cursorsandpaging

Cursoring Data and Paging Timelines in BoxKite.Twitter

Twitter API References:

• Cursors
• Paging Through Timelines

Example of Cursors in BoxKite.Twitter

long nextcursor = -1;
var listCount = 0;

do
{
	var lists3 = await session.GetMyListsUserIsMemberOf(screen_name: "shiftkey", cursor: nextcursor);
	if (lists3.twitterFaulted)
	{                                           
		// .. report error
		break;
	}
	nextcursor = lists3.next_cursor;
	foreach (var lst in lists3.lists)
	{
		// ... do something with lst
	}
} while (nextcursor != 0);

Example of Paging in BoxKite.Twitter

        private async void GetSearchTimeLine_Backfill()
        {
            long smallestid = 0;
            long largestid = 0;
            int backfillQuota = 200;
            int pagingSize = 50;

            do
            {
                var searchtl = await Session.SearchFor(searchtext:_currentSearchText, searchResponseType:SearchResultType.Mixed, count: pagingSize, max_id: smallestid);
                if (searchtl.OK)
                {
                    smallestid = long.MaxValue;
					if (searchtl.Tweets.Count() < backfillQuota) backfillQuota = searchtl.Tweets.Count();
                    foreach (var tweet in searchtl.Tweets)
                    {
                        _searchtimeline.OnNext(tweet);
                        if (tweet.Id < smallestid) smallestid = tweet.Id;
                        if (tweet.Id > largestid) largestid = tweet.Id;
                        backfillQuota--;
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    break;
                }
            } while (backfillQuota > 0);
        }

This is sample code from TwitterConnectionSearch.cs

In this sample, we are gathering tweets that match a search query.