When I use the search API I get a result like this:
http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=twitter
{
"from_user_id_str": "142342329",
"profile_image_url": "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/
1257749535/leo_map2_normal.jpg",
"created_at": "Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:20:31 +0000",
"from_user": "lmoliva_",
"id_str": "42303151705047041",
"metadata": {
"result_type": "recent"
},
"to_user_id": null,
"text": "RT @alexismadrigal: Exclusive! The Man Behind the
Best Twitter Feed Ever, @MayorEmanuel: http://theatln.tc/gxQXwh";,
"id": 42303151705047041,
[..............]
However, when I go to look up this user via the user/show api with
that same id I get:
http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show.json?user_id=142342329
{
"is_translator": false,
"favourites_count": 0,
"profile_background_color": "C0DEED",
"url": "http:\/\/percepcionderealidad.blogspot.com\/",
"follow_request_sent": false,
"profile_background_image_url": "http:\/\/a3.twimg.com\/a\/
1298664727\/images\/themes\/theme1\/bg.png",
"description": "",
"screen_name": "carlitosvilchis",
[.................]
A totally different user! There appears to be no way to get the
proper numerical id from the search API. Am I doing something wrong
or is this a known issue and I should just rewrite to use their screen
name to look up users instead?
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