Thanks for the suggestion Chad.
What do others think of
{"relationship": {
"source": {
"id": 123,
"screen_name": "bob",
"notifications": false },
"target": {
"id": 456,
"screen_name": "jack",
"notifications": null },
"source_follows_target": true,
"source_followed_by_target": false
}
}
versus
{"relationship": {
"source": {
"id": 123,
"screen_name": "bob",
"following": true,
"followed_by": false,
"notifications_enabled": false },
"target": {
"id": 456,
"screen_name": "jack",
"following": false,
"followed_by": true,
"notifications_enabled": null }
}
}
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Chad Etzel <jazzyc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Marcel,
>
> Welcome to Twitter, btw (if I'm allowed to say that).
>
> One unambiguous way might be:
>
> {"relationship": {
> "source": {
> "id": 123,
> "screen_name": "bob",
> "notifications": false },
>
> "target": {
> "id": 456,
> "screen_name": "jack",
> "notifications": null },
>
> "source_follows_target": true,
> "source_followed_by_target": false
> }
> }
>
> This also eliminates redundant data.
>
> Btw, http://twitter.com/@noradio doesn't quite work as a link :)
>
> -Chad
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Marcel Molina <mar...@twitter.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hey Chad, thanks for your feedback.
> >
> > Thought experiment: Put aside the currently proposed response body for
> > the moment. How would you unambiguously express the following/followed
> > by relationship?
> >
> > Marcel Molina
> > Twitter API Team
> > http://twitter.com/@noradio
> >
> > On Jun 9, 10:23 am, Chad Etzel <jazzyc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Thanks for adding the extra verbiage.
> >>
> >> However, I'm still not clear how to decipher the exact relationship
> >> given the data. In the example, is Bob following Jack? ...or is Jack
> >> following Bob?
> >>
> >> -Chad
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Doug Williams <d...@twitter.com> wrote:
> >> > Thanks, Chad. I've augmented the usage notes section to explain the
> >> > rationale behind the denormalized and redundant data.
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Doug
> >>
> >> > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Chad Etzel <jazzyc...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> Taking a look at the json return example:
> >> >> {"relationship": {
> >> >> "source": {
> >> >> "id": 123,
> >> >> "screen_name": "bob",
> >> >> "following": true,
> >> >> "followed_by": false,
> >> >> "notifications": false },
> >>
> >> >> "target": {
> >> >> "id": 456,
> >> >> "screen_name": "jack",
> >> >> "following": false,
> >> >> "followed_by": true,
> >> >> "notifications": null }
> >> >> }
> >> >> }
> >>
> >> >> In the "source" object (i.e. for "bob"), "following" is true. Does
> >> >> this mean that Bob is following Jack, or vice-versa?
> >>
> >> >> Knowing that, the other 3 following/followed_by value meanings can be
> >> >> properly inferred. Some clarification on the page would help.
> >>
> >> >> -Chad
> >>
> >> >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Doug Williams <d...@twitter.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> > That makes things difficult. Permissions are now public.
> >> >> > Thanks,
> >> >> > Doug
> >>
> >> >> > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Chad Etzel <jazzyc...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> >> <qoute>
> >> >> >> Access Denied
> >>
> >> >> >> You don't have permission to look at Twitter REST API Method:
> >> >> >> friendships
> >> >> >> show.
> >> >> >> </quote>
> >>
> >> >> >> :)
> >> >> >> -Chad
> >>
> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Doug Williams <d...@twitter.com>
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> > We discussed the need to deprecate the <following> and
> >> >> >> > <notifications>
> >> >> >> > elements [1] a few weeks back. We have begun work on the
> >> >> >> > friendships/show
> >> >> >> > method as mentioned in the notice. The method is slightly out of
> our
> >> >> >> > conventional design, so we are soliciting opinions on its
> fitness for
> >> >> >> > general use-cases. Please peruse the purposed method's
> documentation
> >> >> >> > [2]
> >> >> >> > and
> >> >> >> > let us know what you think.
> >>
> >> >> >> > 1.
> http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_frm/th...
> >>
> >> >> >> > 2.
> http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-friendships-show
> >> >> >> > Thanks,
> >> >> >> > Doug
> >
>
--
Marcel Molina
Twitter API Team
http://twitter.com/noradio
