I've never tested it but I would guess the API will always return a truncated 140 character responses unless. The other issue sounds like either a bug with how the API saves 140<x<160 character statuses or a bug with how they are displayed on the web. If the second it should be taken up with http://twitter.com/help but you will have to wait for Alex to confirm it is not an API issue.
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 20:44, Scott Carter <scarter28m-goo...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > Please refer to a related thread at: > > http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/d11a31c7ecf033b/130ed44d6b502e6c?lnk=gst&q=160#130ed44d6b502e6c > > I am trying to send an update via the API that is greater than 140 > characters, but <= 160. When I try to view the whole message on the > Web by clicking on the elipsis ... I do not see the full message. > > I tried the following two calls: > http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline.json > http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline.xml > > In both cases, I see "truncated" set to "true", and the value of > "text" is the same as what I see on the Web - not the full message. > > Is it no longer possible to see/retrieve an update where 140 < length > <= 160 ? > > If this is the case, why does the documentation at > http://apiwiki.twitter.com/REST+API+Documentation > say "Must not be more than 160 characters" under the update > function? > > > An example with 155 characters is: > > http://twitter.com/blueskies2/status/1068333279 > "Almost a foot of snow was predicted for parts of central Michigan, > CNN affiliate WNEM-TV in Saginaw reported. Classes were canceled in > hundreds of schools." > > This is a protected update (my developer account) - please feel free > to view it for debug as needed. > > Thanks in advance for a clarification. > > Scott > > > > > > -- | Abraham Williams | Web Developer | http://abrah.am | Brazen Careerist | Pro Hacker | http://www.brazencareerist.com | PoseurTech LLC | Mashup Ambassador | http://poseurte.ch | Web608 | Community Evangelist | http://web608.org | This email is: [] blogable [x] ask first [] private
