You could do this internally in your application, using statuses/show to make sure you have the correct user info before redirecting.
-- ivey On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 4:06 AM, Ivan Glushkov <gli.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh, thanks, Abraham! That's great! > > But why isn't it documented anywhere? > And is there any way to redirect to some status of this user? > I mean smth like > http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992&status=33333 > ??? > > Thanks once more, > Ivan. > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Actually Twitter does support it. > > http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992 > > Abraham > > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:42, Ivan <gli.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi. > >> > >> I don't need an application that is able to handle this. Instead i > >> need changes in the twitter API so i can refer to the users and their > >> statuses using the user id, not the username. This is a problem for > >> the aggregator, and there users (so it become also a problem for the > >> twitter users). > >> > >> Is there any plan in this direction? > >> > >> Ivan. > >> > >> > >> On 21 янв, 06:03, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > I remember this topic coming up before and it seems like someone built > >> > an > >> > application that handled this but I can't find any references to it. > >> > Maybe > >> > somebody else can? > >> > > >> > Abraham > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:29, Ivan <gli.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > Hi. > >> > > >> > > I tried to find the similar question here (in google groups), in the > >> > > FAQ and in the API, but couldn't find anything. > >> > > >> > > The problem: > >> > > Cross-posting the links to the user page and to some his statuses in > >> > > the web become more and more popular. But, as i understood, you > can't > >> > > guarantee that this links not long after would not change the > logical > >> > > destination. For example I create some post about some twitter-user > >> > > "aaa" and give the link "twitter.com/aaa" > >> > > After that user “aaa” changed name to "bbb" and user "ddd" changed > >> > > name to "aaa". So my old link now points to the different person. > >> > > >> > > This problem becomes more serious for the aggregators that don't > know > >> > > what content they might approve after a while. > >> > > >> > > The simplest decision would be providing the possibility to link to > >> > > the user not by name but also by id. That pages might be just > >> > > redirections to the original user pages, it doesn't matter. > >> > > >> > > For example > >> > > if the user “aaa” have id 111111, the following two links should > point > >> > > to the same page: > >> > > twitter.com/aaa and twitter.com/id/111111 > >> > > >> > > This mechanism should also be applied for the statuses: > >> > > twitter.com/id/111111/statuses/222222 > >> > > >> > > Ivan. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays > >> > Project | Intersect |http://intersect.labs.poseurtech.com > >> > Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham > >> > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private. > >> > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States > > > > > > > > -- > > Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays > > Project | Out Loud | http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com > > Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham > > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private. > > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States >