Users/lookup problem

milosjanjic · 2012-09-17T14:01:52.000Z

Hello,

today I have tried to send authenticated GET request to /1.1/users/lookup.json API endpoint and I always get

{ errors: [ { message: ‘Sorry, that page does not exist’, code: 34 } ] }

I have tried with version 1 and get same response.

Somebody have same issue?

episod · 2012-09-17T15:22:26.000Z

Have you verified whether the user IDs you’re sending to users/lookup belong to users that exist? Can you share an example URL you’re executing?

milosjanjic · 2012-09-18T12:45:43.000Z

Yes, you are right…

I was testing with random user IDs…

Error message confused me. Its not saying that user id not exists.

Thanks @episod

milosjanjic · 2012-10-11T14:38:56.000Z

one more question… Does this api endpoint working only for users that are friends to authenticated user?

Example:
Authenticated user friedns IDs: 1, 2, 3
If I look for user.json?user_id=55, I will get 404?

kurrik · 2012-10-11T20:53:17.000Z

You do not need to be “friends” with a user to look them up with this method.

milosjanjic · 2012-10-11T21:10:28.000Z

Why then I getting 404 responses with body:

{ errors: [ { message: ‘Sorry, that page does not exist’, code: 34 } ] }

for some user ID (that exists)?

kurrik · 2012-10-11T21:50:52.000Z

Could you give me a concrete example?

milosjanjic · 2012-10-12T08:16:51.000Z

Here is example:

GET request: /1.1/users/lookup.json?user_id=274060865

Response StatusCode: 404
Response Body:
{ errors: [ { message: ‘Sorry, that page does not exist’, code: 34 } ] }

abwaters · 2012-10-12T14:18:00.000Z

Actually, i’m having the exact same issue. After converting to 1.1 my users/lookup call is not working at all.

https://api.twitter.com/1.1/users/lookup.json

Is this a known problem?

episod · 2012-10-12T14:20:44.000Z

In this case, the user is suspended. They may “exist” at another date and time.

episod · 2012-10-12T14:21:22.000Z

Verify the comma encoding you use and ensure that your OAuth library is doing the right thing. If you think what you’re doing is right, please share the POST body and/or querystring you’re using along with the signature base string.

Thanks!

milosjanjic · 2012-10-15T07:52:18.000Z

Yes its true…

Thanks for reply