Twitter updated the api to 1.1 so the user/pw authentication has been moved to OAuth.
So the simple https://stream.twitter.com/1/statuses/sample.json54 demo in your browser will need the hashkey generated authentication details under the twitter app dev details.
https://dev.twitter.com/116 -> My Applications under your name in top right -> Add new.
Generate your authentication details.
Oath tool -> Request URI -> paste https://stream.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/sample.json57 and hit Create request
Paste the command into your termnal ie. curl –get ‘https://stream.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/sample.json’ –header ‘Authorization: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”‘ –verbose
You should see a bunch of twitter streams in real time…
This request will eventually time out.
Magoo