if you put the URL in the browser it works?
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Ryan Rosario <uclamath...@gmail.com> wrote: > If I remove the "count" parameter from the Curl call, it works, but > with any count parameter, I get a 500. > > On Jan 14, 4:39 pm, Ryan Rosario <uclamath...@gmail.com> wrote: > > kevinweil :) > > > > I logged out of my account and his tweets are publicly viewable. > > > > On Jan 14, 4:27 pm, Peter Denton <petermden...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > do you have the username? they might be protected, but have given you > > > access? > > > > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Ryan Rosario <uclamath...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I am working on a project where I need to extract some tweets from my > > > > friends and followers. I follow a couple of employees of Twitter, and > > > > for some reason, I cannot retrieve the tweets for one of them. In > > > > Python urllib2, I get a 500 error. In my script, I retry upon a 500, > > > > but this profile consistently returns a 500 error. > > > > > > If I use curl to try to retrieve this user's tweets, I get a 500 web > > > > page ("Thanks for noticing! We'll get on it" or something like that) > > > > instead of a JSON error return. > > > > > > I can email privately which user I am talking about because I don't > > > > want to post it here unless it is ok. Is this is a random problem, or > > > > is there extra security on employee profiles? I also experience this > > > > problem when trying to list their tweets in Tweetie. > > > > > > TIA, > > > > Ryan >