Getting Twitter user details.

[Eman_321]

Hello,

I was just wondering is there a way to get user information other than the screen name?

I am using Epitwitter because it is the easiest to understand. But it doesn't retrieve user information like their name, age and so on.

If there is another library that I can use, I can have a look at it. It has to be with  php.

Thanks

[monkeytooth]

Twitter doesn't give you to much to work with as far as retrieval of data outside of the feeds. You can get the firstname, lastname, etc.. but only if the user of the account provided it, as its essentially optional data.

 

I am intent on working on a project similar to what your doing hopefuly in the next 24 hours.. but from my reading generally the pickens currently at least are very slim. I do know also

 

cURL can do a lot for getting data. But you are going to likely have to register as an app with twitter and get the keys for an app to access more information for any given user who approves it, you will also need to give in an take a gander at the oAuth they are using.

[monkeytooth]

http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=337280.0 As I said Ive started my share of reading in the past week or so.. got me a book even.. there really isnt to much avaliable.

[Eman_321]

Great :'(

The fact it is optional would make a user more likely to skip the field..I know, I have done it before..ah well.

Thanks for the link to your thread, I will keep looking it up in case someone else or yourself finds something.

 

Meanwhile, I'll attempt a temp soln.