Just wanted to follow up on this thread. We've pushed out a change and associated documentation that should allow for reliable, fast pagination through lists of denormalized IDs. Please kick the tires on the new "cursor"-based pagination:
http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-friends%C2%A0ids http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-followers%C2%A0ids On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 09:33, Ryan Sarver <rsar...@twitter.com> wrote: > > Waldron, > > I wish I had an exact ETA for you, but unfortunately these types of > issues are never simple. As soon as we can identify exactly what is > causing the problem we should be able to know when it can be resolved. > I will update you with an ETA as soon as we can. > > Thanks, rs > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 5:23 AM, Waldron Faulkner > <waldronfaulk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> That's awesome, Ryan, thanks. Can I get an ETA on a fix please? This >> is extremely important to my business, I need to know when I can begin >> selling. This bug has caused a delay, because I can't sell a broken >> product, even if it is Twitter's bug and not my own. >> >> So... ETA?? >> >> Thanks! >> >> On Sep 13, 5:49 pm, Ryan Sarver <rsar...@twitter.com> wrote: >>> Waldron, >>> >>> Thanks for the email. I am working with our team internally to track >>> down the issue and figure out how to resolve it. I will get back to >>> you with an update shortly, but know that we are listening and working >>> on this. >>> >>> Best, Ryan >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Waldron Faulkner >>> >>> <waldronfaulk...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> > PLEASE, can someone on the API team let us know when the paging bug(s) >>> > with followers/ids (and friends/ids) will be addressed? There have >>> > been problems with it for weeks, but now it's just downright broken. >>> > We can't get lists of followers for users with large numbers of >>> > followers. That's a basic, fundamental API feature that's just BROKEN. >>> > There's a reproduced, accepted, high priority bug against this issue >>> > in the "issues" area, starred by many, and we've had neither a fix, >>> > nor a comment as to whether it's even being addressed. >>> >>> > I need to know that I can expect problems with the platform's basic >>> > functionality to be resolved within a reasonable time-frame. This is >>> > killing my business development efforts. If Twitter wants people to >>> > build businesses on this platform, they HAVE to support it. >>> >>> > PLEASE guys, give us something. Don't make me throw away months of >>> > work and go focus on something unrelated to Twitter. >> > -- Alex Payne - Platform Lead, Twitter, Inc. http://twitter.com/al3x
