Find Peoples/Profiles using Twitter Search API

2009-01-27 Thread Jagdip

We are developing an application by using Twitter Search API.

Given below is the URL for API:

http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Search+API+Documentation#Methods

and

for Atom:

http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=keyword

According to API, it'll search only from Tweets.

Following are my scenarios:

http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=keyword

Scenario 1: Enter Jagdip in place of keyword
 It gives me zeero result

Scenario 2: Enter Jagdip_singh2k9 in place of keyword
  it gives me results.


If we look into Twitter search API,  these are valid results.

But our requirement is that, when we enter Jagdip in place of
keyword, it gives me Jagdip_singh2k9 result as it also contains
Jagdip.

Is there any provision to get the result for Tweets as well as for
the Username and people profiles?

Can someone provide some guidenace regarding this, it will be really
helpful.

- Jagdip


Re: Find Peoples/Profiles using Twitter Search API

2009-01-27 Thread dougw

Jagdip,
There is no ability to specify a regular expression-like search
(jagdip*) but you get 140 chars so use them wisely.

For instance, you could always do something like
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=jagdip+OR+jagdip_singh2k9

which will return an inclusive set from the search of jagdip and
jagdib_singh2k9

Does that meet your needs?

@dougw

On Jan 27, 5:39 am, Jagdip jagdeepsingh...@gmail.com wrote:
 We are developing an application by using Twitter Search API.

 Given below is the URL for API:

 http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Search+API+Documentation#Methods

 and

 for Atom:

 http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=keyword

 According to API, it'll search only from Tweets.

 Following are my scenarios:

 http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=keyword

 Scenario 1: Enter Jagdip in place of keyword
                  It gives me zeero result

 Scenario 2: Enter Jagdip_singh2k9 in place of keyword
                   it gives me results.

 If we look into Twitter search API,  these are valid results.

 But our requirement is that, when we enter Jagdip in place of
 keyword, it gives me Jagdip_singh2k9 result as it also contains
 Jagdip.

 Is there any provision to get the result for Tweets as well as for
 the Username and people profiles?

 Can someone provide some guidenace regarding this, it will be really
 helpful.

 - Jagdip