cURL is your friend. "Bad ID": $ curl "http://twitter.com/statuses/show/123456.json"; {"request":"\/statuses\/show\/123456.json","error":"No status found with that ID."}
"Protected Update": $ curl "http://twitter.com/statuses/show/1054113093.json"; {"request":"\/statuses\/show\/1054113093.json","error":"Sorry, you are not authorized to see this status."} "Public Update": $ curl "http://twitter.com/statuses/show/1052591473.json"; {"in_reply_to_user_id":null,"text":"\"Why do you look askance at my juice.\"","user":{"description":"No ideas but in things.","url":"http:\/\/1vy.org\/","name":"Evan","followers_count":1124,"protected":false,"profile_image_url":"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/twitter_production\/profile_images\/66286904\/aquarium-fish-icon_normal.jpg","screen_name":"_evan","location":"Russian Hill, California","id":761613},"in_reply_to_screen_name":null,"truncated":false,"favorited":false,"created_at":"Fri Dec 12 02:31:44 +0000 2008","id":1052591473,"in_reply_to_status_id":null,"source":"web"} -damon On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 9:24 PM, fastest963 <fastest...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, the subject says it all, but I'm requesting a ID by /statuses/ > show/123456.json and I was wondering what I can expect the output to > be if either the ID doesn't exist or if it is protected. > > In other words: how can I easily check to see if it returned > correctly? > > Thanks, > James Hartig
