API calls with no authentication

From what I undertand, some API calls like users/show and statuses/user_timeline do not require authentication. So how do I make these calls using Elliot's Twtter library without authenticating?

For example when I try to do this (before authenticating) an exception will be thrown.

$user = $this->tweet->call('get', 'users/show', array('screen_name' => 'somescreenname'));

Sorry if this is a dumb question.

[amboy00]

That's correct. Just like performing a search, you should have to authenticate.

I'm also getting an exception.

[amboy00]

It looks like it's making the right call too.

$feed = $this->tweet->call('get', 'users/show', array('screen_name' => 'amboy00'));

$url will be http://api.twitter.com/users/show.json?screen_name=amboy00 which works. $feed will come back bool(false)

[amboy00]

I dont know if this will work for you, but I hardcoded an exception in tweet.php.

protected function _httpRequest($method = null, $url = null, $params = null)
{
    if( empty($method) || empty($url) ) return FALSE;
    if ( empty($params['oauth_signature']) ) $params = $this->_prepareParameters($method, $url, $params);

    //ADD THIS EXCEPTION                    
    if ( $url == 'http://api.twitter.com/users/show.json' )
    {
        $params['oauth'] = null;
    }

[egfx]

amboy00, thanks for this! works perfect.