On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Mike Southern <gb1...@cox.net> wrote:
> I have several twitter accounts. Each account has generated its own set of > OAUTH credentials. I am just using to look at data of those who are > following me based on a list of all my followers IDs. > > I understand that there is a 150 per hour limit on client requests. > > But after reaching 150 with my first twitter account credentials, I then > get > this message for all accounts, with different credentials. > > > <hash> > <request> > /1/friendships/show.xml?source_id=110236585&target_id=132286315 > </request> > <error> > Rate limit exceeded. Clients may not make more than 150 requests per hour. > </error> > </hash> > > So what is being checked in order to determine the number of times a > "client" has made a request? > > I also need confirmation on "source_id" and "target_id". I am assuming *I* > am the source_id and that my follower is therefore the target_id ... > > > Mike > Hi Mike, I think you'd be best off getting your follower_ids and using the stream API to track them (up to 5000 users). Then you don't have the rate limit anymore. cheers -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk?hl=en
