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Thanks for the feedback. Can you be specific about the API features that you're referring to that are "all over the place"? I'm personally really excited about

Thanks for the feedback. Can you be specific about the API features that you're referring to that are "all over the place"? I'm personally really excited about this, and this is probably the most cohesive a strategy I've seen for the API platform. We're very focused on fundamentals right now.

shapov 10y ago
From reading his comment it seems like his primary concern is the issue of trust. He goes on, "Not just talking about their API...". So I think the features he is referring to are user facing features, not API features.
duskwuff 10y ago
One really obvious one: Polls. Polls were introduced in October 2015. There is still no public API to create them, view them, or vote in them -- for users using third-party clients, polls are simply invisible.
- andypiper 10y ago
  That's frustrating, I realise. It's probably the most common feature I'm asked about regularly (alongside group Direct Messages). Polls are complicated to add, as there are three aspects (creating, voting, and then seeing the results), and they depend on cards, which are also not currently part of the API. It would be good if we at least added the information that a poll is attached to a Tweet to the Tweet JSON object, even if we can't do all the other things right away. I'd suggest keeping an eye on the roadmap for where we're going, but can't promise those things right now.
ErikAugust 10y ago
Andy - do you have any more information on this: "A plan to replace the public statuses/filter, statuses/sample, and search/tweets endpoints with a streamlined API that provides increased access when rate limits are reached." Some kind of pay-as-you-play model? Appreciate any help - building a product to help smaller businesses leverage the power of Twitter and would like to see how, in return, can help Twitter.
- andypiper 10y ago
  Nothing specific to announce at the moment, but yes, that's the direction that we refer to in the blog post - a new developer portal that would enable you to scale via tiered pricing in the future (but that remains free to use for standard access).
  - AznHisoka 10y ago
    do the current rate limits constitute standard access?
    - andypiper 10y ago
      Yes, that's correct at the moment.
cocktailpeanuts 10y ago
No i think you guys on the API team did a great job really. I was just criticizing about the company itself. It's great that you the API team is doing your best to tackle this trust issue but I think this needs to be dealt with on a company level. Otherwise it's just you guys working really hard to see it not pay off.
pkamb 10y ago
Ask via a Twitter Poll, and we'll answer via Tweetbot.

shapov 10y ago

From reading his comment it seems like his primary concern is the issue of trust. He goes on, "Not just talking about their API...". So I think the features he is referring to are user facing features, not API features.

duskwuff 10y ago

One really obvious one: Polls. Polls were introduced in October 2015. There is still no public API to create them, view them, or vote in them -- for users using third-party clients, polls are simply invisible.

andypiper 10y ago
That's frustrating, I realise. It's probably the most common feature I'm asked about regularly (alongside group Direct Messages). Polls are complicated to add, as there are three aspects (creating, voting, and then seeing the results), and they depend on cards, which are also not currently part of the API. It would be good if we at least added the information that a poll is attached to a Tweet to the Tweet JSON object, even if we can't do all the other things right away. I'd suggest keeping an eye on the roadmap for where we're going, but can't promise those things right now.

ErikAugust 10y ago

Andy - do you have any more information on this: "A plan to replace the public statuses/filter, statuses/sample, and search/tweets endpoints with a streamlined API that provides increased access when rate limits are reached." Some kind of pay-as-you-play model? Appreciate any help - building a product to help smaller businesses leverage the power of Twitter and would like to see how, in return, can help Twitter.

andypiper 10y ago
Nothing specific to announce at the moment, but yes, that's the direction that we refer to in the blog post - a new developer portal that would enable you to scale via tiered pricing in the future (but that remains free to use for standard access).
- AznHisoka 10y ago
  do the current rate limits constitute standard access?
  - andypiper 10y ago
    Yes, that's correct at the moment.

cocktailpeanuts 10y ago

No i think you guys on the API team did a great job really. I was just criticizing about the company itself. It's great that you the API team is doing your best to tackle this trust issue but I think this needs to be dealt with on a company level. Otherwise it's just you guys working really hard to see it not pay off.

pkamb 10y ago

Ask via a Twitter Poll, and we'll answer via Tweetbot.