How do I use the Streaming API to track new followers of accounts I don't have login information for?

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My code is heavily based on an excellent tutorial about the Streaming
API at Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/open-source/guides/2010/04/
tutorial-use-twitters-new-real-time-stream-api-in-python.ars). I am
able to track my own new followers because my login information is
hard-coded in. However, I would like to track new followers for other
people's accounts as well. How can I do this without their passwords?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Current code is here: http://pastebin.com/nF7FQvDU

[Taylor Singletary]

Hi there,

This is unfortunately not currently possible with the Streaming API.

Given the flexibility of followers/ids and friends/ids API methods, tracking changes over time with those methods would likely be your best avenue.

http://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/followers/ids

http://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/friends/ids

Taylor

[V]

Thanks for clarifying, Taylor!

On Aug 23, 4:55 pm, Taylor Singletary <taylorsinglet...@twitter.com>
wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> This is unfortunately not currently possible with the Streaming API.
>
> Given the flexibility of followers/ids and friends/ids API methods, tracking
> changes over time with those methods would likely be your best avenue.
>

> http://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/followers/idshttp://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/friends/ids