[twitter-dev] Method statuses/filter from Streaming API return only incoming tweets and no updates
Hi All, I need for master research project the public timeline of approx 300 users. That is, all the outgoing messages (updates, retweets.., DM) + all incoming messages (replies, @user...). I first thought that the option 'follow' from the Streaming API following will do. http://stream.twitter.com/1/statuses/filter.json?follow=3004231 But I just discovered that I get only the incoming tweets and not the outgoing ones. Is this correct? Any workaround this ? Suggestion It is king of urgent. Any quick reaction will be appreciated Greetings Rostand
Re: [twitter-dev] Method statuses/filter from Streaming API return only incoming tweets and no updates
Without an authentication token for a user, there's no way to get their DMs and other private and protected information. Follow gives you tweets and retweets by those users, not tweets bound for those user's timelines. You can use track to find mentions, including replies. -John Kalucki http://twitter.com/jkalucki Infrastructure Twitter, Inc. On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Rostand anothertestingacco...@gmail.comwrote: Hi All, I need for master research project the public timeline of approx 300 users. That is, all the outgoing messages (updates, retweets.., DM) + all incoming messages (replies, @user...). I first thought that the option 'follow' from the Streaming API following will do. http://stream.twitter.com/1/statuses/filter.json?follow=3004231 But I just discovered that I get only the incoming tweets and not the outgoing ones. Is this correct? Any workaround this ? Suggestion It is king of urgent. Any quick reaction will be appreciated Greetings Rostand
Re: [twitter-dev] Method statuses/filter from Streaming API return only incoming tweets and no updates
Hello Rostand, I did my master's thesis using twitter data. My recommendation: - You can not will not and should not get DMs. They are *private*. Even if you do a closed study with 300 consenting people, it's unethical. If you're in the US, the ethics committee of your university will have you for lunch. - Using the stream is easier because the API requires OAUTH, but you will need to apply and wait. However, the API will give you historical data. - Coding your software will take more time than you think! --- SUMMARY Use an external service instead! There are several people who can collect tweets for you. Have a look at: http://140kit.com/ http://www.contextminer.org/ Good luck! Pascal On 20.Jul2010, at 21:49, Rostand wrote: Hi All, I need for master research project the public timeline of approx 300 users. That is, all the outgoing messages (updates, retweets.., DM) + all incoming messages (replies, @user...). I first thought that the option 'follow' from the Streaming API following will do. http://stream.twitter.com/1/statuses/filter.json?follow=3004231 But I just discovered that I get only the incoming tweets and not the outgoing ones. Is this correct? Any workaround this ? Suggestion It is king of urgent. Any quick reaction will be appreciated Greetings Rostand
