perl has the same limitation as php, I decided to use Java for streaming API because of support for threads.
On Sep 30, 12:54 pm, "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <zn...@borasky- research.net> wrote: > I've used the Perl AnyEvent::Twitter::Stream CPAN module and the Ruby > tweetstream gem. Both of them work just fine, although I think the > error handling in the Perl one may have a glitch. The Perl one is > lighter on both CPU and RAM use, but that's the nature of Perl vs. > Ruby, not something in the library codes themselves. > > I don't know if either of them has been updated to work with the > official User Streams endpoint yet - last time I looked at User > Streams, I used cURL from the command line. > > I'll probably get back to my User Streams project next week - I've > been pushing to get my appliances in shape for the SUSE Disters > contest entry deadline, which is tomorrow. ;-) > > And yes, I'd still like the option to get "spritzer" data in User > Streams without having to open another connection. But I'm probably > the only one. ;-) > -- > M. Edward (Ed) Boraskyhttp://borasky-research.nethttp://twitter.com/znmeb > > "A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." - Paul Erdos > > Quoting Taylor Singletary <taylorsinglet...@twitter.com>: > > > > > While it's in Scala, not Java, I've heard good things about > > @alejandrocrosa's Scala-TwitterStreamer : > >http://github.com/acrosa/Scala-TwitterStreamer-- you should be able > > to make use of it fairly easily in a Java environment. > > > We'd love to start collecting libraries built around the Streaming API. > > > Regardless of language, does anyone have libraries to share with everyone? > > > Taylor > > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:25 AM, D. Smith <emai...@sharedlog.com> wrote: > >> Hello there! > >> I am pretty experienced with using PHP for Twitter, but now I want to > >> use firehose and Java seems to be a much better fit because of > >> 'Threads', so I can listen to Firehose the pass a job to a thread and > >> return right away. PHP cannot do that, well, maybe to some crazy hacks > >> that I am not too impressed with. > > >> Anyway, can someone recommend a good Java client that does that, > >> ideally where I can just extend the class to write my own runnable > >> classes. > > >> thanks a lot. > > >> -- > >> 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 > > > -- > > 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 -- 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