Hi D, There are a few different levels of the streaming API. You can use the sample endpoint without any kind of approval from Twitter, using a Twitter account under your control for login.
Access beyond the sample end point requires approval -- the process for approval begins at http://twitter.com/help/request_streaming When getting familiar with the streaming API it's best to take a crawl -> walk -> run approach. "Crawling" is using the sample stream, "walking" is moving up to garden hose, and "running" is going beyond. Taylor On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:26 AM, D. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Can I use any Twitter account username/password or does the account > have to be registered with Twitter API? > > On Oct 7, 1:18 pm, John Kalucki <[email protected]> wrote: > > stream.twitter.com/1/statuses/filter.json > > track=keyword1,keyword2 > > > > etc. > > > > -John > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:13 AM, D. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm confused now. Which API should I use Streaming or Search? > > > What I want is to monitor Twitter and every time someone uses certain > > > words (maybe a total of about 20 words that I want to monitor > > > continuously), I want to show the tweet on the screen (or record it > > > into database) > > > > > Should I use search api or streaming api? > > > > > On Oct 7, 12:55 pm, Matthew Terenzio <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> 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 <[email protected]> > 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 > > -- > 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
