No. Counting the responses you get is currently the only way. Abraham
On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 14:07, Michelle Guy <michell...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it possible to get back just the total number of tweets (non the actualy > tweets themselves) that match a query submitted via the Search API? For > example, can i get back the total number of tweets that have a particular > phrase? I am not looking to get the tweets text, nor any other tweet > information, only the total count of tweets that match my query criteria. > > I know I can specify the number of returns per page, and then request each > additional page until there are no more (up to the 1500 limit per query), > but I'm hoping to reduce the number of queries and hits I need to make to > twitter.com. > > thanks, > michelle > -- Abraham Williams | http://the.hackerconundrum.com Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham Web608 | Community Evangelist | http://web608.org This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private. Sent from Madison, Wisconsin, United States
