Discussing API v1.1

episod · 2013-02-13T15:20:55.000Z

There’s actually still an issue here… instead of returning an abbreviated user object with id and id_str, it’s just not returning any reference to the author itself when trim_user is used.

episod · 2013-02-13T15:21:51.000Z

In almost all cases, tracking retweets is best done in real time as they happen. Take a look at the Streaming API documentation for information on how to do this in real time.

episod · 2013-02-13T15:22:22.000Z

Streaming API roles are not changing at this time, though definitely make sure you’re using OAuth to connect and migrated to the /1.1/ streaming paths.

episod · 2013-02-13T15:23:15.000Z

If you’re working on an application that hasn’t launched yet, I recommend implementing API v1.1 regardless of the outcome of the blackout tests.

mgokhanbakal · 2013-02-13T19:16:13.000Z

I will look at that, but what if I want to get retweets of a retweet. Is it also possible in Streaming API? Thanks.

episod · 2013-02-13T20:44:44.000Z

It’s not possible to retweet a retweet. When a tweet is retweeted, it’s always the original tweet that is retweeted. It isn’t really possible to track a “chain of retweets” as a result, but you can potentially make guesses based on the follower graph and activity of the original tweeter and any other retweeters of that status.

mgokhanbakal · 2013-02-13T22:24:04.000Z

Ok, thanks for your reply.

qnnnews · 2013-02-14T05:17:00.000Z

I am using the http://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/retweets_of_me.json, to get the retweets of the current user, but I am having problems to get the screen_name of the user who retweeted, could u help me: in what field it is located because i could find it ?


{
"in_reply_to_user_id_str":null,
"entities":
{
	"user_mentions":[],
	"hashtags":[{"indices":[35,43],"text":"QueNota"}],
	"urls":[{
			"display_url":"quenota.com\/qn_on.asp?ENV=\u2026",
			"url":"http:\/\/t.co\/iy5tCmmP",
			"expanded_url":"http:\/\/www.quenota.com\/qn_on.asp?ENV=QN&vid=queno-20130111-101444.xml",
			"indices":[45,65]
		}]
},
"user":
{
	"id":99395683,
	"profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/si0.twimg.com\/profile_images\/2543504642\/awetuwll1erlz2esza8g_normal.gif",
	"entities":
	{
	"url":
		{"urls":
		[
			{
			"display_url":"quenota.com",
			"expanded_url":"http:\/\/www.quenota.com",
			"url":"http:\/\/t.co\/1l4FOPZ0","indices":[0,20]
			}
		]
		},
		"description":
		{
			"urls":[
				{
				"expanded_url":"http:\/\/www.quenota.com",
				"indices":[4,24],
				"display_url":"quenota.com",
				"url":"http:\/\/t.co/1l4FOPZ0"
				}
				]
		}
	},
	"geo_enabled":false,
	"default_profile":false,
	"profile_background_tile":false,
	"location":"venezuela",
	"profile_sidebar_fill_color":"DDEEF6",
	"utc_offset":-16200,
	"name":"quenotacom news",
	"lang":"en",
	"follow_request_sent":false,
	"listed_count":1,
	"profile_background_color":"C0DEED",
	"protected":false,
	"screen_name":"qnnnews",
	"profile_background_image_url":"http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_background_images/641098113\/0bmf88wtkqyc179mtvm3.gif",
	"followers_count":81,
	"statuses_count":3024,
	"profile_link_color":"0084B4",
	"created_at":"Sat Dec 26 01:27:42 +0000 2009",
	"following":false,
	"is_translator":false,
	"default_profile_image":false,
	"notifications":false,
	"friends_count":91,
	"profile_use_background_image":false,
	"favourites_count":3,
	"profile_background_image_url_https":"https:\/\/si0.twimg.com\/profile_background_images\/641098113\/0bmf88wtkqyc179mtvm3.gif",
	"profile_text_color":"333333",
	"url":"http:\/\/t.co\/1l4FOPZ0",
	"id_str":"99395683",
	"contributors_enabled":false,
	"description":"Try http:\/\/t.co\/1l4FOPZ0 \r\nSorry we are in maintenance !",
	"time_zone":"Caracas",
	"profile_sidebar_border_color":"C0DEED",
	"verified":false,
	"profile_image_url":"http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_images/2543504642\/awetuwll1erlz2esza8g_normal.gif"
},
"place":null,
"retweet_count":1,
"retweeted":false,
"in_reply_to_screen_name":null,
"in_reply_to_user_id":null,
"in_reply_to_status_id":null,
"id_str":"300972303787913217",
"geo":null,
"truncated":false,
"possibly_sensitive":false,
"contributors":null,
"favorited":false,
"text":"Fun.: Some Nights [OFFICIAL VIDEO] #QueNota http:\/\/t.co\/iy5tCmmP :-|",
"source":"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.quenota.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003Ewww.quenota.com\u003C\/a\u003E",
"in_reply_to_status_id_str":null,
"coordinates":null,
"id":300972303787913217,
"created_at":"Mon Feb 11 14:19:23 +0000 2013"
},

yannaingoo9 · 2013-02-14T09:38:18.000Z

how to twitter widget search query return only 5 feed ??

