This is a known issue, but we don't appear to be tracking it. Please file an issue at http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/entry.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 09:15, jazzychad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > When requesting a /users/show/id.format API with a username that is > entirely numerical, it will instead return the info for the person > with that userid. > > Example: > > There is someone with the username @415. > > If I pull up http://twitter.com/users/show/415.xml I get the > information for someone named @justplayedvolleyball instead > > Is there a way to override userid lookup? Or maybe have it check for a > matching username first and then defaulting to userid? > > Thanks, > -Chad > -- Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc. http://twitter.com/al3x
