Other than my username and password, this is an example that I know is working:
<?php $count = 1; $startparsing = false; $keyword_needles[] = 'twitter'; $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword2'; $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword3'; $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword4'; // if your keywords have spaces, they must be urlencoded (twitter does not support phrases, only the first keyword will be used, the space character and after will be ignored) foreach ($keyword_needles AS $i=>$needle) { $keyword_needles[$i] = urlencode($needle); } $poststr = 'track=' . implode(',', $keyword_needles); $fp = fsockopen("stream.twitter.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 10); if (!$fp) { echo "$errstr ($errno)\n"; } else { $out = "POST /track.json HTTP/1.1\r\n"; $out .= "Host: stream.twitter.com\r\n"; $out .= "User-Agent: YourUserAgent\r\n"; $out .= "Referer: http://yourdomain.com\r\n"; $out .= "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n"; $out .= "Authorization: Basic " . base64_encode ("username:password")."\r\n"; $out .= "Content-length: " . strlen($poststr) . "\r\n"; $out .= "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n"; $out .= $poststr . "\r\n\r\n"; fwrite($fp, $out); while (!feof($fp)) { $line = fgets($fp, 4096); if ($startparsing) { if (trim($line) != '') { echo trim($line) . "\n"; $tweet_obj = json_decode(trim($line)); // do your stuff here } } else { // view the header lines: uncomment the below line echo trim($line) . "\n"; $header_arr[] = $line; $headercount = count($header_arr)-1; if (trim($header_arr[$headercount]) == '') { $startparsing = true; $count = 1; unset($header_arr, $headercount); } } if (trim($line) != '') $count++; } fclose($fp); } ?> The only changes I made was to echo things out and I added a keyword that I was sure would have volume - twitter. It did take a little bit of time to connect. I am assuming that that is because of their current load though, and not the script. On Aug 2, 2:25 am, Tom Fitzgerald <ccexpe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Joel, > > For some reason when I try your code I get a timeout error. Any > suggestions? What you have is exactly what I'm looking for. It could > really help me out a jam, thanks! > > On Jul 27, 4:02 pm, Joel Strellner <j...@twitturly.com> wrote: > > > Here is a working example of how to do /track: > > > $count = 1; > > $startparsing = false; > > > $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword1'; > > $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword2'; > > $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword3'; > > $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword4'; > > > // if your keywords have spaces, they must be urlencoded (twitter does not > > support phrases, only the first keyword will be used, the space character > > and after will be ignored) > > foreach ($keyword_needles AS $i=>$needle) { > > $keyword_needles[$i] = urlencode($needle); > > > } > > > $poststr = 'track=' . implode(',', $keyword_needles); > > $fp = fsockopen("stream.twitter.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30); > > if (!$fp) { > > echo "$errstr ($errno)\n";} else { > > > $out = "POST /track.json HTTP/1.1\r\n"; > > $out .= "Host: stream.twitter.com\r\n"; > > $out .= "User-Agent: YourUserAgent\r\n"; > > $out .= "Referer:http://yourdomain.com\r\n"; > > $out .= "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n"; > > $out .= "Authorization: Basic " . > > base64_encode("username:password")."\r\n"; > > $out .= "Content-length: " . strlen($poststr) . "\r\n"; > > $out .= "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n"; > > $out .= $poststr . "\r\n\r\n"; > > > fwrite($fp, $out); > > while (!feof($fp)) { > > $line = fgets($fp, 4096); > > if ($startparsing) { > > if (trim($line) != '') { > > //echo trim($line) . "\n"; > > $tweet_obj = json_decode(trim($line)); > > // do your stuff here > > } > > } > > else { > > // view the header lines: uncomment the below line > > //echo trim($line) . "\n"; > > > $header_arr[] = $line; > > $headercount = count($header_arr)-1; > > > if (trim($header_arr[$headercount]) == '') { > > $startparsing = true; > > $count = 1; > > unset($header_arr, $headercount); > > } > > } > > if (trim($line) != '') $count++; > > } > > fclose($fp); > > > } > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Joseph <northwest...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am trying to use the track streaming API, but I'm having trouble > > > with the syntax. The example shows how to use a tracking list stored > > > in a file in the format: track = word1, word2, etc.. > > > > I tried the following (following a successful fsockopen call to > > > stream.twitter.api: > > > > POST /track.json track = Palin, #fubar HTTP/1.1 Host: > > > stream.twitter.com User-Agent: UserAgent Authorization: Basic > > > cGXybmFzc3TzZGV2OlBhcm5hMzT1Mzl4MDMz Connection: Close > > > > and I am getting the following error code: HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request > > > > The actual relevant test PHP code is: > > > > $fp = fsockopen($url, 80, $errno, $errstr, 30); > > > if (!$fp) { > > > echo "$errstr ($errno)\n"; > > > } else { > > > echo "file handle: ".$fp."<br/>"; > > > $header = "POST /track.json track = $trackTerms HTTP/1.1\r\n"; > > > $header .= "Host: stream.twitter.com\r\n"; > > > $header .= "User-Agent: UserAgent\r\n"; > > > $header .= "Authorization: Basic " . base64_encode($twitUsername . > > > ':' . $twitPwd)."\r\n"; > > > $header .= "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n"; > > > echo $header."<br/>"; > > > fwrite($fp, $header); > > > $line = fgets($fp, 4096); > > > echo $line; > > > fclose($fp); > > > }