Thanks Mark and Matt for the help. solved the problem :) On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Matt Harris <thematthar...@twitter.com>wrote:
> Hi Abhi, > > As Mark mentions, since_id is a Tweet ID not a unix timestamp. Right now > this is in the region of 67770831463395328. > > If you want to Search since a certain date you can include the parameter > since:yyyy-mm-dd in your query parameter. e.g: > > http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?lang=en&rpp=100&result_type=mixed&q=%22Hell+To+Pay%22+Neal+Hall+since%3A2011-05-08 > > Best, > @themattharris > Developer Advocate, Twitter > http://twitter.com/themattharris > > > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Mark Linsey <m...@crowdbooster.com> wrote: > >> since_id values are tweet ID's, not unix timestamps. >> >> >> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Abhishek Jain <abhishek2j...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi Matt, thanks for the quick response: >>> >>> >>> http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?lang=en&rpp=100&result_type=mixed&q=%22Hell+To+Pay%22+Neal+Hall&since_id= >>> *1304633831* >>> >>> However unix time 1304633831 stands for May 5th is that too old for the >>> twitter API? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Abhi >>> >>> >>> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Matt Harris >>> <thematthar...@twitter.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Abhi, >>>> >>>> The ID you are passing is 1304977102 which is really old. If you are not >>>> sure which since_id to use you should omit it from your query. The response >>>> from the API will then include the oldest since_id available. >>>> >>>> Remember the Search API only stores the last 7 days worth of Tweets. >>>> Anything created more than a week ago will not be available through the >>>> Search API. >>>> >>>> You can learn more about Search on our developer resources page: >>>> http://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/search >>>> and >>>> http://dev.twitter.com/pages/using_search >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> @themattharris >>>> Developer Advocate, Twitter >>>> http://twitter.com/themattharris >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Abhi <abhishek2j...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> sample url : >>>>> http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?lang=en&rpp=100&result_type=mixed&q=%22Geometry+Essentials+For+Dummies%22+Mark+Ryan&since_id=1304977102 >>>>> >>>>> all my twitter search api calls (with since_id in them ) are >>>>> returning since date or since_id is too old" >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Twitter developer documentation and resources: >>>>> https://dev.twitter.com/doc >>>>> API updates via Twitter: https://twitter.com/twitterapi >>>>> Issues/Enhancements Tracker: >>>>> https://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list >>>>> Change your membership to this group: >>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/twitter-development-talk >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Twitter developer documentation and resources: >>>> https://dev.twitter.com/doc >>>> API updates via Twitter: https://twitter.com/twitterapi >>>> Issues/Enhancements Tracker: >>>> https://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list >>>> Change your membership to this group: >>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/twitter-development-talk >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> cheers, >>> Abhishek jain >>> >>> -- >>> Twitter developer documentation and resources: >>> https://dev.twitter.com/doc >>> API updates via Twitter: https://twitter.com/twitterapi >>> Issues/Enhancements Tracker: >>> https://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list >>> Change your membership to this group: >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/twitter-development-talk >>> >> >> -- >> Twitter developer documentation and resources: >> https://dev.twitter.com/doc >> API updates via Twitter: https://twitter.com/twitterapi >> Issues/Enhancements Tracker: >> https://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list >> Change your membership to this group: >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/twitter-development-talk >> > > -- > Twitter developer documentation and resources: https://dev.twitter.com/doc > API updates via Twitter: https://twitter.com/twitterapi > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: > https://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > Change your membership to this group: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/twitter-development-talk > -- cheers, Abhishek jain -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: https://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: https://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: https://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/twitter-development-talk