This is not to circumvent the limits. I will open up another account for the second connection.
On Oct 12, 8:09 pm, John Kalucki <[email protected]> wrote: > You should have only one, perhaps two, sockets open to the Streaming > API at any given time -- at most one on /1/statuses/filter and at most > one on /1/statuses/sample. Opening multiple connections to circumvent > limits is against the TOS. Also, opening more than one connection with > the same account is not allowed and your older connection may be > disconnected. Create a second account for the second connection. > > -John Kalucki > http;//twitter.com/jkalucki > Services, Twitter Inc > > On Oct 12, 7:27 pm, EastSideDev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > No, I am using the same username and password. This used to work > > (limited success), but it is not working now. > > > On Oct 12, 6:10 pm, Chad Etzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Are you using separate username/password combos to connect each socket? > > > -Chad > > > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:26 PM, EastSideDev <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > I have been using 3-4 scripts, to collect data, using the streaming > > > > APIs. Each script opens up a socket and keeps it open, unless it's > > > > closed by twitter (maintenance, problems, etc.). Each script checks > > > > for a pulse, and re-opens the socket when the Twitter service is back > > > > in business. > > > > > This was working for a while, but now I can only get one socket opened > > > > at a time. When I start the next script, the previous one disconnects. > > > > > I am using fsockopen: fsockopen("stream.twitter.com", 80, &$err_no, & > > > > $err_msg, 30) > > > > > The scripts run on a Linux system. fsockopen implicitly binds to 0 > > > > locally, so my system should be assigning a different local ports for > > > > each script. Why can't I keep more than one socket open at the same > > > > time?
