Nope you have to send a description down (even though the API docs say it's optional, at the moment it's not!)
On Nov 24, 10:18 am, alan_b <[email protected]> wrote: > it is just me or everybody else as well? the List API seems down at > the moment > > i tried to create a list using the API > > example: > --------------- > curl -u user:pass -d > "name=friends"http://api.twitter.com/1/31337geek/lists.xml > > i've got a normal response > --------------- > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <list> > <id>3780302</id> > <name>friends</name> > <full_name>@31337geek/friends</full_name> > <slug>friends</slug> > <description></description> > <subscriber_count>0</subscriber_count> > <member_count>0</member_count> > <uri>/31337geek/friends</uri> > <mode>public</mode> > ..... > </list> > > and then i made a "index" call immediately: > curl -u user:passhttp://api.twitter.com/1/31337geek/lists.xml > > i got a empty list: > ----- > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <lists_list> > <lists type="array"> > </lists> > <next_cursor>0</next_cursor> > <previous_cursor>0</previous_cursor> > </lists_list> > > did i call a wrong API? or the API is currently down?
