I'm working to integrate support for official retweets in my app, but I'm running into issues. I believe I'm getting incorrect responses from Twitter.
When successful I get the correct response (info about a new tweet that is a retweet of the original tweet). However, when I ask to retweet a tweet from a private account or some other "illegal" action, rather than getting an error response, I get info about a retweet of this tweet: http://twitter.com/brettschulte/status/5656834480. I've tested this from two accounts (@TwittBeta, @AlternatePixel) and have gotten the same results. Also, not sure if it's any help, but looking at the incorrect response (attached below), I noticed that there is no ID for the retweet. Perhaps this has something to do with why it's getting returned? Hope this can get fixed soon. Dan ------------- The Incorrect Response <?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?> <status> <created_at></created_at> <id></id> <text>RT @brettschulte: Beer drinking this weekend. Who's in? http://bit.ly/9Kb3u</text> <source><a href="http://apiwiki.twitter.com/" rel="nofollow">API</a></source> <truncated>false</truncated> <in_reply_to_status_id></in_reply_to_status_id> <in_reply_to_user_id></in_reply_to_user_id> <favorited>false</favorited> <in_reply_to_screen_name></in_reply_to_screen_name> <retweeted_status> <created_at>Thu Nov 12 19:09:52 +0000 2009</created_at> <id>5656834480</id> <text>Beer drinking this weekend. Who's in? http://bit.ly/9Kb3u</text> <source><a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com/" rel="nofollow">TweetDeck</a></source> <truncated>false</truncated> <in_reply_to_status_id></in_reply_to_status_id> <in_reply_to_user_id></in_reply_to_user_id> <favorited>false</favorited> <in_reply_to_screen_name></in_reply_to_screen_name> <user> <id>676203</id> <name>Brett Schulte</name> <screen_name>brettschulte</screen_name> <location>Los Angeles</location> <description>Über Geek</description> <profile_image_url>http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/60304100/ JVI_0224_normal.jpg</profile_image_url> <url>http://www.brettschulte.com</url> <protected>false</protected> <followers_count>1848</followers_count> <profile_background_color>1A1B1F</profile_background_color> <profile_text_color>666666</profile_text_color> <profile_link_color>2FC2EF</profile_link_color> <profile_sidebar_fill_color>252429</profile_sidebar_fill_color> <profile_sidebar_border_color>181A1E</ profile_sidebar_border_color> <friends_count>417</friends_count> <created_at>Sun Jan 21 19:29:04 +0000 2007</created_at> <favourites_count>4</favourites_count> <utc_offset>-28800</utc_offset> <time_zone>Pacific Time (US & Canada)</time_zone> <profile_background_image_url>http://s.twimg.com/a/1257899144/ images/themes/theme9/bg.gif</profile_background_image_url> <profile_background_tile>false</profile_background_tile> <statuses_count>5964</statuses_count> <notifications>false</notifications> <geo_enabled>false</geo_enabled> <verified>true</verified> <following>true</following> </user> <geo/> </retweeted_status> <user> <id>15199539</id> <name>Mark Milian</name> <screen_name>markmilian</screen_name> <location>Los Angeles</location> <description>la times writer: tech + social media + politics + indie rock music</description> <profile_image_url>http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/475986397/ DSC00397-post_normal.JPG</profile_image_url> <url>http://markmilian.com</url> <protected>false</protected> <followers_count>2228</followers_count> <profile_background_color>648ACE</profile_background_color> <profile_text_color>000000</profile_text_color> <profile_link_color>346A8F</profile_link_color> <profile_sidebar_fill_color>FFE3AF</profile_sidebar_fill_color> <profile_sidebar_border_color>485D6C</ profile_sidebar_border_color> <friends_count>222</friends_count> <created_at>Sun Jun 22 18:32:07 +0000 2008</created_at> <favourites_count>60</favourites_count> <utc_offset>-28800</utc_offset> <time_zone>Pacific Time (US & Canada)</time_zone> <profile_background_image_url>http://a1.twimg.com/ profile_background_images/3682820/ew-t.png</ profile_background_image_url> <profile_background_tile>false</profile_background_tile> <statuses_count>1969</statuses_count> <notifications>false</notifications> <geo_enabled>false</geo_enabled> <verified>false</verified> <following>false</following> </user> <geo/> </status>