getting the profile image from twitter

Question

{
    NSString *postUrl =  @"http://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image.json ";
    ASIFormDataRequest *request = [[ASIFormDataRequest alloc]
                                   initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:postUrl]];
    [request addRequestHeader:@"Authorization"
                        value:[oAuth oAuthHeaderForMethod:@"GET"
                                                   andUrl:postUrl
                                                andParams:nil]];
    [request setPostValue: userName forKey:@"screen_name"]; 
    [request startSynchronous];
}

In my application I want to show the twitter profile image of the user who uses this application which is for uploading images to twitter. How can I retrieve the profile image of the user? I am using the url http://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/:screen_name.format for this. And ASIHTTP GET method.But it fails. Can anyone help me to do this? The code i am using is given above.

Answer 1

You are using the wrong URL, just replace the :screen_name.format to the the users screen name and image format:

NSString *imageUrl =  @"http://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/rckoenes.png";
ASIHTTPRequest *request = [[ASIHTTPRequest alloc]
                               initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:imageUrl]];
[request startSynchronous];