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I don't know how large their database is though. Abraham On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 07:37, Orian Marx (@orian) <or...@orianmarx.com>wrote: > You should add your thoughts to > http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=142 > > This would be a hugely beneficial addition to the API but of course > it's being completely ignored. > > On Jan 20, 4:41 am, rob <robert.bag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Questions regarding how to get replies to a tweet > > > > What is the recommended way to do this properly? > > > > A few things I have tried > > > > {I am aware that there is no current way to use the search API and > > grab all responses to a tweet (i.e by reply_to_status_id) [bummer].} > > > > 1. The search API using a "to:someUser&since_id= > > [theIdOfTweetIAmWatching]": this does not work since I have no > > reply_to_status_id in the results to match up with. > > > > 2. API --> home_timeline: Requires the credentials for the user who > > created the tweet [Which I may or may not have] > > > > 3. API --> user_timeline with the user_id from the tweet I am > > watching: this does not include the tweets to the user > > > > 4. Cheat and have twitter to the work.... > http://search.twitter.com/search/thread/[theIdOfTweetIAmWatching] : > > does not seem to support JSON or anything other than HTML or ATOM > > > > 5. Searched the list :) > > > > I am just trying to get a handle on how to take a tweet that I get in > > via a stream and go look [poll] for replies. > > > > It seems I would need to follow the user using the streaming API and > > match based on the in_reply_to_status_id but that would get quite out > > of hand due to incoming tweet volume [i.e would need to follow a large > > amount of users that may or may not ever produce a valid reply]. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Rob > -- Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays Project | Intersect | http://intersect.labs.poseurtech.com Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private. Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
