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Sorry, off topic, but:

Question: is Twitter's free "garden hose" sampled data stream still available?

I used to use the small garden hose sample of near real time tweets. I just tried running an old script to fetch the garden hose and it didn't work.

On topic: I thought that the Gnip business model was interesting, and I can't help but think that the other data sources that Gnip processes and resells may not like this aquisition.




Yes it is.

The API changed and now requires authentication, so that might be why your script wasn't working.


Are you sure the Garden Hose has free access? I can't find any public access to it in the docs, everything directs me to their "data partners", which charge for this information.


I'm assuming you and the OP are referring to the Streaming API? More info here: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/streaming




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