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Jul 9th, 2009 at 13:29
July 9th, 2009 at 14:28
We are going to be moving images to a new domain (twimg.com) to streamline our image hosting and offer better performance. We hope this will have limited impact as will only change the image URL. Example URLs include:

Profile images:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/35240332/2929920.gif

http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/35240332/2929920.gif

Background images:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_background_images/18156348/jessica_tiled.jpg.jpeg
http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/18156348/jessica_tiled.jpg.jpeg

[ed: no word on when this will happen yet]

(announcement thread)
Jul 9th, 2009 at 11:29
July 9th, 2009 at 12:29
The documentation for the /search method specifies that all queries should be performed with an HTTP GET. On or after July 15, 2009, we will begin enforcing the use of HTTP GET for all queries. Requests sent to the /search method which are not performed with an HTTP GET will be met with an HTTP 403 response. (announcement thread)
Jul 3rd, 2009 at 08:31
July 1st, 2009
Feature (REST): The rate limit has been changed form 100 to 150. (documentation)
Jul 3rd, 2009 at 08:30
July 1st, 2009
Feature (REST): API updates are now identified as being from API rather than web.
Jul 3rd, 2009 at 08:30
July 1st, 2009
Fixed (OAuth): Allow international domain names for OAuth URLs via punnycode input. (issue 772)
Jul 3rd, 2009 at 08:30
July 1st, 2009
Fixed (OAuth): The oauth_access_type parameter was not respected in all cases. (issue 767)
Jun 30th, 2009 at 08:29
June 29th, 2009
Feature (Search): Added Farsi/Persian to the list of available languages.
Jun 30th, 2009 at 08:29
June 29th, 2009
Fixed (REST): The new friendships/show method no longer returns 502 on large users. (issue 757)
Jun 30th, 2009 at 08:28
June 29th, 2009
Fixed (Search): Searches for accented and non-accented words are now combined. (issue 503)
Jun 26th, 2009 at 10:55
June 25th, 2009
Fixed (Mail): Improved outbound email reliability (for apps parsing DM/friend emails)
Jun 26th, 2009 at 10:50
June 25th, 2009
Fixed (REST): The JSON returned in maintenance mode now correctly contains null rather than NULL (issue 703)
Jun 26th, 2009 at 10:47
June 25th, 2009
Fixed (OAuth): Improved error handling when invalid data is submitted in place of a token.
Jun 26th, 2009 at 10:45
June 25th, 2009
Fixed (OAuth): Added a more helpful error message when you try to use a request token in place of an access token.
Jun 26th, 2009 at 10:45
June 25th, 2009
Fixed (REST): Partially fixed issue with tiling background images via the API (issue 650)
Jun 26th, 2009 at 10:42
June 25th, 2009
Feature (REST): Added new friendships/show method (issue 474, documentation)
Jun 26th, 2009 at 10:40
June 25th, 2009
Feature (REST): Added screen_name and user_id attributes to direct_messages/new for disambiguation (issue 550, documentation)
Jun 26th, 2009 at 10:37
June 24th, 2009
Fixed (Search): The combinations of some operators with since_id incorrectly returned an error, now it returns results. (issue 742)
Jun 26th, 2009 at 10:37
June 24th, 2009
Fixed (Search): Searches for never-used phrases incorrectly returned an error rather than 0 results. (issue 740)
Jun 26th, 2009 at 10:36
June 23rd, 2009
Fixed (Search): Search errors are now returned in the API format requested (issue 509)
Jun 26th, 2009 at 10:35
June 9th, 2009
Feature (OAuth): Updated OAuth to 1.0a and added a PIN-based desktop workflow for OAuth apps. (announcement)
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