Profile images giving 403

zackb · 2014-01-25T16:30:06.000Z

As of a day or two ago I am receiving 403 errors when accessing the profile_image_url or profile_image_url_https.
Example:
http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/2895832452/43859bbdb8454043abb696f828490ded_normal.jpeg

Even the images in the api documentation are broken
From: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/user-profile-images-and-banners
http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/2596092158/afpecvf41m8f0juql78p_normal.png
https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/2596092158/afpecvf41m8f0juql78p_normal.png
https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/2596092158/afpecvf41m8f0juql78p_bigger.png
http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/2596092158/afpecvf41m8f0juql78p.png
https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/2596092158/afpecvf41m8f0juql78p.png

romainhuet · 2014-01-27T16:42:00.000Z

Hello Zack,

Thank you for the heads up. We have just updated the documentation to provide valid profile image URLs: [node:10796]. We also added a note about outdated profile images, which I think is the issue you are currently encountering.

Could you please make sure that the user objects you are extracting profile_image_url_https from are up-to-date by calling [node:10320]?

Please let us know if you have any other questions or issues.

zackb · 2014-01-27T19:20:42.000Z

Thank you, Romain. This answers my question.

kizashi1122 · 2014-02-19T03:59:00.000Z

Common name in SSL certificate of pbs.twimg.com is still si0.twimg.com by the way. It should be the same as its domain.