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Extension Examples

TwitterSpritzerFirehose

This firehose connects directly to the twitter spritzer data stream.

Sample spec:

"firehose" : {
    "type" : "twitzer",
    "maxEventCount": -1,
    "maxRunMinutes": 0
}

property	description	default	required?
type	This should be "twitzer"	N/A	yes
maxEventCount	max events to receive, -1 is infinite, 0 means nothing is delivered; use this to prevent infinite space consumption or to prevent getting throttled at an inconvenient time.	N/A	yes
maxRunMinutes	maximum number of minutes to fetch Twitter events. Use this to prevent getting throttled at an inconvenient time. If zero or less, no time limit for run.	N/A	yes