Twitter Stream

The Twitter Stream endpoint provides a collated real-time feed of live tweets related to a live event. The Twitter stream provides live text commentary of a race via @triathlonlive as well as returning event specific hashtags e.g. #WTSEdmonton.

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Twitter Stream Websocket Endpoint
wss://socket.triathlon.org/twitter

Tweet Object

A new Tweet object conforming to the below specifications will be delivered for every new Tweet.

{
   "user":{
      "id":15479044,
      "name":"in2recovery",
      "screen_name":"in2recovery",
      "profile_image_url":"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/441834299021463552\/25Ka3gXw_normal.jpeg",
      "verified":true,
      "link":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/in2recovery"
   },
   "tweet":"From Addiction To Triathlon: Gary Schroeder explains how he beat his drink and drug habit to race Ironman UK <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zc5xjwWf2J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/zc5xjwWf2J<\/a>",
   "id":672127876091748352,
   "id_str":"672127876091748352",
   "source":"<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter Web Client<\/a>",
   "created_at":"2015-12-02T18:59:07+0000",
   "timestamp":1449082747,
   "retweeted":false,
   "retweeted_user":null,
   "published":false,
   "media":null
}

Only verified Tweets will be published to the Twitter Streaming API which means they have either originated from a trusted source (e.g. @WorldTriathlon or @TriathlonLive account) or have passed through a manual moderation process.

Example

A very basic implementation of the Twitter Streaming API is available here.