Re: [twitter-dev] Streaming API (filter) and retweets, JSON Output

[Mark McBride]

A retweet will have an embedded "retweeted_status" object.  Example
(first one from spritzer, not necessarily a favorite):

{
  "coordinates": null,
  "favorited": false,
  "created_at": "Mon Aug 16 04:03:17 +0000 2010",
  "truncated": false,
  "retweeted_status": {
    "coordinates": null,
    "favorited": false,
    "created_at": "Sun Aug 15 22:58:25 +0000 2010",
    "truncated": false,
    "contributors": null,
    "text": "Do u ever feel like u don't belong? When u #LoveYourself
your ppl will find you! Belonging starts within! #TDL",
    "id": 21266102648,
    "geo": null,
    "in_reply_to_user_id": null,
    "user": {
      "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "ffffff",
      "name": "Mastin Kipp",
      "profile_background_tile": true,
      "profile_sidebar_border_color": "838581",
      "location": "The wise & classy place within",
      "profile_image_url":
"http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/993737856/Picture_45_normal.png";,
      "created_at": "Mon Oct 20 17:22:57 +0000 2008",
      "follow_request_sent": null,
      "profile_link_color": "56a6ec",
      "favourites_count": 559,
      "contributors_enabled": false,
      "url": "http://www.TheDailyLove.com";,
      "utc_offset": -32400,
      "id": 16870682,
      "profile_use_background_image": true,
      "listed_count": 5701,
      "protected": false,
      "followers_count": 224270,
      "profile_text_color": "707070",
      "lang": "en",
      "verified": false,
      "profile_background_color": "ffffff",
      "description": "To make each day a fresh start sign up for our
FREE daily email at www.TheDailyLove.com - TDL was founded by 28yr old
@MastinKipp",
      "time_zone": "Alaska",
      "geo_enabled": false,
      "notifications": null,
      "friends_count": 651,
      "statuses_count": 7696,
      "profile_background_image_url":
"http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/112686910/thedailylove_final_smllrttttwitter.jpg";,
      "screen_name": "TheDailyLove",
      "following": null,
      "show_all_inline_media": false
    },
    "place": null,
    "in_reply_to_screen_name": null,
    "source": "web",
    "in_reply_to_status_id": null
  },
  "contributors": null,
  "text": "RT @TheDailyLove: Do u ever feel like u don't belong? When
u #LoveYourself your ppl will find you! Belonging starts within!
#TDL",
  "id": 21285825400,
  "geo": null,
  "in_reply_to_user_id": null,
  "user": {
    "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "3b0705",
    "name": "Emillie Immaculate",
    "profile_background_tile": true,
    "profile_sidebar_border_color": "000000",
    "location": "Empire State Of Mind",
    "profile_image_url":
"http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1069286198/ME_MYSELF_AND_I_normal.jpg";,
    "created_at": "Mon Jun 15 07:41:33 +0000 2009",
    "follow_request_sent": null,
    "profile_link_color": "b8100d",
    "favourites_count": 19,
    "contributors_enabled": false,
    "url": "http://www.facebook.com/EmilyImmaculate";,
    "utc_offset": -18000,
    "id": 47286045,
    "profile_use_background_image": true,
    "listed_count": 5,
    "protected": false,
    "followers_count": 1225,
    "profile_text_color": "080000",
    "lang": "en",
    "verified": false,
    "profile_background_color": "663737",
    "description": "Mind of a Billionaire,, Young entrepreneur in the making.",
    "time_zone": "Eastern Time (US & Canada)",
    "geo_enabled": false,
    "notifications": null,
    "friends_count": 62,
    "statuses_count": 3657,
    "profile_background_image_url":
"http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/133632534/wallpaper_marilyn_monroe.jpg";,
    "screen_name": "EmilyImmaculate",
    "following": null,
    "show_all_inline_media": false
  },
  "place": null,
  "in_reply_to_screen_name": null,
  "source": "web",
  "in_reply_to_status_id": null
}

   ---Mark

http://twitter.com/mccv



On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Joe <joe.vivona.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If we are listening to the stream api/filter using track and getting
> JSON output, I cannot see anywhere that I can determine if something
> is a retweet except explicitly checking the text of the tweet.
>
> Am I missing something or should I simultansously be listing to the
> retweet stream and try to cross match the 2 (that seems like a waste
> of resources).
>
> Any advice?
>