garg4s · 2013-02-15T06:22:07.000Z

Hi,
Suddenly search api version 1.1 not returning next call statuses results with max_id, but previously it was working properly.

thanks

CollectingClubs · 2013-02-17T19:46:38.000Z

March 2013 is rapidly approaching. Has anyone at Twitter given ANY thought how many users are going to be affected by dropping RSS support?

Also, if RSS feeds are so obsolete, why is it that sites such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc. still use them?

I’m sorry, but to announce a cut-off date for service with the side note that “We haven’t yet announced what methods it will be available” shows not only a lack of planning on the part of whomever is making these decisions, but a total disrespect for your user community. You remember your users? We’re the reason you’re still around.

Favstar · 2013-02-17T21:06:02.000Z

Hi Taylor,

I use /1/statuses/:id/retweeted_by to backfill retweets when there’s a sitestreams outage, amongst other things.

/1/statuses/:id/retweeted_by has a page parameter that lets you collect the latest 800 or so retweets for a tweet.

/1.1/statuses/:id/retweets doesn’t have a page parameter documented.

Will you continue to make the last 800 retweets for a tweet available with the API 1.1, or are you intentionally reducing it?

episod · 2013-02-21T15:21:57.000Z

Hi everyone,

Consumers of list timelines will be pleased to know that [node:10274] is now rate limited at 180 requests per fifteen minutes per user.

Enjoy,
@episod

mattrogowski · 2013-02-21T15:43:29.000Z

I’d really like a favorites/favorites_of_me the same as we get statuses/retweets_of_me, is there any scope for this in the future? I know we can use favorites/list and specify a username to get someone else’s favourites, but if I want to see all of mine that have been favourited, I can’t.

richardhyland · 2013-02-21T16:30:25.000Z

Hi Taylor

That’s great news. Is there any possibility to request a small increase in the statuses/home_timeline and statuses/mentions_timeline rate limits. 15 seems to be felt by our users as being prohibitive to hardcore users. It wouldn’t need to be anything like 180 requests but maybe an increase to 25 or 30 would be more than enough for 95% of users?

Thanks

doomor · 2013-02-22T10:00:00.000Z

Is there any alternative for this call in new API 1.1? I need to get full length conversation for appropriate tweet message. Thank you.

jnylund · 2013-02-22T12:19:00.000Z

You cant, the api makes no sense to me, you will need to call the, then make a call for each tweet and get the retweeters there. To me if twitter is trying to reduce load they would return it…see https://dev.twitter.com/discussions/14145

RDBath · 2013-02-22T12:40:59.000Z

Hi, I’ve only just become aware of the changes to the API. I’m a SharePoint developer, who has 3 seperate clients using old basic javascript, which pulls their latest, say, 3 tweets to their site, and displays them in simple HTML. I’m happy to get my hands dirty in the code if needs be, but I haven’t yet found any simple javascript-based API 1.1 feeds which are simple to implement. I’ve read through the documentation, and frankly find the new API to be really rather baffling (e.g. how do you get the feed to work on a dev site which doens’t have a registered dns, just a local server name? How do I obtain ID’s for a companies account? (do I need to get the company to send me their ID details?)) Could anyone point me towards a simple way to pull tweets and display them on corporate websites/intranets?

For info I keep getting redirected to Twitter’s own timeline widget, but that is far too complex for my requirements, and doens’t provide me with enough control over the HTML that it outputs. Any thougths on where to find a simplified option?

mattrogowski · 2013-02-22T13:38:54.000Z

Along with favorites/favorites_of_me, is there going to be statuses/interactions at some point? That would be very handy to have.

mgokhanbakal · 2013-02-24T22:08:42.000Z

Is there a way to get all retweet details of a particular tweet at the same time or how can I do that? There is a limitation in twitter API for getting just top 100 retweets.

Another issue is how can I get the most retweeted tweet of a particular person on twitter with the help of twitter API. Is it possible?

Thanks.