How to access the Twitter Streaming API from Python?

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Is there any better way to access twitter streaming api through python?

I need to fetch twitter historical data for a given set of keywords. Twitter Search API returns tweets that are not more than 9 days old, so that will not do. I'm currently using Tweepy Library (http://code.google.com/p/tweepy/) to call Streaming API and it is working fine except the fact that it is too slow. For example, when I run a search for "$GOOG" sometimes it takes more than an hour between two results. There are definitely tweets containing that keyword but it isn't returning result...

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How far back do you need? To fetch historical data, you might want to keep the stream on indefinitely...

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Why doesn't the Twitter streaming API work with a Python Flask framework?

I was able to run it with python but when I try to make use of the same code within flask framework it doesn't work.. Is it because its a streaming api?

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Based on the code snippet posted in the comments, the problem is the architecture. The Tweepy module...

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Dev.twitter.com is where you need to be. If you are having authentication issues you've either hit your...

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How do I use Python to convert json to .csv?

I have data from Twitter's streaming API.  It comes down as JSON, and I need to get it into a .csv for analysis.  Python seems to be the way to go.  So far, the internet is assuming a level of Python knowledge I do not have. I've found plenty of online...

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What are you trying to do with these tweets, precisely? Take a look at 18.2. json - JSON encoder and...

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Will Twitter continue to allow twitter "monitoring" services? They've already shut down a few.

They seem to be shutting down a lot of companies that are using Twitter streaming to provide various analytics? e.g. they shut down 140kit. It seems like products like Argyle Social, Unilyzer, CrowdBooster will have their API access shut down soon or...

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It really depends on what the service is doing. Dick Costelo, Twitter's CEO, has explicitly said that...

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What source does fflick.com tap into for its Twitter content? Does fflick.com use a Twitter firehose stream?

Do they have access to a twitter firehose or do they use the same streaming api for access to all the tweets they collect?

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They are probably using the "filter" method of the standard Streaming API and providing a...

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Python: How to add variable to already running Python program?

Hi, I have a Python program running in the background. It's a program using the twitter streaming API. Now if a new user uses the application they will submit their own set of keywords. I want to, with out stopping the running stream, add the new key...

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Use a channel or a queue for the python program to listen on, while supplying keywords to that given...

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Does Twitter allow a website to have more than one developer account?

Can I use 2 Twitter developer accounts, one for the streaming API access and another for giving my users oauth access to sign up? Is this against Twitter's rules?

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Hmm I'm not very sure about this but as far as I know the number of dev accounts also depends on the...

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What is involved in building an application to consume, process and filter Twitter's firehose of real time tweets?

Does Twitter's streaming API gives you full access to the real-time data stream or is it rate limited?  What is the cost if any for this ? What is the volume of data that comes in? Are there third party services that offer an affordable way to consume...

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Consuming a firehose is no easy task.  Primarily due to its volume.  (~110 million tweets a day! that...

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When will Twitter include Lists in their streaming API?

Twitter's real-time streaming API is currently restricted to the All Friends, mentions and direct messages. I use Twitter to keep up to date with friends, for the latest news, and to follow technology trends for work etc. This means I've sorted my following...

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We've no near-term plans to add Lists to the Streaming API. Lists, in general, could use some attention...

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