Search is returning error about twitter

[sixohsix]

When using search.twitter.com you have to set the api_version to None. However, I will fix this common pitfall in 1.6.1.

[edglazer]

I am still having this problem. I have tried it with and without setting the api_version to None - neither seems to work. Any thoughts on why this might be?

[EugeneLiang]

hmm, are u using version 1.6.1? If not, try using the latest version ( version 1.6.1 ).

Else you can try to set api_version="" # an empty string

It worked for me.

You can read this blog post : http://www.liangeugene.com/2011/04/error-with-twitter-package-by-sixohsix-and-its-solution/

Best.

[edglazer]

Still having the problem, (under version 1.6.1) but I'm specifically searching for trends, so I might be commenting in the wrong place. I tried the suggestions above without luck, but thank you for sharing them.

Incidentally, the code I tried was:

import twitter
twitter_search = twitter.Twitter(domain='search.twitter.com', api_version='')
trends = twitter_search.trends()

But I'll stop spamming this thread, as it is my suspicion that the resulting error has to do with a twitter change in how trends are handled through the API, and may require a separate issue to be opened.
Thanks!

[sixohsix]

According to the Twitter documentation, trends are accessed via api.twitter.com, NOT search.twitter.com.

http://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/trends

import twitter 
twitter = twitter.Twitter()
trends = twitter.trends()

[BENGMN]

This code comes from the O'Reilly erratum and is verified to be functional

import twitter
twitter_api = twitter.Twitter(domain='api.twitter.com', api_version='1')
trends = twitter_api.trends()