in_reply_to_status_id is populated when a tweet is a reply to another tweet. The status_id in this context refers to the tweet being replied to. For this field to be populated, the "reply tweet" also must begin with the @username of the user being replied to.
A @reply in XML: http://gist.github.com/620548#file_reply.xml in_reply_to_user_id indicates the @user being mentioned by primary key "id", which never changes for the member though the screen name might. in_reply_to_user_id may be populated on a @mention (which does not have a referenced tweet in in_reply_to_status_id). A @mention in XML: http://gist.github.com/620548#file_mention.xml And while Thomas is right that it's great to explore with an API console, I'd personally recommend that API console at http://app.apigee.com/console/twitter instead of the one we provide on dev.twitter.com. Taylor On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 6:51 AM, Thomas Mango <tsma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey, Colin. An easy way to test API calls and see their response is by > using the console (you need an app registered): > http://dev.twitter.com/console > > Or by getting a copy of twurl to use locally: > http://github.com/marcel/twurl > > > Colin Howe wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I can't find any documentation on the response format for anything >> that returns tweets. E.g. >> http://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/statuses/mentions >> >> Is there any documentation of what the response looks like and what >> each field means? >> >> >> Specifically, I'm looking for information on when in_reply_to_[status| >> user]_id are populated and what they are populated with. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Colin >> >> > > -- > Thomas Mango > tsma...@gmail.com > > > > -- > Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc > API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: > http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > Change your membership to this group: > http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk > -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk
