Turns out that urllib2's readline has a buffer which you can work around by creating a custom readline that uses read(1)
Example: def readline(): buffer = '' while True char = conn.read(1) if '\n' == char: return buffer else: buffer += char Hope this helps out anyone else using python. On Jun 7, 9:26 am, Ray Slakinski <ray.slakin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I should add the account I'm using to follow my account and my co- > workers is not the same one as either of these 2. Its completely > separate. > > On Jun 6, 12:46 pm, Matt Harris <mhar...@twitter.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi Ray, > > > There isn't a buffer that has to be filled before the Streaming API > > delivers tweets. Only public tweets created after you open a connection > > will be delivered. > > > Have the users you are following Tweeted since you connected, and are they > > public accounts (not protected)? > > > On Jun 6, 2011, at 6:04, Ray Slakinski <ray.slakin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I I start following just 1 or 2 people using the streaming API I do > > > not get any of their tweets. Is there a buffer that needs to be filled > > > before I get these? > > > > Ray Slakinski > > > > -- > > > 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