If I simply access the rss feed of the user's timeline, i.e.

http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/ahujaankit.rss

will that also count as an api call?


On Oct 20, 8:57 pm, "Alex Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, all calls count.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 7:28 AM, hwked <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Ok also I am actually not authenticating the user. I am using "http://
> > twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/bob.json" to obtain the user's last
> > 20 tweets.
>
> > My app is only making this single api call. Still, I don't think I am
> > being allowed 70 api calls per hour. If I make a different api call,
> > say for a different user, such as
>
> > "http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/ahujaankit.json";
>
> > Would that also count in the 70 that are allowed?
>
> > On Oct 20, 3:26 am, "Alex Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Yes, please see this API 
> >> method:http://apiwiki.twitter.com/REST+API+Documentation#ratelimitstatus
>
> >> On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 11:06 AM, hwked <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> > Is there anyway I can track the no. of api calls made from my client?
> >> > I don't know but after making a few calls, twitter starts sending an
> >> > error :|
>
> >> > On Oct 18, 8:35 pm, Cameron Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> >> > Does twitter take into account only the client IP address to determine
> >> >> > the no. of calls made to it? Doesn't it take into account the
> >> >> > application that is sending the api call?
>
> >> >> Yes, or whatever credentials you provide it. No (too easy to abuse by 
> >> >> simply
> >> >> changing application strings).
>
> >> >> --
> >> >> ------------------------------------ 
> >> >> personal:http://www.cameronkaiser.com/--
> >> >>   Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >> -- If you're not very clever, you should be conciliatory. -- Benjamin 
> >> >> Disraeli
>
> >> --
> >> Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc.http://twitter.com/al3x
>
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