we don't support the original in this endpoint - just the three that you listed.
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mini, normal, and bigger are work but what about original? > > Abraham > > > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 13:37, Raffi Krikorian <ra...@twitter.com> wrote: > >> http://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/raffi?size=bigger >> >> we will document this endpoint this week. >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 1:34 PM, WBC <wooden.brain.conce...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Thanks Raffi... I knew there had to be something more simple! Is >>> there a way to get the bigger image? I can parse the HTML and just >>> replace _normal with _bigger of course... Anyway, cheers. >>> >>> On Apr 18, 8:50 am, Raffi Krikorian <ra...@twitter.com> wrote: >>> > e.g.http://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/raffi >>> > >>> > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 9:41 PM, WBC <wooden.brain.conce...@gmail.com >>> >wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > Hello all, please forgive a newbie here. >>> > >>> > > I would like to accomplish one simple task as described in the >>> > > title: get the URL of a user profile picture by user name, in the >>> > > context of a Mac application. At this time (and in the foreseeable >>> > > future) I have no interest in doing more with the API(s). >>> > >>> > > I do not want to ask users to authenticate with their own accounts >>> for >>> > > this simple purpose, and I don't want to run into an >>> application-based >>> > > rate-limit for my distributed, desktop application. I do plan to >>> > > cache and honestly I can't imagine more than 50 calls a WEEK per IP >>> > > for this purpose. >>> > >>> > > I assume based on this from the FAQ: >>> > >>> > > "The REST API does account- and IP-based rate limiting. Authenticated >>> > > API calls are charged to the authenticating user's limit while >>> > > unauthenticated API calls are deducted from the calling IP address' >>> > > allotment." >>> > >>> > > ... that the user's IP is the one "deducted" if unauthenticated, >>> which >>> > > is perfectly fine. >>> > >>> > > But the search API requires authentication: >>> > >>> > >http://api.twitter.com/1/users/search.xml?q=username >>> > >>> > > I've spent quite a lot of time trying to figure this out already, so >>> a >>> > > simple "yes, you can do it and here's the URL" would be very kind. >>> (I >>> > > can easily accomplish what I want just by parsing some HTML... but I >>> > > thought I'd try to be legit about it ;-) >>> > >>> > > -- >>> > > Subscription settings: >>> > > >>> http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/subscribe?hl=en >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Raffi Krikorian >>> > Twitter Platform Teamhttp://twitter.com/raffi >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Raffi Krikorian >> Twitter Platform Team >> http://twitter.com/raffi >> > > > > -- > Abraham Williams | Developer for hire | http://abrah.am > PoseurTech Labs | Projects | http://labs.poseurtech.com > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private. > -- Raffi Krikorian Twitter Platform Team http://twitter.com/raffi
