There is no way that Twitter's api is going to let you swap between two users (ie: here are two usernames that can auth, swap to the other when one runs out of hits)
You will have to check the authenticating user's rate limit before each request. When that account hits 0, authenticate with the second user, check it's rate limit, if it's greater than 0 continue with the request. If you code your app this way your request won't be interrupted. But instead of going through hoops like this could you explain what you're doing that requires over 20,000 requests per hour? I can't speak for Twitter but I would guess that using multiple accounts to get around rate limits is frowned upon. There may be an easier way to achieve what you're doing (streaming/higher access levels/etc) On Mar 23, 7:02 am, Rushikesh Bhanage <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > Yes I got your point Sir and that's the problem automatic switching of > user does not take place. Yes authentication is essential, but can I do that > using rate_limit_status method(passing user name and password to method) for > these two users or OAuth is the option, but it's not possible in this > case(have already implemented OAuth in app), because this is going to be > automatically. Above two user names will be white listed A/C's(that I am > going to do as this problem will get solved on current requests). I read > Twitter api documentation, in that I got clue to pass unm and pwd using > cURL ( have used it) like this-> > > curl -u > user:passwordhttp://api.twitter.com/1/account/rate_limit_status.xml<http://twitter.com/account/rate_limit_status.xml> > is this possible? > > Thank you in advance sir. > > -- Rishi. > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Mark McBride <[email protected]> wrote: > > Authenticate as the second user. > > > ---Mark > > >http://twitter.com/mccv > > > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Rushikesh Bhanage < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hi, > >> (Note: In my app, single white listed useraccount's requests are not > >> sufficient to complete particular task, so i need to switch from one > >> account > >> to another without breaking operation, if previous A/C's hits got over. ) > >> In my case both the users are authenticated. Now problem is that how to > >> switch from one user to another, when next user comes, he should come up > >> with it's hits for the operations, when previous user's hits got over. In > >> such situation how can i use rate_limit_status method. > > >> Thank you in advance, > > >> rishibhanage > > >> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:19 AM, Chris Thomson <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>> The rate_limit_status method does not take a username as a parameter. All > >>> account methods act on the authenticating user's account (or in the case > >>> of > >>> an unauthenticated call, the requesting IP address). In order to get each > >>> other's rate limit information, you'll need to have both the user's > >>> authenticated as themselves. > > >>> -- > >>> Chris Thomson > > >>> On Mar 21, 2010, at 8:01 AM, Rushikesh Bhanage wrote: > > >>> Hi, there, > >>> I am using rest api method in my app, in that, I have two users(i.e > >>> white-listed user accounts.) and need to get each user's account > >>> rate-limit > >>> request balance, I am using following URL to get request balance. > > >>> 'http://twitter.com/account/rate_limit_status/'.$unm.'.xml<http://twitter.com/account/rate_limit_status/%27.$unm.%27.xml>'. > >>> Here $unm is user name passed through ratelimit() function . > > >>> Below is the code logic: (using cURL functions ) > > >>> [ function Checklimit() > >>> { > >>> for($i=0; $i<2; $i++) > >>> { > >>> $usrlimit = > >>> $this->ratelimit($this->u[$i]); // ratelimit($unm) > >>> function will give array containing remaining hits. > >>> foreach($usrlimit as $key=>$val) > >>> // $this->u[] is the array used for fetching users with $i. > >>> { > >>> if($key == 'remaining-hits') > >>> { > >>> if($val != 0) > > >>> { // > >>> here > >>> will return array element which is having hits. > >>> return > >>> $i; // here it doesn't > >>> come inside when value of ratelimit of first user comes to an end > >>> } > > >>> } > >>> } > >>> // Actually here it goes to second user but does not get it's > >>> hits from api using ratelimit function. gets same 0 as like first user. It > >>> will return -1 when no user is having hits. > >>> } > >>> return -1; > >>> } > > >>> ] > > >>> Can I have some clue, please. > > >>> Thank You in advance. > > >>> with regards, > >>> rishibhanage. > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+ > >>> unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words > >>> "REMOVE ME" as the subject. > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+ > >>> unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words > >>> "REMOVE ME" as the subject. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+ > >> unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > >> ME" as the subject. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+ > > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > > ME" as the subject. 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