Twitter Development Talk Google Group

Is public_timeline unavailable

2008-10-07T19:33:23Z

Just wanted to know if public_timeline was unavailable or is it being
removed? I use it for Flex examples when helping other developers
learn how to connect to a feed.

Documentation for TwitterScript

2008-10-07T19:35:06Z

Is there any documentation available for the Actionscript 3 API,
TwitterScript, that went opensource on google code? I am interested
in that particular API but was hoping that there might be some docs
floating around instead of having to dig through all the source.
Yes, kick me I am a bit lazy. :-)

1) protected users on API? 2) UTF-8

2008-10-07T20:02:29Z

1) Authenticated accesses for users/show, on protected users I follow and who
follow me, are coming up with 'you are not allowed to see this user' (in
JSON). Known issue? File it?
2) Just a check -- I've noticed that lately strings and statuses are coming
over in straight UTF-8, without \uxxxx encoding. I just want to verify this

/statuses/public_timeline.xml Not returning results?

2008-10-07T19:55:39Z

As of the time of this writing, calling /statuses/public_timeline.xml
doesn't appear to be returning any results (though it has an HTTP 200
OK). Anyone else know what's going on (haven't seen anything posted
yet on status.twitter.com)?

API is returning HTTP 200 during today's planned downtime

2008-10-07T05:20:30Z

This isn't a very big deal, but you're not following your own API
([link])
and are currently returning an HTTP 200 instead of a 503 as one would
expect.

sunil-macbook:~ sunil$ curl -i -u sunilgarg -d status="trying to call
the twitter api while twitter is down" [link]

API Search returns deleted twitters

2008-10-07T10:03:14Z

Hi !

I have a problem using API Search for twitter, and I wonder if anyboy
could help me. The problem is that when I ask for a query, it returns
twitters that have been destroyed before.

An example:
[link]
[link]

I am having trouble using Javascript to get my users time line.

2008-10-07T01:55:39Z

I would like to be able to see my users time line on twitter via an
application using JavaScript but not needing a separate proxy. I've
tried the XMLHttpRequest and it seems as if this is not allowed across
domains. I've also tried the "document.appendChild(script)" to no
avail and I am just frustrated at this point. Is there no other

How to list users in a certain

2008-10-06T04:27:41Z

Hi,
I have been trying to get all the users in a certain <location>
listed.
havent been able to figure it out yet.

I am trying to implement something similar in twttierholic where
followers/following count is displayed based on a certain location.

any ideas?

+ char missing from api updates

2008-10-06T06:59:03Z

i'm using the api to post updates. the plus (+) char is not
displayed.. there's a blank ( ) instead.

sample tweet: [link]
there's no + sign with the percent values in parenthesis.

pls help.

Tweets duplicated in timeline

2008-10-06T05:05:22Z

Just saw a tweet show up from three hours ago duplicated in the
timeline for subversiva. Is this a known issue?

Inconsistency in XML API

2008-10-05T15:54:26Z

Hi,

While writing the Api for my client I came across an inconsistency in
the XML API and I would like to ask, if this is deliberate or
accidental.

The API documentation suggests to use the "since_id" parameter to
lessen the load on the servers. That worked fine when using the
"friends_timeline" method (XML URL: [link]),

I get 99 and not 100 results :-(

2008-10-04T12:53:51Z

Hi everyone,

I have a little problem with Twitter API. I don't know if the problem
comes from the API or from PHP/SimpleXML technology I use to get
results.

Here is my source code: [link]

The results I get are:

242
99
99
42
240

And it should be:

242
100

Pagination - Usability Questions

2008-10-04T03:49:45Z

We're considering pagination, but are a bit confused as to how to
approach the cases where a user's timeline changes a lot at once. For
example, if I'm on page 3 and after the cache clears my timeline has
100 new updates, by the time I get to page 4 I'm on updates that came
after the last page I was looking at.

Handling "Late Arrivals"?

2008-10-03T17:58:28Z

I run a script to collect the tweets in my friends_timeline. It uses
since_id to keep track of tweets already retrieved, advancing since_id
on each batch of tweets received. Works pretty well, but unfortunately
misses some tweets during heavy usage periods (like last night's US VP
debate). I suspect a scenario like this:

/users/show/id.xml 403 Forbidden on self for private profile?

2008-10-03T16:12:42Z

Is anybody else having issues accessing their own profiles using /
users/show/id.xml using standard HTTP/HTTPS authentication? I placed a
bug ticket in, but maybe I jumped the gun and my implementation of the
API is wrong?

I use standard HTTP Basic authentication (no cookie) for the API call,