Hi Denzil, The suggested user methods return a list of @names which we think users interested in a topic may be interested in following. As the name implies, these are just suggestions.
Example calls for both: > http://api.twitter.com/1/users/suggestions.json Returns all of the suggested user categories, including slugs. An example response and more information about the method is here: https://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/users/suggestions > http://api.twitter.com/1/users/suggestions/twitter.json Returns some suggested accounts to follow related to the twitter category. twitter in this case is the :slug referred to in the documented URL on this page: https://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/users/suggestions/:slug Hope that answers your questions, @themattharris <https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=themattharris> Developer Advocate, Twitter On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Correa Denzil <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am unable to understand the API for > user/suggestions<http://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/users/suggestions>and > user/suggestions/twitter<http://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/users/suggestions/:slug> > resources. > It would be great if you highlight two particular aspects : > > > 1. What do these API calls signify? > 2. Example calls for both of these API resources > > > Thanks, > > --Regards, > Denzil > > -- > Twitter developer documentation and resources: https://dev.twitter.com/doc > API updates via Twitter: https://twitter.com/twitterapi > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: > https://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > Change your membership to this group: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/twitter-development-talk > -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: https://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: https://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: https://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/twitter-development-talk
