Twitter API Social Graph Method Reference

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Submitted by kmakice

Posted Oct 29 2009 10:15 AM

Get All Friends

Returns the full list of people you follow.

Path		`/friends/ids.xml`
Requires authentication		Yes, if the account is private (authenticating user must be allowed by the author to view the list of friends).
Charged against rate limit		Yes.
HTTP method type		GET.
Optional parameters
	`id`	Indicates the user ID or username of the Twitter account whose following list you want to view. The `id` parameter is passed as part of the URL request: `/friends/ids/``id``.xml`.
Successful output		See the section called “The Follow Network”.

Get All Followers

Returns the full list of people who follow you.

Path		`/followers/ids.xml`
Requires authentication		Yes (authenticating user must be allowed by the author to view a private list of followers).
Charged against rate limit		Yes.
HTTP method type		GET.
Optional parameters
	`id`	Indicates the user ID or username of the Twitter account whose follower list you want to view. The `id` parameter is passed as part of the URL request: `/followers/ids/``id``.xml`.
Successful output		See the section called “The Follow Network”.

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