The (sampled) streaming API is good for collecting representative
aggregate statistics on the public timeline, or full data on limited
subsets. If you already know what keywords you're looking for, you can
use the search API to find all mentions, but if you want to identify
clusters of emerging to
Yes, you can stay constantly connected to the Streaming API. Connect
to the Streaming API just once, and stay connected until there's some
sort of hiccup, then reconnect. (But don't connect many times per
second, throttle back on error.)
Spritzer isn't useful for monitoring keywords. Look into th
Ah I see, makes sense. Thanks.
This API being Streaming means I can constantly stay connected to it
without risking being banned. Correct?
Would be useful to stay connected to the Spritzer call. Although I am
confused what practical use it would be if I am getting a small
portion as its a small p
The Streaming API /follow resource does not create new followings.
Instead, it filters the stream of all public statuses created by a
list of users. Perhaps the nomenclature is confusing.
You probably observed a time period when the given small list of users
did not update their status. The newli