This message doesn't seem to come in correctly from my mail app so I'll post this here via the web:
And now something perhaps a little more sane and do-able. It would be very useful to have a batch request API that would allow requesting multiple datasets simultaneously. Something like this: http://twitter.com/batch_request.xml?friend_timeline_since_id=2345&replies_since_id=5366&direct_messages_since_id=45858 And this would return the data in the same format as the current REST api for the individual feeds but in a top-level container: <batch_reply> <friends_timeline> <status>...</status> <status>...</status> <status>...</status> <status>...</status> </friends_timeline> <replies> <status>...</status> <status>...</status> </replies> <direct_messages> <direct_message>...</direct_message> <direct_message>...</direct_message> <direct_message>...</direct_message> </direct_messages> </batch_reply> This would probably mostly benefit client applications as it would allow us to consolidate 3 requests into one, allowing us to poll more often for these pieces of data that people are interested in as being the most real-time. I think this would be a great candidate for fast-track implementation as it could sit on top of whatever internal code serves the existing feeds just adding the wrapper before returning the data. Also, it would be at new URI so it would not be changing existing interfaces for current applications. Josh
