Re: [twitter-dev] simply verify that user exists

2009-12-11 Thread Abraham Williams
Yes. That is the best way. On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 13:59, TJ Luoma wrote: > Sorry, I'm having a brain cramp. I've been checking the wiki and can't > for the life of me figure out what's the preferred way of taking a > name and validating / verifying if the name is valid Twitter account. > > Is "h

[twitter-dev] simply verify that user exists

2009-12-06 Thread TJ Luoma
Sorry, I'm having a brain cramp. I've been checking the wiki and can't for the life of me figure out what's the preferred way of taking a name and validating / verifying if the name is valid Twitter account. Is "http://twitter.com/users/show.xml?screen_name=FOO"; (and checking the response) the be