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I thought Twitter's API only gave you access to a small percentage of real-time tweets. Did Twilert obtain full firehose access or is another method being used?
Its probably the firehose via one of the two data providers, is why the service isn't free. Datasift is one of said providers, can't remember the name of the other.
I thought Twitter's API only gave you access to a small percentage of real-time tweets. Did Twilert obtain full firehose access or is another method being used?
I thought Twitter's API only gave you access to a small percentage of real-time tweets. Did Twilert obtain full firehose access or is another method being used?
However, the 'filter' endpoint gives you access to all tweets matching to your search, up to a certain limit. Unless you're tracking very commonly used words or brands like 'selfie' or 'ipad', you're likely to get all tweets you are interested in without ever reaching the limit.
cf. https://dev.twitter.com/docs/faq#6861
Also, the API limits are per authenticated user, not per app.
I've been using Twilert for at least a year now, and it works fairly well. It should be noted, though, that the basic functionality that Twilert provides -- email alerts when a particular word or phrase appears in a tweet -- is pretty trivial to roll on your own using the Twitter API.
I'm wondering if this would get out of control as your company grows.
Mention.com do it for all Social networks, and cheaper.
aside from the results being random it's an interesting idea. Better still if it tracked sentiment and charted it over time for me.
I'm wondering if this would get out of control as your company grows.
I think it would. All this is doing is shifting data from an optimised UI to an unoptimised UI. Performing a search on Twitter and selecting all tweets, and every now and then hitting the load new tweets button is free and easy, compared with sifting through emails, and $19 a month.