API Method for checking if a user exists?

2008-11-29 Thread Kashif
Is there an API method that helps me find out if a user exists for a given email address? Thanks.

API Method for checking if a user exists?

2008-11-29 Thread Kashif
Hi, I went thru the API documents but couldnt find any API method that allows me to check if a twitter user account exists for a given email address. Is there anyway I can find this using the API? Basically the API Input should be an email address. Output should be a twitter username or error co

Re: API Method for checking if a user exists?

2008-11-29 Thread Abraham Williams
The only way would be to take their password and run https://twitter.com/account/verify_credentials.xml On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 03:28, Kashif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > I went thru the API documents but couldnt find any API method that > allows me to check if a twitter user account exis

Re: API Method for checking if a user exists?

2008-12-03 Thread dean.j.robinson
According to the api docs you can pass an email address to the user/ show method, I would assume that if a user didn't exist you'd get back a 404, which should allow you to determine whether or not the user exists. eg: http://twitter.com/users/[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Nov 30, 5:02 am, "Abraham Wil

Re: API Method for checking if a user exists?

2008-12-04 Thread Matthew
On Dec 4, 5:23 am, "dean.j.robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to the api docs you can pass an email address to the user/ > show method, I would assume that if a user didn't exist you'd get back > a 404, which should allow you to determine whether or not the user > exists. > > eg: ht