Sep 26, 2012
Understanding since_id and max_id in Twitter API
So I've spent the last day wrestling to understand the since_id and max_id calls in Twitter. If you are having troubles with this like I am, here's what you need to know - the results will always be in DESC order.
Example:
Tweets with ID: 0-99.
max_id=50, count=5 => tweets.id:49-45
since_id=50, count=5 => tweets.id:99-95
So what is the point of since_id ???
since_id=50, count=55 => tweets.id:99-50
And there you go.