Yes, you can stay constantly connected to the Streaming API. Connect to the Streaming API just once, and stay connected until there's some sort of hiccup, then reconnect. (But don't connect many times per second, throttle back on error.)
Spritzer isn't useful for monitoring keywords. Look into the Twitter Search API for this purpose. John Kalucki Services, Twitter Inc. On May 21, 10:44 am, developerinlondon <ebilliona...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
