Got it. Thanks, Taylor. On Mar 22, 11:16 am, Taylor Singletary <taylorsinglet...@twitter.com> wrote: > Hi Doug, > > We don't have a search result counting API available at this time. One > approach would be to prepare ahead of time and use the Streaming API's track > filter on the URL you're interested in, keeping the stream open and counting > tweets featuring your URL as it spreads on > Twitter.http://dev.twitter.com/pages/streaming_api_methods#track > > Taylor > > @episod <http://twitter.com/episod> - Taylor Singletary - Twitter Developer > Advocate > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:13 AM, doug <douglas.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The Facebook API has a FQL query that allows one to retrieve the > > number of "Likes" or "Shares" a particular URL got. > > > I can certainly find a way to use the Twitter Search API to retrieve > > the raw statuses that mention a particular URL... but it seems like > > overkill when all I would like is the count... the number of statuses > > that mention that URL. > > > Is there a way to simply retrieve _just_ the count of URL mentions? > > > Thanks, Doug > > > -- > > Twitter developer documentation and resources:http://dev.twitter.com/doc > > API updates via Twitter:http://twitter.com/twitterapi > > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: > >http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > > Change your membership to this group: > >http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk
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