This change went into effect at about 3pm PST Tuesday August 25th.
On Aug 26, 12:30 pm, Joel Strellner <[email protected]> wrote: > When does this change go into effect? > > -Joel > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:06 PM, John Kalucki <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The resources in the Streaming API have been rationalized. You'll need > > to update the URLs that streaming clients are using over the next two > > weeks. The old URLs will be deprecated on or after September 9, 2009. > > The change is documented in the Wiki: > >http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Streaming-API-Documentation, > > specifically in > >http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Streaming-API-Documentation#Methods. > > > The new scheme allows for API versioning, streams that contain objects > > other than statuses, separates access level control from URLs and > > allows multiple filter predicates to be specified on a single > > connection. The cute resource names have, sadly, been dropped we move > > towards pushing the service out of Alpha. Also, /track and friends > > have been merged with /follow and friends into a single resource. When > > you connect to a given resource, you will automatically be given the > > highest access level possible. > > > The following is a mapping from the old URLs to the new URLs. > > Otherwise, you should notice only subtle changes to the Streaming API > > error handling behavior. All other functionality should continue to > > work as in the past. > > > /firehose - /1/statuses/firehose > > /spritzer, /gardenhose - /1/statuses/sample > > /birddog, /shadow, /follow - /1/statuses/filter > > /partner/track, /restricted/track, /track - /1/statuses/filter > > > For example, if you have been connecting to /gardenhose.json, connect > > to /1/statuses/sample.json. > > > Note that the Streaming API is still in Alpha test. > > > -John Kalucki > >http://twitter.com/jkalucki > > Services, Twitter Inc.
