Yes, for the streaming api, http://dev.twitter.com/pages/streaming_api
but it sounds like you may want the search api which doesn't require authentication: http://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/search On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:49 PM, D. Smith <emai...@sharedlog.com> wrote: > Hello! I want to start using streaming API to monitor all tweets with > certain keywords in them. Do I need to provide any authentication in > order to connect? > > -- > 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