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 percentage, meaning I may lose out on certain keywords if I am keeping an eye on them?
On May 21, 2:12 pm, John Kalucki <jkalu...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 newlines are keep-alive probes. > > -John Kalucki > Services, Twitter Inc. > > On May 21, 4:22 am, developerinlondon <ebilliona...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I tried using the stream API call documented > > here:http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Streaming-API-Documentation#Connecting > > At the bottom there is the following example - > > > Example: Create a file called 'following' that contains, exactly and > > excluding the quotation marks: "follow=12 13 15 16 20 87". Execute: > > curl -d @followinghttp://stream.twitter.com/follow.json- > > uAnyTwitterUser:Password.You will receive JSON updates from Jack Biz, > > Crystal, Ev, Krissy, but not from Jeremy, as he's a private user. > > > I tried running it exactly as described. But my Curl just keeps > > throwing blank lines at me and I checked the user didnt get any new > > followings. > > > Would be great to know. > > > thanks, > > > -developerinlondon
