The API is stateless and requires polling. We do not offer any sort of trigger or push based alerts. Therefore, your application will either have to use the Search API or REST API to monitor a search term or account, respectively, then act on it accordingly.
Thanks, Doug Williams Twitter API Support http://twitter.com/dougw On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 8:08 PM, rpsfan <rps...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > Im wondering if our users whom have given us their Twitter name either > via OAuth or API would be able to Twitter a command or even a word and > when they do have it call to our app to take action? > > If this can not be done then could we monitor our users Twitter > account every four hours to see if they have stated this action and if > so then we would take action? Is there a limit to how many hits an > app can hit Twitter a day? > > If the above was not clear here is an example .... > > Im Joe and Im on Twitter and this new thing a mo bob service. Joe is > selling a couch in Murfreesboro, TN and Tweets Im selling a couch. > The word sell is what would trigger this thing a mo bob 3rd party app > and the app would search the web (craigslist and other sites) to find > buyers and send joe an email listing those buyers. > > Thanks >
