Other than my username and password, this is an example that I know is
working:
<?php
$count = 1;
$startparsing = false;
$keyword_needles[] = 'twitter';
$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, $errstr, 10);
if (!$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);
}
?>
The only changes I made was to echo things out and I added a keyword
that I was sure would have volume - twitter. It did take a little bit
of time to connect. I am assuming that that is because of their
current load though, and not the script.
On Aug 2, 2:25 am, Tom Fitzgerald <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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);
> > > }
