Hello! I'm developing an application which needs to constantly request a search API result. I'm pushing through a since_id to try to help minimise the load on the servers. My question is, what is the optimum time limit to loop the API requests? My application will need to act upon the result of the search pretty much instantly.
I currently have the script requesting a search API result every 5 seconds. Will this hammer your servers too much? Do you know the average time third party clients reload tweets? Are there any guidelines for this? As this would have a factor in when my applications actions are seen and so the need to request a search result refresh Thanks, Pete
