Actor Ref

An actor_ref can be either a user or a channel. It has the following attributes:

• avatar_updated_at - timestamp of the last update to the avatar; more info on timestamp

• deleted_at - always null (otherwise you couldn't get to it!)

• extra - optional attributes, see description in the section below

• nick - full nick of user or channel

  • Example - jaiku@jaiku.com for the jaiku user or

    #jaiku@jaiku.com for the #jaiku channel

• privacy - actor's privacy setting:

  • 2 = actor's jaikus are shown to contacts only
  • 3 = actor's jaikus are public

• type - either 'channel' or 'user'

The 'extra' attribute is another object that contains the following optional attributes:

• contact_count - applicable to users only
• follower_count - applicable to users only
• icon - partial path to actor's avatar image; more info on icon
• description - applicable to channels only
• member_count - applicable to channels only
• admin_count - applicable to channels only
• member_count - applicable to channels only
• admin_count - applicable to channels only
• given_name - applicable to users only
• family_name - applicable to users only
• contact_count - applicable to users only
• channel_count - applicable to users only