thanks a lot Rich. you're right! strangely enough, it looks like it worked(it doesn't give you error) but it doesn't!
On Nov 24, 9:29 pm, Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?
