You can pull the most recent 3200 statuses for a user and that is it. Abraham
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 00:24, Dharmesh Parikh <[email protected]>wrote: > So if i user_timeline REST api call and use max_id =X or since_id = Y and > count=200 i can get 3200 messages backwards from X or 3200 messages forward > from Y and then hit the limit. > > My specific questions: > 1) can i use some different max_id and count=200 after the above scenario > is hit. > > 2) What if in the next user_timeline REST api calls i use a different > reference point max_id = A or since_id = B can i use count=200 and still get > different set of 3200 messages? > > > --dharmesh > > > > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:34 AM, Josh Roesslein <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Correction: 3200-->1800 >> Sorry for that math error ;) >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Josh Roesslein <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I believe it means you can not go back more than 3200 statuses. >>> Example: >>> user has posted 5000 statuses. you can only view statuses 3200+ via the >>> api. >>> >>> Its not a limit that gets used up like the api rate limit. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 1:39 PM, dp <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi Doug, >>>> >>>> I did read that but was not able to get the exact implications of it, >>>> thats why the question. >>>> >>>> So lets say i use count to get 3200 messages in history for a user, >>>> then can i use the count ever again (count >20), or i have reached the >>>> limit for that user permanently?? >>>> >>>> >>>> -dharmesh >>>> >>>> On Aug 3, 10:28 pm, Doug Williams <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Hi there -- >>>> > Check out #6 in the Things Every Developer Should Know article [1]. >>>> > >>>> > 1.https://apiwiki.twitter.com/Things-Every-Developer-Should-Know >>>> > >>>> > Thanks, >>>> > Doug >>>> > >>>> > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 11:27 AM, dp <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > When the REST API limit for using count/page reaches 3200 for a >>>> > > particular user account, does it mean that that user account can >>>> never >>>> > > use count/page parameters any-more?? >>>> > >>>> > > Does this limit reset? >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Josh >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Josh >> > > > > -- > --Dharmesh > -- Abraham Williams | Community Evangelist | http://web608.org Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham Project | http://fireeagle.labs.poseurtech.com This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private. Sent from Anchorage, Alaska, United States
