Thanks everyone for the informative replies. Solves my problem I think!
On Jul 9, 7:35 pm, whoiskb <whoi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had a similar question last night and found this thread that offered > some insight into the most efficient way to do something like this. > Here is the thread that discusses the best approach to get details on > all of the friends or followers of a user: > > http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread... > > On Jul 9, 12:20 pm, chachra <sumit.chac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > I'm trying to design a "invite twitter friends" feature (similar to > > the invite facebook friends concept). > > > Sadly its not drop some code, like Facebook is... I'll have to develop > > from scratch. Wondering whats the most scalable way of doing this? > > Details: > > > #1 By friends of course means "followers" since I can direct message > > them > > #2 The graph API call returns ID's, I would have to make $n api calls > > to get details on each of the $n id's right? Getting the users name, > > picture etc. ? > > #3 Then when the user selects users to invite, and presses "submit" > > then I'll have to make $m direct message calls ($m < $n)? > > > Sounds like a lot of API calls to achieve something really simple..... > > anyone have ways of doing this nicely? I would love to eliminate calls > > in #2 if possible. > > > Cheers! > > Sumit
