Try using the direct message methods documented here [1] to send direct messages. The returned text is direct message centric and perhaps more appropriate for your application.
1. http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-API-Documentation Doug Williams Twitter API Support http://twitter.com/dougw On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Kelly Jones <kelly.terry.jo...@gmail.com>wrote: > > I did this: > > curl -u kellyterryjones:xxxxxx http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml -d > 'statu\ > s=D+canageek+Ignore+this+test+golf' > > w/ my real password. It DM'd my friend (follower) canageek, but it returned > my > last public tweet, not "Ignore this test golf". > > I then replaced canageek w/ britneyspears and got the same result, > instead of an error saying britneyspears isn't following me. > > Even worse, when I do: > > curl -u kellyterryjones:xxxxxx http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml -d > 'statu\ > s=STATS' > > I don't get any STATS on myself. > > In fact, all of the shortcuts at the bottom of: > http://help.twitter.com/portal seem to return my last public tweet. > > Am I doing this wrong? > > I realize things like "FOLLOW foo" actually do follow foo, but > shouldn't it return something more useful than my last public tweet? > > -- > We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying > to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to > new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile. >
