both incomplete (no extension) and never > changes, despite multiple uploads: > > * <profile_image_url>http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/ > profile_images/98187860/phpbnQSdI_normal</profile_image_url> > > This is different than my own profile, which returns a URI to an > actual file, with an extension. It is also odd that, regardless of how > often or with which tool (API vs. web site), this value never changes. > In the HTML source of the twitter profile page, an explicit URI > pointing to the correct profile image is used (http://s3.amazonaws.com/ > twitter_production/profile_images/257370741/ObamaAvatar_bigger.png) > > * Test account with changed picture: > http://twitter.com/users/show/anonymous_.xml > * My account without no changes: http://twitter.com/users/show/kmakice.xml > > One other oddity: This test account has a background image (not one > that is currently used, but it still exists) that also lacks an > extension. I believe I had changed it through the API, several month > ago. That incomplete link, however, DOES resolve to a graphic. > > * Test account background image: > > http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_background_images/4987975/phpBhOnhz > (unchanged) > * Test account profile image: > > http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/98187860/phpbnQSdI_normal > (changed) > > I thought perhaps the funky profile image URI would eventually > resolve, but even after several hours, it didn't. (I have since > conducted new tests, so the changes aren't that old anymore.) > > My questions: > > 1) Is this no-extension link in the "*_image_url" values a new format? > Meaning, if I uploaded a new profile picture to my account, would it > also have no extension? > > 2) Why doesn't the link in the profile_image_url change with each new > upload? > > Thanks, > Kevin
