Home/ Questions/Q 231113
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-05-11T19:54:22+00:00

The Twitter streaming api says that we should open a HTTP request and parse

  • 0

The Twitter streaming api says that we should open a HTTP request and parse updates as they come in. I was under the impression that Google’s urlfetch cannot keep the http request open past 10 seconds.

I considered having a cron job that polled my Twitter account every few seconds, but I think Google AppEngine only allows cron jobs once a minute. However, my application needs near-realtime access to my twitter @replies (preferably only a 10 second or less lag).

Are there any method for receiving real-time updates from Twitter?

Thanks!

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    Unfortunately, you can’t use the urlfetch API for ‘hanging gets’. All the data will be returned when the request terminates, so even if you could hold it open arbitrarily long, it wouldn’t do you much good.

    Have you considered using Gnip? They provide a push-based ‘web hooks’ notification system for many public feeds, including Twitter’s public timeline.

    • 0