Basically: sample will send you 1% of all tweets that are sent. ;-) However: I believe that you will want to use filter.json. Taylor forgot to mention that filter.json is also free to use.
Sample URL which uses filter : http://stream.twitter.com/1/statuses/filter.json?track=Twitter Tom On 10/7/10 9:10 PM, D. Smith wrote: > Sorry for asking all these questions, but what is the sample endpoint? > Does it contain real tweets or just some sample tweets for testing > purposes only? > > > On Oct 7, 1:33 pm, Taylor Singletary <[email protected]> > wrote: >> 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 athttp://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
