Question

I am trying to get the JSON object which will contain tweets of a particular handle.

Here is the function I am using to send requests and store response in local storage:

function sendRequest(handle, noOfTweets, boolDisplay){
        $.getJSON("http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=from:"+handle+"&rpp="+noOfTweets+"&callback=?", function(data) {
        if(boolDisplay){
            displayTweets(data);
        }
        localStorage.setItem("tweets"+handle, JSON.stringify(data));
      });
}

I am getting responses containing tweets of the user IF the user name doesn’t contain numbers.
If the handle contains any numbers, then there are no tweets returned.

I have tried it by directly using address bar for the same requests.

eg:
(Following are handle names)

• ndtv works
• toi works
• pranavjain64 (my handle) doesn’t work
• CNBCTV18news doesn’t work

PLEASE HELP!!

Answer 1

You’ll want to use the status api rather than search here.

 function sendRequest(handle, noOfTweets, boolDisplay){
        $.getJSON("http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.json?screen_name="+ handle + "&count=" + noOfTweets + "&c
allback=?", function(data) {
        if(boolDisplay){
            displayTweets(data);
        }
        localStorage.setItem("tweets"+handle, JSON.stringify(data));
      });
  }

https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/get/statuses/user_timeline