No, there is no API methods to access IP addresses for tweets. I'd suggest contacting local law enforcement and taking it from there.
Scott. On 4 Jan 2011, at 14:39, Felipe Knorr Kuhn wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Although this is probably not the best list to discuss this, perhaps you guys > have some experience to share. > > A friend of mine is being threated by a Twitter user via DMs and public > messages. > > He doesn't know the identity of the user and thought about tracking him via > the IP he uses to post to Twitter. > > The API does not expose IP addresses, does it? > > He lives in Brazil and believed he could contact the ISP to track the user, > since filing an international lawsuit to Twitter asking for this information > and only then contact the ISP would be very time and money consuming. > > Thanks, > > FK > > -- > 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 Scott Wilcox t: +44 (0) 7538 842418 +1 (646) 257 0580 e: [email protected] w: http://dor.ky -- 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
