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message 1: by Mark (new)

Mark Smith (mjmsmith) | 1 comments I'm trying to use the Goodreads API to get a user's followers/followings. The documentation appears to be inconsistent for both.

For followers, the URL is documented as:
https://www.goodreads.com/user_follow...
but the sample link is:
https://www.goodreads.com/user/379446...

For people the user is following, the URL is documented as:
https://www.goodreads.com/user_follow...
but the sample link is:
https://www.goodreads.com/user_follow...

Can you tell me what the correct URL is for each, assuming I have already authenticated using OAuth?


message 2: by Ettore (new)

Ettore Pasquini thanks for bringing this to our attention. That's definitely bad documentation. We'll try to fix it soon.

Meanwhile, I believe the sample URL example is what you should use.


message 3: by Ettore (new)

Ettore Pasquini Hey Mark, just wanted to let you know the ticket related to this problem was added to our next sprint, so we should really have it fixed soon. Sorry again for the problem.


message 4: by George (new)

George | 4 comments Has anyone gotten either URL to work? I keep getting redirected after being told that I'm unauthorized. For the record, I've got several other methods working fine.

If someone could post a working example, I'd be grateful.


message 5: by [deleted user] (new)

I've noted this on other threads, but just in case someone else with this problem lands here, the API docs are now updated to reflect the correct url's.


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