Hi Kurt, Thanks for the great detailed bug report. We're investigating this issue.
Taylor @episod <http://twitter.com/episod> - Taylor Singletary - Twitter Developer Advocate On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Kurt Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: > When using users/lookup with 100 random screen_names, I often get duplicate > records, as well as missing records for valid users that are not deleted, > suspended, or non-existent. Ive tested this with python-twitter as well as > twurl. The responses I receive are non-deterministic; different users are > omitted each time. Roughly 10% of all the users I request are omitted, this > from a sample of 10,000 requests to users/lookup over distinct groups of 100 > users. > > *Sample query with 100 random users (grabbed from public timeline): * > twurl /1/users/lookup.json?screen_name= > _cameraobscura,aboutmoneytips,aliceee_tw > ,alltinomit,allysonfly,andy_marin,annadobak,aquarenasw,ardysmc,asd_tscmom,asyaetc,ayranlc,azianperc,bagelcc,bernah515, > betinhots > ,bichhu_10,billexd,bodyplus1,bruno_ral,buckley_l,buena_san,bunchukav,bunga_csv,c_loste,cansuneverson,canyalady,carolinefassl,ceedeezy,cernoblog,chairs4church,chakal_guitar,choice355,clubbanga,congelob,cr8cornucopia,crcon1863,creceitas,ctrl_news,cynsaurus,dancewithlola,danielbegun, > demandplanner > ,dennisboutkan,deyavoltolini,dharple,domeque,dptodecompras,era_donations,expertwitless,famousgang_31,folhadocariri,freebitchin,heywoodxjablomi,hifos, > ihavetrunutz > ,ikuke7,imar87,inmagv,jamilaelhasni,jplmoreira,jzyblu,katsunumaren767,kittoariobasara,kokohorewasshoi,laayanrc,ladylooc,lailavogelezang,mamibluemovie,manuzunino,marcelstuij,marco_paredes,mariel1820,marilimabio,misterplan,nslupski,pastormic,porterpet,rhizis,sabesa1,sai0531,scoopervin22,scwauters,sergio_ee,sethrynstorm,severoski,shaunatpayne,shikshin_ira,shima_online,shinnosukepass,sjsnsdaddict,smithsupport,ssa_prentiss,stayfrostyse,suellany_hta,sugarpop_bdg,taisinhamartins,tamayamasachiko,xsievert,yaragharib > > *Records I received a response for (after lowering, sorting):* > _cameraobscura, aboutmoneytips, alltinomit, allysonfly, andy_marin, > annadobak, aquarenasw, ardysmc, asd_tscmom, asyaetc, ayranlc, azianperc, > bagelcc, bernah515, bichhu_10, billexd, bodyplus1, bruno_ral, buckley_l, > buena_san, bunchukav, bunga_csv, c_loste, cansuneverson, canyalady, > carolinefassl, ceedeezy, cernoblog, chairs4church, chakal_guitar, choice355, > clubbanga, congelob, cr8cornucopia, crcon1863, creceitas, ctrl_news, > cynsaurus, dancewithlola, danielbegun, dennisboutkan, deyavoltolini, > dharple, domeque, dptodecompras, era_donations, expertwitless, > famousgang_31, folhadocariri, freebitchin, heywoodxjablomi, hifos, ikuke7, > imar87, inmagv, jamilaelhasni, jplmoreira, jzyblu, katsunumaren767, > kittoariobasara, kokohorewasshoi, laayanrc, ladylooc, lailavogelezang, > mamibluemovie, manuzunino, manuzunino, marcelstuij, marco_paredes, > mariel1820, marilimabio, marilimabio, misterplan, nslupski, pastormic, > porterpet, rhizis, sabesa1, sai0531, sai0531, scoopervin22, scwauters, > sergio_ee, sethrynstorm, severoski, shaunatpayne, shikshin_ira, > shima_online, shinnosukepass, sjsnsdaddict, smithsupport, ssa_prentiss, > stayfrostyse, suellany_hta, sugarpop_bdg, taisinhamartins, tamayamasachiko, > xsievert, yaragharib, yaragharib > > > (1) There are missing records for aliceee_tw (valid user), betinhots > (valid), demandplanner (valid), ihavetrunutz (valid) > (2) There are duplicate recordsfor manuzunino, sai0531, marilimabio, > yaragharib, bringing the total back up > to 100 responses > (3) While not in this example, suspended/non-existent members are correctly > removed from results > > -- K > > -- > 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
