The in_reply_to fields are set: http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/show/27265789132.json
I can confirm that the screen_name can be contained anywhere in the text for replies. It has been this way for as long as i can remember except in the #vintagetwitter web interface. Here is another example where I replied to myself at the very end of the text. https://twitter.com/#!/abraham/status/27035921296 Abraham ------------- Abraham Williams | Hacker Advocate | http://abrah.am Update: http://blog.abrah.am/2010/10/organizing-my-life.html @abraham | http://projects.abrah.am | http://blog.abrah.am This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private. On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:28, Matt Harris <[email protected]>wrote: > Looking into this it shows this is a presentation issue on twitter.com > as these are mentions. To confirm this I checked the in_reply_to > fields in the API response. In these messages the in_reply_to fields > are null. This can also be seen when not in #newtwitter - > http://twitter.com/mikedizon does not report the tweet as a reply to > you. > > I've let the webteam know about this heading causing confusion. > > --- > @themattharris > Developer Advocate, Twitter > http://twitter.com/themattharris > > > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Orian Marx (@orian) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > It seems like a proper @reply does not require a leading @username. > > Take this recent reply to me for example: > http://twitter.com/#!/mikedizon/statuses/27265789132 > > (note the reply was created via twitter.com too). > > > > On Oct 8, 12:07 pm, Taylor Singletary <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> I've never known this to work, but I easily could be wrong. API won't do > >> anything to stop you from doing this -- but it won't be considered an > >> @reply. HootSuite very well could do some server-side association of the > >> post since it is cognizant of the intent during creation -- but that > seems > >> far-fetched. > >> > >> Taylor > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Orian Marx (@orian) < > [email protected]>wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > When did this change to actually require starting the @reply with the > >> > @username? HootSuite has long supported sending tweets in reply to > >> > others without leading with the @username. Does this no longer work? > >> > >> > On Oct 7, 3:42 pm, Taylor Singletary <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> > > With as often as this comes up, it's obvious that we aren't > communicating > >> > > this clearly and the historical aspect of this isn't obvious: > >> > >> > > An @reply requires that it begins with the @username of the user > being > >> > > replied to. The in_reply_to_status_id field is not enough to > associate > >> > the > >> > > tweets as a reply -- the username must also be present. > >> > >> > > Also: When using a POST method, don't include your fields/parameters > on > >> > the > >> > > query string. Instead, put them in the POST body. You may find > someday > >> > that > >> > > passing such parameters on the query string just stops working. > >> > >> > > Taylor > >> > >> > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Matthew <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > > Hello, > >> > >> > > > Been working on a project that will allow users to reply to > tweets. I > >> > > > am having difficulty in getting the 'in_reply_to_message_id' to be > >> > > > acknowledged. I have been using the latest version of Abraham's > >> > > > TwitterOAuth library, also confirmed the problem through apigee. > >> > >> > > > Example request (over POST): > >> > >> > > > > http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/update.json?in_reply_to_status_id=2. > >> > .. > >> > > > like its not working for apigee either > >> > >> > > > I can confirm the in_reply_to_status_id message is a message I > posted > >> > > > earlier. > >> > > >http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/show/26673308442.json > >> > >> > > > I get a response back from twitter with field populated except > with > >> > > > "in_reply_to_status_id" : null. > >> > > > Is there currently a glitch in the twitterapi, or am I using this > >> > > > function improperly? > >> > >> > > > Thanks in advance! > >> > >> > > > -- > >> > > > Twitter developer documentation and resources: > >> >http://dev.twitter.com/doc > >> > > > API updates via Twitter:http://twitter.com/twitterapi > >> > > > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: > >> > > >http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > >> > > > Change your membership to this group: > >> > > >http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk > >> > >> > -- > >> > Twitter developer documentation and resources: > http://dev.twitter.com/doc > >> > API updates via Twitter:http://twitter.com/twitterapi > >> > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: > >> >http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > >> > Change your membership to this group: > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk > > > > -- > > Twitter developer documentation and resources: > http://dev.twitter.com/doc > > API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi > > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: > http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > > Change your membership to this group: > http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk > > > > -- > Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc > API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: > http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > Change your membership to this group: > http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk > -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk
