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List API rate consuption
m
suggested this on Dec 01, 2009 18:18
I noticed that the new list feature takes a lot of api rate resources. Since I am a programmer and know the way lists work in the API I do understand the problem that occurs. But I do have suggestion to minimize the use of all the API calls.
My suggestion is only focused on lists created by the current user. Or when multiple users are added to TD the multiple. Every person that is added to your own lists is one you are following. This means that they always showup in your home timeline. By syncing all the owners list on startup to TD and only retrieving the home timeline you are able to aggregate the correct tweets into the list columns. This minimizes the use of your API calls.
You might add a sync list in under the edit button on top of the column to sync changes made to it after the program is loaded. Or/and sync the lists members once an hour.
Its just a idea.
Comments
Hi m,
Thanks for your comments. However, there is one major problem with the above approach - Twitter lists can contain anyone, not just the people you follow. This means that we can't handle it in the way you suggest (which is how we handle TweetDeck groups). We're working with Twitter on ways to give users more freedom so that they aren't restricted by this API limit.
In the meantime, you can set the lists API slider in settings lower, so that less of your API calls will be used to refresh lists.
Thanks,
Tom
Wow you made me have a big discovery. I have to admit I was wrong. This mean that with the lists feature you create a unlimited number of users follow feeds. Thats awesome but also a bit cumbersome to understand.
Thanks Tom for the information,
Matthia