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Twitter Streaming API

Tags:
streaming, social, social api, twitter streaming api, streaming api

The Twitter Streaming API allows high-throughput near-realtime access to various subsets of public and protected Twitter data. Developers are strongly encouraged to read all of the documentation linked to by this document thoroughly.

Provided by:

Twitter

API type:

Service Provider API

API format:

REST-JSON

API URL:

https://dev.twitter.com/docs/streaming-api

Documentation URL:

https://dev.twitter.com/docs/streaming-api/concepts

Cost:

Free

Registration/Usage Requirements:

Twitter Registration