Re: How to find out how many API requests have been used?

2008-12-06 Thread maximz2005

Thank you.

On Dec 4, 11:00 am, Alex Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 We do limit the number of updates a client can send over a period time
 to prevent spammers. That time period may change, and the number of
 updates one can post is much higher than most uses would dictate, but
 if you really need to be posting that frequently, please apply for
 whitelisting to lift the limit:http://twitter.com/help/request_whitelisting.



 On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 18:17, maximz2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Today, I've increased the time interval to two minutes, and so far, I
  think it's working without problems with posting.

  I've just set the interval to 1 minute, do you think it will give me
  posting problems?

  On Dec 2, 10:13 pm, maximz2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  So if I increased this time interval to a minute or two, do you think
  posting would work?

  Thanks,
  -maximz2005

  On Dec 1, 8:57 pm, Cameron Kaiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Do you by any chance know whether updatingstatuscounts against the
rate limit?

   It does not.

I wrote a little test program for playing around with the API, that
simply posts the time as astatusmessageevery 30 seconds.
Sometimes, when I go online and check thestatusmessages, they stop
abruptly, but the client doesn't give me a 404 error. Is this evidence
of reaching the limit?

   No, it just means it wasn't posted. However, a test like that being 
   posted
   out every 30 seconds over and over could be construed as a runaway bot to
   be filtered. You might not want to constantly update that frequently.

   --
    
   personal:http://www.cameronkaiser.com/--
     Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   -- I like my women like my coffee: weak, cold and bitter. -- Kevin 
   Metcalf 

 --
 Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc.http://twitter.com/al3x


Re: How to find out how many API requests have been used?

2008-12-04 Thread Alex Payne

We do limit the number of updates a client can send over a period time
to prevent spammers. That time period may change, and the number of
updates one can post is much higher than most uses would dictate, but
if you really need to be posting that frequently, please apply for
whitelisting to lift the limit:
http://twitter.com/help/request_whitelisting.

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 18:17, maximz2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Today, I've increased the time interval to two minutes, and so far, I
 think it's working without problems with posting.

 I've just set the interval to 1 minute, do you think it will give me
 posting problems?

 On Dec 2, 10:13 pm, maximz2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 So if I increased this time interval to a minute or two, do you think
 posting would work?

 Thanks,
 -maximz2005

 On Dec 1, 8:57 pm, Cameron Kaiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Do you by any chance know whether updatingstatuscounts against the
   rate limit?

  It does not.

   I wrote a little test program for playing around with the API, that
   simply posts the time as astatusmessageevery 30 seconds.
   Sometimes, when I go online and check thestatusmessages, they stop
   abruptly, but the client doesn't give me a 404 error. Is this evidence
   of reaching the limit?

  No, it just means it wasn't posted. However, a test like that being posted
  out every 30 seconds over and over could be construed as a runaway bot to
  be filtered. You might not want to constantly update that frequently.

  --
   
  personal:http://www.cameronkaiser.com/--
Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  -- I like my women like my coffee: weak, cold and bitter. -- Kevin Metcalf 
  




-- 
Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc.
http://twitter.com/al3x


Re: How to find out how many API requests have been used?

2008-12-03 Thread maximz2005

So if I increased this time interval to a minute or two, do you think
posting would work?

Thanks,
-maximz2005

On Dec 1, 8:57 pm, Cameron Kaiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Do you by any chance know whether updatingstatuscounts against the
  rate limit?

 It does not.

  I wrote a little test program for playing around with the API, that
  simply posts the time as astatusmessageevery 30 seconds.
  Sometimes, when I go online and check thestatusmessages, they stop
  abruptly, but the client doesn't give me a 404 error. Is this evidence
  of reaching the limit?

 No, it just means it wasn't posted. However, a test like that being posted
 out every 30 seconds over and over could be construed as a runaway bot to
 be filtered. You might not want to constantly update that frequently.

 --
  personal:http://www.cameronkaiser.com/--
   Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems *www.floodgap.com* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 -- I like my women like my coffee: weak, cold and bitter. -- Kevin Metcalf 
 


Re: How to find out how many API requests have been used?

2008-12-01 Thread Cameron Kaiser

 I started exploring the Twitter API in C# yesterday, and I have a
 question. Is it possible to find out how many requests out of the
 maximum 70 per hour have been already used up? Twhirl does this
 somehow, and they say that this counter will be the same in all
 Twitter applications, so I assume there's an API method for doing
 this.
 
 I'm using the Yedda Twitter C# library, so you can just answer me with
 an API method name, and that'll work for me.

I don't know anything about that particular library, but look at

http://apiwiki.twitter.com/REST+API+Documentation

under rate_limit_status.

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 personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ --
  Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Burglar alarms: For the man who has everything! 


Re: How to find out how many API requests have been used?

2008-12-01 Thread maximz2005

Thank you. This is not in the C# library I'm using, but I'll configure
it manually.

Do you by any chance know whether updating status counts against the
rate limit?
I wrote a little test program for playing around with the API, that
simply posts the time as a status message every 30 seconds.
Sometimes, when I go online and check the status messages, they stop
abruptly, but the client doesn't give me a 404 error. Is this evidence
of reaching the limit?

I will try and check this using the method you pointed out, but if you
by any chance know the answer to this question, help would be
appreciated.

-Maximz2005

On Dec 1, 8:23 pm, Cameron Kaiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I started exploring the Twitter API in C# yesterday, and I have a
  question. Is it possible to find out how many requests out of the
  maximum 70 per hour have been already used up? Twhirl does this
  somehow, and they say that this counter will be the same in all
  Twitter applications, so I assume there's an API method for doing
  this.

  I'm using the Yedda Twitter C# library, so you can just answer me with
  an API method name, and that'll work for me.

 I don't know anything about that particular library, but look at

                http://apiwiki.twitter.com/REST+API+Documentation

 under rate_limit_status.

 --
  personal:http://www.cameronkaiser.com/--
   Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems *www.floodgap.com* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 -- Burglar alarms: For the man who has everything! 
 


Re: How to find out how many API requests have been used?

2008-12-01 Thread Cameron Kaiser

 Do you by any chance know whether updating status counts against the
 rate limit?

It does not.

 I wrote a little test program for playing around with the API, that
 simply posts the time as a status message every 30 seconds.
 Sometimes, when I go online and check the status messages, they stop
 abruptly, but the client doesn't give me a 404 error. Is this evidence
 of reaching the limit?

No, it just means it wasn't posted. However, a test like that being posted
out every 30 seconds over and over could be construed as a runaway bot to
be filtered. You might not want to constantly update that frequently.

-- 
 personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ --
  Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- I like my women like my coffee: weak, cold and bitter. -- Kevin Metcalf