In addition make sure you add the parameter include_rts=1 to the request. The include_rts flag instructs the API to include retweets in the response. Looking at the timeline you requested it looks as if the last 20 Tweets by that user are retweets - which, by default, are not included in the timeline but are included in the count.
Best, Matt On Oct 16, 2010, at 12:24, Taylor Singletary <taylorsinglet...@twitter.com> wrote: > It should be pointed out that those aren't valid API URLs.. > > You want to execute these requests against API.twitter.com/1/resource... > > The best way to construct your URL would be like this: (it reduces ambiguity) > > https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.json?screen_name=justinbieber&count=20 > > Finally, we are having some strange issues with certain timelines. If you're > running into this, it means the timeline is being a bit erratic. Try > requesting a higher count, like 100. We are looking into this behavior and > hope to fix it soon. > > Taylor > > On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 2:35 AM, CarlosChacon <aigoosoftw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to access justinbieber timeline but its returning "[]"... > I'm using this URL: > https://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/justinbieber.json?count=20 > > If I try the timeline for other users it works fine. for example: > https://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/cnn.json?count=20 > > Any idea why this is happening? > > If I go to http://twitter.com/justinbieber it seems to be okay, but > when using > https://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/justinbieber.json?count=20 > it keeps returning an empty array... > > -- > 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 -- 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
