Joel, For some reason when I try your code I get a timeout error. Any suggestions? What you have is exactly what I'm looking for. It could really help me out a jam, thanks!
On Jul 27, 4:02 pm, Joel Strellner <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is a working example of how to do /track: > > $count = 1; > $startparsing = false; > > $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword1'; > $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword2'; > $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword3'; > $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword4'; > > // if your keywords have spaces, they must be urlencoded (twitter does not > support phrases, only the first keyword will be used, the space character > and after will be ignored) > foreach ($keyword_needles AS $i=>$needle) { > $keyword_needles[$i] = urlencode($needle); > > } > > $poststr = 'track=' . implode(',', $keyword_needles); > $fp = fsockopen("stream.twitter.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30); > if (!$fp) { > echo "$errstr ($errno)\n";} else { > > $out = "POST /track.json HTTP/1.1\r\n"; > $out .= "Host: stream.twitter.com\r\n"; > $out .= "User-Agent: YourUserAgent\r\n"; > $out .= "Referer:http://yourdomain.com\r\n";; > $out .= "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n"; > $out .= "Authorization: Basic " . > base64_encode("username:password")."\r\n"; > $out .= "Content-length: " . strlen($poststr) . "\r\n"; > $out .= "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n"; > $out .= $poststr . "\r\n\r\n"; > > fwrite($fp, $out); > while (!feof($fp)) { > $line = fgets($fp, 4096); > if ($startparsing) { > if (trim($line) != '') { > //echo trim($line) . "\n"; > $tweet_obj = json_decode(trim($line)); > // do your stuff here > } > } > else { > // view the header lines: uncomment the below line > //echo trim($line) . "\n"; > > $header_arr[] = $line; > $headercount = count($header_arr)-1; > > if (trim($header_arr[$headercount]) == '') { > $startparsing = true; > $count = 1; > unset($header_arr, $headercount); > } > } > if (trim($line) != '') $count++; > } > fclose($fp); > > > > } > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Joseph <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am trying to use the track streaming API, but I'm having trouble > > with the syntax. The example shows how to use a tracking list stored > > in a file in the format: track = word1, word2, etc.. > > > I tried the following (following a successful fsockopen call to > > stream.twitter.api: > > > POST /track.json track = Palin, #fubar HTTP/1.1 Host: > > stream.twitter.com User-Agent: UserAgent Authorization: Basic > > cGXybmFzc3TzZGV2OlBhcm5hMzT1Mzl4MDMz Connection: Close > > > and I am getting the following error code: HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request > > > The actual relevant test PHP code is: > > > $fp = fsockopen($url, 80, $errno, $errstr, 30); > > if (!$fp) { > > echo "$errstr ($errno)\n"; > > } else { > > echo "file handle: ".$fp."<br/>"; > > $header = "POST /track.json track = $trackTerms HTTP/1.1\r\n"; > > $header .= "Host: stream.twitter.com\r\n"; > > $header .= "User-Agent: UserAgent\r\n"; > > $header .= "Authorization: Basic " . base64_encode($twitUsername . > > ':' . $twitPwd)."\r\n"; > > $header .= "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n"; > > echo $header."<br/>"; > > fwrite($fp, $header); > > $line = fgets($fp, 4096); > > echo $line; > > fclose($fp); > > }
