Please note:
We launched a new version of the POST statuses/filter endpoint as part of Twitter API v2: Early Access. If you are currently using the standard v1.1 version of these endpoints, you can use our migration materials to start working with the newer endpoint.
Twitter API's filtered streaming endpoints
The Twitter API platform offers three options for streaming filtered real-time Tweets. Each option offers a varying number of filters and filtering capabilities - see the below summary for more details:
| API | Category | Number of filters | Filtering operators | Rule management and recovery and redundancy features |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POST statuses/filter | Standard | 400 keywords, 5,000 userids and 25 location boxes |
Standard operators | One filter rule on one allowed connection, disconnection required to adjust rule. No recovery or redundancy features. |
| PowerTrack | Enterprise | Up to 250,000 filters per stream, up to 2,048 characters each | Enterprise operators | Thousands of rules on a single stream, no disconnection needed to add/remove rules using Rules API. Backfill, Replay, and redundant connections available. |
| Filtered stream | Twitter API v2 | Standard product track: Academic Research product track: |
Twitter API v2 operators | No disconnection needed to add/remove rules using rules endpoint. Backfill and redundant connections available with Academic Research product track. |
