The StockTwits API documentation describes steams in a way that sounds like static search results, for example streams/symbol:
This allows an API application to search for a symbol or user. 30 Results will be a
combined list of symbols and users.
This seems similar to search/symbols:
This allows an API application to search for a symbol directly. 30 Results will return
only ticker symbols.
Other than the fact that search excludes users, I don't see the difference.
In contrast, the Twitter API provides methods to request a continuous stream of tweets, which I have gotten to provide tens of thousands of tweets in a few days.
Is it possible to have StockTwit pump tweets continuously, similar to Twitter?
If so, what is required? Since StockTwit streaming looks like searching to me, the only option I have seen is to submit repeated search requests, but that would exhaust the rate limit.
I prefer C#, but I am glad to study answers in other languages, such as PHP.
This is a static search for symbols or both symbols and users as a combined search. This isn't a streaming search endpoint for filtering content. This is strictly for use for finding a symbol or a user to go directly to the stream.
We are looking into offering streaming endpoints and search would be part of this offering.