[twitter-dev] Re: sqllite command for writing to local DB

2010-01-24 Thread Kidd
Bump!!?

On Jan 17, 3:38 pm, Kidd  wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm trying to capture data from twitter and write it to a local
> sqlite3 DB.  Can anyone help with a command for this?
>
> I am also a newbie so I wouldn't assume anything when explaining.
>
> thanks


[twitter-dev] sqllite command for writing to local DB

2010-01-17 Thread Kidd
Hello all,

I'm trying to capture data from twitter and write it to a local
sqlite3 DB.  Can anyone help with a command for this?

I am also a newbie so I wouldn't assume anything when explaining.

thanks


[twitter-dev] Re: Twitter with Google Visualization

2010-01-10 Thread Kidd
So if I wanted to access tweets from a year ago how would I do that?
Does twitter offer development access or is this where we would need
to write to a new database for extended trending?
thanks

On Jan 9, 4:45 pm, Mark McBride  wrote:
> Twitter search keeps a limited amount of data (limited by time, fairly
> short window).
> The tweets however are kept indefinitely.  Currently we only support
> accessing the last 3200 of them via the web and API
>
>    ---Mark
>
> http://twitter.com/mccvOn Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Kidd 
>  wrote:
> > HI Peter,
>
> > Ok, so what I understand you saying is that Twtiter only keeps 7 days
> > or 3200 results available per person?  So if I want trending over time
> > (more than 7days) I'm going to have to call that data and then store
> > it in a DB?
>
> > Right now I am dabbling in Python as a way to retrieve, parse and
> > write data.
>
> > thanks
> > jason
>
> > On Jan 7, 4:52 pm, Peter Denton  wrote:
> >> Hi Kidd
> >> Main reason to localize the data is for user experience.
> >> If twitter search slows down, you may have page loads waiting for the
> >> content you need. Also, you will get only 3200 results, or a historical
> >> snapshot of 7 days from a query, so you run the risk of losing data 
> >> outside.
> >> It all depends on what data you need for how long.
>
> >> Now, if twitter search data on the fly works good, you basically need to
>
> >> 1.  retrieve the data from twitter search (probably json) - I use jQuery so
> >> it would be something like thishttp://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/jQuery.ajax
>
> >> 2. parse the response result, convert it to proper JSON google
> >> visualizations wants for consumption to create a
> >> "google.visualization.DataTable"
>
> >> 3. create a "view" of the data table, specifying the information you want 
> >> to
> >> display on the graph
>
> >> 4. create the visualization (areaImageChart, annotatedTimeline, etc)
>
> >> Here is an example from Google where the JSON is hardcoded, but aside from
> >> getting and parsing the data from twitter, this should show you what you
> >> need.http://www.mail-archive.com/google-visualization-...@googlegroups.com...
>
> >> Cheers
> >> Peter


[twitter-dev] Re: Twitter with Google Visualization

2010-01-09 Thread Kidd
HI Peter,

Ok, so what I understand you saying is that Twtiter only keeps 7 days
or 3200 results available per person?  So if I want trending over time
(more than 7days) I'm going to have to call that data and then store
it in a DB?

Right now I am dabbling in Python as a way to retrieve, parse and
write data.

thanks
jason

On Jan 7, 4:52 pm, Peter Denton  wrote:
> Hi Kidd
> Main reason to localize the data is for user experience.
> If twitter search slows down, you may have page loads waiting for the
> content you need. Also, you will get only 3200 results, or a historical
> snapshot of 7 days from a query, so you run the risk of losing data outside.
> It all depends on what data you need for how long.
>
> Now, if twitter search data on the fly works good, you basically need to
>
> 1.  retrieve the data from twitter search (probably json) - I use jQuery so
> it would be something like thishttp://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/jQuery.ajax
>
> 2. parse the response result, convert it to proper JSON google
> visualizations wants for consumption to create a
> "google.visualization.DataTable"
>
> 3. create a "view" of the data table, specifying the information you want to
> display on the graph
>
> 4. create the visualization (areaImageChart, annotatedTimeline, etc)
>
> Here is an example from Google where the JSON is hardcoded, but aside from
> getting and parsing the data from twitter, this should show you what you
> need.http://www.mail-archive.com/google-visualization-...@googlegroups.com...
>
> Cheers
> Peter


[twitter-dev] Re: Twitter with Google Visualization

2010-01-07 Thread Kidd
Hi Peter,

Thanks for the response. I'd like to calculate on the fly.  I'm not
sure there's a reason to rewrite data that already exists on the
twitter servers.  The only issue would be if there services weren't
available.

I'm just trying to figure out how to access twitters data on the fly.
Any other ideas?

thanks
jason

On Jan 6, 4:16 pm, Peter Denton  wrote:
> Hi Kidd,
> Many ways to do this depending on a) do you want to store the data
> somewhere, calculate things, then show the data in a visualization or b)
> calculate on the fly.
>
> One thing you might consider is writing to a google spreadsheet the data you
> get back from your twitter query. You can use this instead of a DB.
> You can then write very simple queries to the spreadsheet and rapidly
> produce a visualization, among many other cool things. Also, there are a ton
> of cool functions built into spreadsheets so you can do a lot of nifty math
> on the server, then just call results using GQL from the client.
>
> see:http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/querylanguage...
>
> Cheers
> Peter
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Kidd  wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I'm trying to visualize some data with google visualization and trying
> > to do so without writing another new table.  I want to pull the data
> > directly from twitter using their API and then visualize that data.
> > And any data that comes in after would be updated on-screen.
>
> > Similar to this.http://www.wattvision.com/house/live?h=263951
>
> > I'd add some additional views later.
>
> > thanks


[twitter-dev] Twitter with Google Visualization

2010-01-06 Thread Kidd
Hi,

I'm trying to visualize some data with google visualization and trying
to do so without writing another new table.  I want to pull the data
directly from twitter using their API and then visualize that data.
And any data that comes in after would be updated on-screen.

Similar to this.http://www.wattvision.com/house/live?h=263951

I'd add some additional views later.

thanks


[twitter-dev] Installing Modules

2009-08-30 Thread Kidd

I'm new to python and just want to install the twitter module, but no
one on here explains how, probably because this is a common function
for veterans.

How do I install this or any module?  I've downloaded the tar file to
my downloads folder on my mac.

thanks