Hey Eric, That error is the Twitter Limits kicking in saying there are too many status updates being posted by the account. This isn't an API rate limit but a natural limit which applies to all of Twitter. A user may not Twitter more than 1000 updates a day (this includes retweets).
More information on these limits are explained on the page I linked to before: http://support.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/15364 Hope that clarifies the what is happening. Matt On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Eric Mortensen <emort...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is a response: > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <hash> > <error>User is over daily status update limit.</error> > <request>/1/statuses/update.xml</request> > </hash> > > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Matt Harris <thematthar...@twitter.com>wrote: > >> Hey Eric, >> >> Sorry that help article didn't answer your question. Can you provide the >> actual HTTP request being made and the HTTP response you get back? We're >> interested in the response body content in particular. >> >> Also, remember we disable basic authentication on August 16th so you want >> to switch to that method of authentication now. >> >> Matt >> >> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Eric Mortensen <emort...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Unfortunately not. Do you have anything else that might explain it? >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Matt Harris >>> <thematthar...@twitter.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Eric, >>>> >>>> In addition to the API Rate Limits there are general usage limits which >>>> apply to all of Twitter, including the website. These limits restrict >>>> various actions including the number of updates that can be posted per day. >>>> >>>> You can read more about Twitter Limits on our help website: >>>> http://support.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/15364 >>>> >>>> Hope that answers your question, >>>> Matt >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Eric <emort...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It appears that I am hitting a 150 post rate limit when I use the >>>>> statuses/update.xml api to update a twitter account eventhough I >>>>> should not have this limit doing only a post. Is there a reason why? >>>>> Here is the code I am using from oracle to do this: >>>>> >>>>> create or replace PACKAGE BODY tweet >>>>> AS >>>>> >>>>> twit_host VARCHAR2(255) := 'api.twitter.com'; >>>>> twit_protocol VARCHAR2(10) := 'http://'; >>>>> >>>>> -- URL for status updates >>>>> tweet_url VARCHAR2(255) := '/1/statuses/update.xml'; >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> FUNCTION tweet >>>>> ( >>>>> p_user IN VARCHAR2, >>>>> p_pwd IN VARCHAR2, >>>>> p_string IN VARCHAR2, >>>>> p_proxy_url IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, >>>>> p_no_domains IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL ) >>>>> RETURN BOOLEAN >>>>> AS >>>>> v_req UTL_HTTP.REQ; -- HTTP request ID >>>>> v_resp UTL_HTTP.RESP; -- HTTP response ID >>>>> v_value VARCHAR2(1024); -- HTTP response data >>>>> v_status VARCHAR2(160); -- Status of the request >>>>> v_call VARCHAR2(2000); -- The request URL >>>>> v_log_value varchar2(4000) := 'status'; >>>>> BEGIN >>>>> >>>>> -- Twitter update url >>>>> v_call := twit_protocol || >>>>> twit_host || >>>>> tweet_url; >>>>> >>>>> -- encoded status string >>>>> v_status := utl_url.escape( >>>>> url => 'status=' || SUBSTR( short_url.encode_text(p_string) , >>>>> 1,140)); >>>>> >>>>> -- Authenticate via proxy >>>>> -- Proxy string looks like 'http://username:passw...@proxy.com' >>>>> -- p_no_domains is a list of domains not to use the proxy for >>>>> -- These settings override the defaults that are configured at the >>>>> database level >>>>> IF p_proxy_url IS NOT NULL >>>>> THEN >>>>> Utl_Http.set_proxy ( >>>>> proxy => p_proxy_url, >>>>> no_proxy_domains => p_no_domains >>>>> ); >>>>> END IF; >>>>> >>>>> -- Has to be a POST for status update >>>>> v_req := UTL_HTTP.BEGIN_REQUEST( >>>>> url => v_call, >>>>> method =>'POST'); >>>>> >>>>> -- Pretend we're a moz browser >>>>> UTL_HTTP.SET_HEADER( >>>>> r => v_req, >>>>> name => 'User-Agent', >>>>> value => 'Mozilla/4.0'); >>>>> >>>>> -- Pretend we're coming from an html form >>>>> UTL_HTTP.SET_HEADER( >>>>> r => v_req, >>>>> name => 'Content-Type', >>>>> value => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'); >>>>> >>>>> -- Set the length of the input >>>>> UTL_HTTP.SET_HEADER( >>>>> r => v_req, >>>>> name => 'Content-Length', >>>>> value => length(v_status)); >>>>> >>>>> -- authenticate with twitter user/pass >>>>> UTL_HTTP.SET_AUTHENTICATION( >>>>> r => v_req, >>>>> username => p_user, >>>>> password => p_pwd ); >>>>> >>>>> -- Send the update >>>>> UTL_HTTP.WRITE_TEXT( >>>>> r => v_req, >>>>> data => v_status ); >>>>> >>>>> UTL_HTTP.end_request (v_req); >>>>> >>>>> RETURN TRUE; >>>>> >>>>> EXCEPTION >>>>> -- normal exception when reading the response >>>>> WHEN UTL_HTTP.END_OF_BODY THEN >>>>> UTL_HTTP.end_request (v_req); >>>>> RETURN TRUE; >>>>> >>>>> -- Anything else and send false >>>>> WHEN OTHERS THEN >>>>> UTL_HTTP.end_request (v_req); >>>>> Dbms_Output.Put_Line ( 'Request_Failed: ' || >>>>> Utl_Http.Get_Detailed_Sqlerrm ); >>>>> Dbms_Output.Put_Line ( 'Ora: ' || Sqlerrm ); >>>>> RETURN FALSE; >>>>> >>>>> END; >>>>> >>>>> END tweet; >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> Matt Harris >>>> Developer Advocate, Twitter >>>> http://twitter.com/themattharris >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Matt Harris >> Developer Advocate, Twitter >> http://twitter.com/themattharris >> > > -- Matt Harris Developer Advocate, Twitter http://twitter.com/themattharris
