I think the main question is : when will be able to retrieve status
from protected users via the search or stream api (if authentified and
allowed off course).

I have some protected account i'm using to archive IRC conversations
and where i'd like to be able to search in (without a search feature,
archiving makes no sense...)

On Sep 8, 4:37 am, John Kalucki <[email protected]> wrote:
> Personally, I think it would be great if the Streaming API could
> support streaming the with_friends timeline. There are many compelling
> use cases.
>
> You can simulate streaming the with_friends timeline by grabbing your
> following list to populate a follow parameter to the /1/statuses/
> filter.format resource. You can also simulate mentions by defining a
> track query for all the followed screen_names on the same connection.
> Yes, you won't get protected statuses, but you could poll for those
> whenever a certain time period had passed and only after new status
> arrived. This would allow you to place protected statuses in correct
> chronological order without hitting rate limits, but with higher
> latency.
>
> -John Kaluckihttp://twitter.com/jkalucki
> Services, Twitter Inc.
>
> On Sep 5, 4:22 pm, Rolando Espinoza La fuente <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi everyone
>
> > I wish to know if it's possible to get -nearly- real time timeline
> > updates
> > from my own account. I check stream.twitter.com but don't think
> > provides
> > user's timeline option.
>
> > Regards,
>
> > PD: i'm not english speaker :)

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