API v1.1, retweeted_status.favorited flag is always returning false

SajithNair · 2013-02-19T07:30:59.000Z

I have favorited a retweeted tweet. When I do Favorite list, the API returns the original tweet, which is OK. But is there a way to find out whether I had favorited the retweet?

I was thinking of using the retweeted_status.favorited API. However this API always return false, even though the favorite/list is showing original tweet as favorited.

episod · 2013-02-19T15:40:00.000Z

Embedded perspectival fields within objects (such as tweets within retweets or users within retweets) are not necessarily reliable sources of data. It’s best to go to a more canonical source of truth (favorites/list or events streamed to user streams) when considering what’s been favorited.

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SajithNair · 2013-02-20T09:03:30.000Z

Hi @episod,

In my App there is a tweet details page which has a favorite button. Suppose there was tweet with ID 1. This tweet was retweeted by some user and got ID 2. On my tweet details page, when I call favorites/create with ID 2, it actually favorites ID 1 (makes sense).

However if I go to the same tweet details page of ID 2, I want to show that it is already favorited. ID 2 is NOT available in favorite/list.

What I am currently doing (as a work around) is, get the ID of original tweet using retweeted_status.id_str. Then call statuses/show with this ID to get the favorited flag of original tweet.

gowthamWrites · 2013-06-10T06:31:37.000Z

Then how to show the user home timeline by differentiating favorited and unfavorited

RedaMakhchan · 2013-11-22T11:00:53.000Z

I’ve tried status/show to get the correcte favorited, it works but it is too too too heavy (I’m getting 10 tweets). I think I’ll leave its value or add “show more info” link, that request show on click.