Tracking specific accounts on twitter using Stream api

Question

I am trying to track specific accounts on twitter by using the stream api. I see understand how to filter the stream by specific words, but I don't understand how to filter by specific accounts.

Answer 1

You need to use the follow keyword in your request as stated in the docs. You need to pass:

A comma-separated list of user IDs, indicating the users whose Tweets should be delivered on the stream.