Understanding Twitter API's "Cursor" parameter

Question

I don't really get how to use the Curesor parameter in Twitter's API, for an exmaple - here. Am I supposed to make a new API call for each 100 followers?

I'd love it if someone could provide a PHP example for getting a full list of followers assuming I have more than 100...

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You need to pass the cursor value back to the API to get the next "chunk" of followers. Then you take the cursor parameter from that chunk and pass it back to get the next chunk. It is like a "get the next page" mechanism.

Answer 2

Check out http://code.google.com/p/twitter-boot/source/browse/trunk/twitter-bot.php

foreach ($this->twitter->getFollowers(,0 ) as $follower)//the 0 is the page
    {
      if ($this->twitter->existsFriendship($this->user, $follower['screen_name'])) //If You  Follow this user
          continue;    //no need to follow now;
      try
      {
        $this->twitter->createFriendship($follower['screen_name'], true); // If you dont Follow Followit now
        $this->logger->debug('Following new follower: '.$follower['screen_name']);
      }
      catch (Exception $e)
      {
        $this->logger->debug("Skipping:".$follower['screen_name']." ".$e->getMessage());
      }

    }

  }