Hi There, Not sure what programming language or library you're working with, but I recommend getting familiar with the REST API itself so that you better understand the API that is providing you data rather than just the view presented by the API of the library you're using.
Yes, the Twitter API method account/verify_credentials includes a user object that contains a name field that corresponds to the field a user fills out in the Twitter sign up process. While you can get that data from this call, the canonical API call for user information is GET users/show with an explicit user_id or screen_name parameter. http://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/users/show @episod <http://twitter.com/episod> - Taylor Singletary On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:46 AM, ap <[email protected]> wrote: > I found this method that returns the currently authenticated users' > object: > > authenticatedUser = twitter.verifyCredentials(); > > Is it safe to use to get the "name" of this authenticatedUser? > > Any advise, greatly appreciated! > > On Apr 18, 10:03 am, ap <[email protected]> wrote: > > Any updates? > > > > On Apr 15, 2:01 pm, ap <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I guess, essentially my question is: whats the best method to use to > > > get a Twitter User back, more specifically, the Twitter users' first > > > name and last name. > > > > > On Apr 15, 1:53 pm, ap <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > This will help you troubleshoot my (hopefully everyone else's) issue: > > > > > > {Code} > > > > TwitterFactory factory = new TwitterFactory(); // Good > > > > Twitter twitter = factory.getInstance(); // Good > > > > > > authenticatedUser = twitter.showUser("273610984"); // Throws errors > > > > {Code} > > > > > > {Errors} > > > > > Twitter{auth='OAuthAuthorization{consumerKey='IOnTxKfXbr8NuY8uBG8A6g', > > > > consumerSecret='******************************************', > > > > oauthToken=AccessToken{screenName='heller1900', userId=273610984}}'} > > > > TwitterException{statusCode=404, retryAfter=0, > > > > rateLimitStatus=RateLimitStatusJSONImpl{remainingHits=347, > > > > hourlyLimit=350, resetTimeInSeconds=1302892, secondsUntilReset=3440, > > > > resetTime=Fri Apr 15 14:43:16 EDT 2011}} > > > > 404:The URI requested is invalid or the resource requested, such as a > > > > user, does not exists. > > > > {"request":"\/1\/users\/show.json?screen_name=273610984","error":"Not > > > > found"} > > > > {Errors} > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Ashish > > > > > > On Apr 15, 1:41 pm, Taylor Singletary <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > If you can provide some more details, I can investigate possible > issues. > > > > > What parts of the requests are failing? There are many steps > involved, so > > > > > localizing to the specific areas where you're having problems will > be very > > > > > useful. > > > > > > > Make sure that when using OAuth, you're using > api.twitter.com/oauth/* for > > > > > all paths and that when you're using the REST API you're using > > > > > api.twitter.com/1/* -- the subdomain matters for both areas of the > API, and > > > > > the version number is imperative for the REST API. > > > > > > > @episod <http://twitter.com/episod> - Taylor Singletary > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 10:35 AM, m36tb6ll <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi- > > > > > > > > same issue here... seems like the tokens are not matching.. > > > > > > > > On Apr 16, 1:28 am, Taylor Singletary < > [email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > What kind of errors are you seeing? Do you have an example of > the status > > > > > > > code and body message? What specific endpoints throw the error? > > > > > > > > > @episod <http://twitter.com/episod> - Taylor Singletary > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 10:23 AM, ap <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Twitter API authentication throwing errors on all our sites. > Any known > > > > > > > > issues that are not reflected on your API Status page? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > -Ashish > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > 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
