Guna,Check into the in_reply_to_status_id parameter for the statuses/update method [1]:
in_reply_to_status_id. Optional. The ID of an existing status that the update is in reply to. - Note: This parameter will be ignored unless the author of the tweet this parameter references is mentioned within the status text. Therefore, you must include @username, where username is the author of the referenced tweet, within the update. 1. http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-statuses%C2%A0update Thanks, Doug On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Guna <gdeivend...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Quick question from a a newbie to the API development. > > Is there a way to connect a reply to a status update to the original > message? > > i.e. > > if Joe posts - "who has a red car?" > > many people can reply to this message which is all public. > > then after 4 hours Mary replies to that post and says - "i do.". > > however, since Joe receives many many updates because he has thousands > of followers, he don't know why Mary is saying "i do" after 4 hours. > > Is there a way to take a look at Mary's status update with the message > "I do" and connect it to Joe's original question "who has a red car?" > > I only find status id and not reply_to_status_id. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Guna >