You are also using api.twitter.com/v1/search when you should be using search.twitter.com/search
The low rate limit is a side affect of the incorrect endpoint. Jonathan On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 4:32 AM, seshu <suresh.kal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Twitter api supports maximum of 150 requests per hour for an > unauthenticated request from an ip. > So when i hosted it on GAE i was getting response code as 420. > Does basic authentication for the search api work? I can see we are > passing null for auth in Twitter.java. > I tried passing auth also.(I created an extra method). After creating > an authenticated instance of Twitter from Factory class by passing > userId/password. > But still seems it was not working as i was getting 420 status for > GAE. But was working fine locally. > Any workarounds for this? Or are there any gaps in my understandings? > > Best Regards, > Suresh >