How to accept follow request via API

[daniello]

Hi,

The problem:

User A has his updates protected. User B has his updates public.
There is no relation between these users yet. I need to send the
direct message from user A to user B. I have credentials of both
users. What API invocations should I execute in order to be able to
send direct messages from user A to B. (ie how to accept the follow
request by API)

Thanks in advance,
Daniello

[Abraham Williams]

Call http://apiwiki.twitter.com/REST+API+Documentation#create as user B to friend user A.

Then call http://apiwiki.twitter.com/REST+API+Documentation#new as user A to send a DM to user B.

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[Daniel Kwiecinski]

Ok, I did the following according your advice:

1.)

curl -u user_b:pass_b -d "" http:nielllo.jsonm/friendships/create/user_a.json
{"description":"","screen_name":"user_a","url":null,"name":"user_a","protected":true,"profile_image_url":"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/twitter_production\/profile_images\/xxxx_o_normal.jpg","location":"London","id":xxxxxx,"followers_count":8}

2.)

curl -u user_a:pass_a -d "user=user_b&text=bla" http://twitter.com/direct_messages/new.json
{"request":"\/direct_messages\/new.json","error":"You cannot send messages to users who are not following you."}

And I've check the user_a twitter page, there is pending request from user_b but is not accepted.

Any ideas?
Daniello

2009/1/14 Abraham Williams <4br...@gmail.com>

[Abraham Williams]

I assumed that a protected user would be able to dm a requesting user but I guess not. 

You can repeat step one switching the users and then it will work.

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[Daniel Kwiecinski]

Following your advice I executed:

3.)

   curl -u user_a:pass_a -d "" http://twitter.com/friendships/create/user_b.json
   {"description":"","screen_name":"user_b","url":null,"name":"user_b","protected":false,"profile_image_url":"http:\/\/static.twitter.com\/images\/default_profile_normal.png","location":"","id":xxx,"followers_count":1}

but I can not send direct messages from user_a to user_b ;(

4.)

   curl -u user_a:pass_a -d "user=user_b&text=bla" http://twitter.com/direct_messages/new.json
{"request":"\/direct_messages\/new.json","error":"You cannot send messages to users who are not following you."}

Any ideas,

[Damon Clinkscales]

Until the "follow request" is approved by user A, B is not really
following A. Therefore A can't send a DM to B.

AFAIK, there's not a way to do the follow approval process step via
the API. That step is done in the Twitter UI.

-damon

[Damon Clinkscales]

Until the "follow request" is approved by user A, B is not really
following A. Therefore A can't send a DM to B.

AFAIK, there's not a way to do the follow approval process step via
the API. That step is done in the Twitter UI.

-damon

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Daniel Kwiecinski
<daniel.k...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Daniel Kwiecinski]

OK, that's answers my question - it is not possible to establish a relation between 2 users via API in order to allow sending direct messages.

It arises question number two:
  Is it prohibited to pretend web GUI so my app will using pure HTTP will accept "follow request" ?

Thank you,
Daniello

2009/1/15 Damon Clinkscales <sca...@pobox.com>

[Abraham Williams]

Was the flow previously that by following someone you where approving them to follow you? Or has it always been the way it currently is?

[cjmartin]

This api call has been requested and accepted (although with a low
priority and milestone of V2, whenever that is) at
http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=8&q=label:Type-Enhancement&colspec=ID%20Stars%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Owner%20Summary%20Opened%20Milestone

Everyone else that wants it should go star it to remind them that it's
important to us.

> >> \/images\/default_profile_normal.png","location":"","id":xxx,"followers_cou nt":1}

[Daniel Kwiecinski]

Thanks for pointing this one.
Does anybody can comment on using requests to the Twitter website (not the API part) as a API. That would be a workaround to the issue.
Does it break the usage licence or any other Twitter's policy?

Regards,
Daniel

2009/1/30 cjmartin <cjma...@gmail.com>

[Alex Payne]

Don't scrape our site. Seriously. Our operations staff will blackhole your IP.

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[Gustavo Melo]

lol

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[Daniel Kwiecinski]

Are you blocking the whole TOR network?

Just kidding ;-)