Hmm.. Any suggestions on the REST API front? Is there any standardized error message I can parse and process?
Thanks, On Sep 8, 5:42 pm, John Kalucki <[email protected]> wrote: > The Streaming API does not currently offer social graph changes. This > is an often requested feature. > > -John Kaluckihttp://twitter.com/jkalucki > Services, Twitter Inc. > > On Sep 8, 2:31 pm, Narayan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > We have an issue with some accounts being active for a brief while and > > then going dead. We are using the streaming API and the REST API for > > our application. > > > Streaming API doesn't notify me in any way, if the account I was > > following becomes dead. Example:http://twitter.com/warped09-this > > existed till a few days back - now its dead. Is there some way you > > could give a status update on this event (account going dead), if its > > in our follow list? > > > The REST API returns with a message that looks like this: > > {"request":"\/statuses\/user_timeline.json? > > screen_name=warped09&count=5","error":"This method requires > > authentication."} - the error message is completely irrelevant to the > > actual error of the account being dead. I verified - it isn't an > > authentication issue, I can get responses from valid accounts using > > the same program. Could you modify the error message to reflect the > > real error ? Or was this an one-off case? I need to design the > > application accordingly to realize that the account has been deleted / > > has become dead. > > > Thanks, > > Lakshmi Naarayanan R > > -------------
