Why not? You know people are just going to continue to ask for it ;)
On Apr 18, 6:36 pm, Raffi Krikorian <ra...@twitter.com> wrote: > we don't support the original in this endpoint - just the three that you > listed. > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mini, normal, and bigger are work but what about original? > > > Abraham > > > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 13:37, Raffi Krikorian <ra...@twitter.com> wrote: > > >>http://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/raffi?size=bigger > > >> we will document this endpoint this week. > > >> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 1:34 PM, WBC > >> <wooden.brain.conce...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >>> Thanks Raffi... I knew there had to be something more simple! Is > >>> there a way to get the bigger image? I can parse the HTML and just > >>> replace _normal with _bigger of course... Anyway, cheers. > > >>> On Apr 18, 8:50 am, Raffi Krikorian <ra...@twitter.com> wrote: > >>> > e.g.http://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/raffi > > >>> > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 9:41 PM, WBC <wooden.brain.conce...@gmail.com > >>> >wrote: > > >>> > > Hello all, please forgive a newbie here. > > >>> > > I would like to accomplish one simple task as described in the > >>> > > title: get the URL of a user profile picture by user name, in the > >>> > > context of a Mac application. At this time (and in the foreseeable > >>> > > future) I have no interest in doing more with the API(s). > > >>> > > I do not want to ask users to authenticate with their own accounts > >>> for > >>> > > this simple purpose, and I don't want to run into an > >>> application-based > >>> > > rate-limit for my distributed, desktop application. I do plan to > >>> > > cache and honestly I can't imagine more than 50 calls a WEEK per IP > >>> > > for this purpose. > > >>> > > I assume based on this from the FAQ: > > >>> > > "The REST API does account- and IP-based rate limiting. Authenticated > >>> > > API calls are charged to the authenticating user's limit while > >>> > > unauthenticated API calls are deducted from the calling IP address' > >>> > > allotment." > > >>> > > ... that the user's IP is the one "deducted" if unauthenticated, > >>> which > >>> > > is perfectly fine. > > >>> > > But the search API requires authentication: > > >>> > >http://api.twitter.com/1/users/search.xml?q=username > > >>> > > I've spent quite a lot of time trying to figure this out already, so > >>> a > >>> > > simple "yes, you can do it and here's the URL" would be very kind. > >>> (I > >>> > > can easily accomplish what I want just by parsing some HTML... but I > >>> > > thought I'd try to be legit about it ;-) > > >>> > > -- > >>> > > Subscription settings: > > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/subscribe?hl=en > > >>> > -- > >>> > Raffi Krikorian > >>> > Twitter Platform Teamhttp://twitter.com/raffi > > >> -- > >> Raffi Krikorian > >> Twitter Platform Team > >>http://twitter.com/raffi > > > -- > > Abraham Williams | Developer for hire |http://abrah.am > > PoseurTech Labs | Projects |http://labs.poseurtech.com > > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private. > > -- > Raffi Krikorian > Twitter Platform Teamhttp://twitter.com/raffi
