503 is not an authentication error - 503 is a "service is unavailable". we're in the process of transitioning our name search infrastructure, so please be prepared for a few 503s.
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Duane Roelands <[email protected]>wrote: > Getting steady 503 errors when trying to execute user searches. > > I know my OAuth signature generation is working because I can post > tweets and read timelines. > > > http://api.twitter.com/1/users/search.xml?oauth_consumer_key=[REMOVED]&oauth_nonce=9431003&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&oauth_timestamp=1267153135&oauth_token=46250708-a4j7vouEUIK3Ro89mpHo8pcRUh8eUmtjeKsBUQDQS&oauth_version=1.0&page=1&q=Duane%20Roelands&oauth_signature=zR3Rd%2FeA1tubrjNzMxsb6NxM2D0%3D > -- Raffi Krikorian Twitter Platform Team http://twitter.com/raffi
