Respectively, I'm not trying to get around anything. I'm simply trying to make the Twitter Search API usable from App Engine.
A proxy server has been suggested many times before by Twitter employees: - http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/29ec477464c175f7/141d26245f09d004 - http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/e8f1fe375aff50a/fc8be20a6d1b7b46 etc. That's why I ask. I just need a dedicated IP to issue search requests from. On Jul 23, 11:10 am, John Adams <j...@twitter.com> wrote: > Setting up an open (or private) proxy in an attempt to get around our rate > limits will possibly result in your application or IP being banned. > > The rate limits are there so that everyone can share the service. > > -j > > > > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Ryan W <rwilli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've given up trying to get anything done with Twitter Search API from > > Google App Engine because of the rate limiting. Are there any > > services that provide just proxy hosting, where I can pay a few bucks > > a month to get a dedicated IP and proxy server running? I'd like to > > keep it simple and avoid the full VPS option, but it's difficult to > > wade through the noise when googling to see if such a service exists. > > > Looks like most VPS providers charge $2/month for a dedicated IP. > > Somebody with an existing > > VPS could even offer such a service.
