ok - sorry - i was thrown off by "ipad". the results should change, but the velocity of change may depend. name search results are ordered so the "best" results are further up -- new users who get added to the system may not make the top 1000 users that namesearch can return. as users are active in the system, use twitter, engage people, etc., their ranking in name search will move up.
does that answer the question? On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Jimmy <breathlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Raffi and Nic, thanks for replying :) > > Yes, I'm concerned with the user search and by mistake I wrote "ipad", > I should have written some name! > > Now please let me know whether the result should be changed or I'll > keep getting the stale result. I reckon twitter keep > > getting new users every next minute then why API returns the same old > result and that is also to some extend. > > Does API result change ? > > > > On Apr 11, 5:28 pm, Nic Ross <iamurdest...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ok don't take it here an example for "ipad" may be it was his > > mistake. > > > > Lets say take an example for any common names like "James" or "Chang" > > or "Chen" don't you expect there will be far more results than 1000 > > So, the point he is making here is will twitter keep the same result > > of 1000 users for every an authenticated user for any particular time > > duration or unlimitedly ? > > > > I think Jimmy can put some more light on the issue :) > > > > On Apr 11, 10:15 pm, Raffi Krikorian <ra...@twitter.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Well, with name search the users are not going to change much. How > > > many users do you expect to have the name "ipad" (even with the rate > > > that users are being created). > > > > > Am I confused? > > > > > On Apr 11, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Nic Ross <iamurdest...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Sorry I didn't see my last reply so I am posting it again > > > > > > @Raffi Krikorian > > > > > > I think Jimmy is asking for searching users not tweets. Look at his > > > > URLs they contain "users/search" and also "users/search" API call > > > > limits the result to 1000 (20 > > > > result each page) which he is mentioning. > > > > > > The search API which you are suggestion is used to search Tweets not > > > > users. > > > > > > Regards > > > > Nic > > > > > > On Apr 11, 9:39 pm, Raffi Krikorian <ra...@twitter.com> wrote: > > > >> do you mean to be using "name search", or the general search API? > > > >> Try > > > >> using the search endpoint at search.twitter.con. > > > > > >> On Apr 11, 2010, at 11:48 AM, Jimmy <breathlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >>> Hi, > > > > > >>> I'm working on search api and and came across a problem. Here is my > > > >>> query: > > > > > >>>http://api.twitter.com/1/users/search.json?q=ipad&page=1 > > > > > >>> The result which I got is constant and never changes. I checked the > > > >>> result after some span of time like: after 1-2 hours but I got the > > > >>> same result. > > > > > >>> As per API we can only retrieve first 1000 matches in 50 pages(20 > > > >>> result each page) so does it mean that for life long I will keep > > > >>> getting the same result for the same query? I mean that is weird! > > > > > >>> I also matched the result of second and third page > > > > > >>>http://api.twitter.com/1/users/search.json?q=ipad&page=2 > > > >>>http://api.twitter.com/1/users/search.json?q=ipad&page=3 > > > > > >>> within the span of 1-2 hours but the result was same each time. > > > > > >>> Any kind of help will be appreciatable. > > > > > >>> -- > > > >>> To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > -- Raffi Krikorian Twitter Platform Team http://twitter.com/raffi
