Fatal error code 406 using hbc when filtering by location

Question

I'm trying to use the Twitter hbc library to get tweets based on locations. I've set up my code according to the example file FilterStreamExample. The example works, but when I try to add a location to the endpoint, I get Fatal error code: 406.

Here's the code that works:

StatusesFilterEndpoint endpoint = new StatusesFilterEndpoint();
endpoint.trackTerms(Lists.newArrayList("twitterapi", "#yolo"));

But when I add the following code, I get the error:

Coordinate southwest = new Coordinate(-87.648926, 41.883109);
Coordinate northeast = new Coordinate(-87.606354, 41.828050);
Location chicago = new Location(southwest, northeast); 
endpoint.locations(Lists.newArrayList(chicago));

Thanks for the help!

Greg

EDIT Here's the entirety of my code:

public class App {

  public static void oauth(String consumerKey, String consumerSecret, String token, String secret) throws InterruptedException {
    BlockingQueue<String> queue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<String>(100000);

    StatusesFilterEndpoint endpoint = new StatusesFilterEndpoint();
    Coordinate southwest = new Coordinate(-87.857666, 41.657347);
    Coordinate northeast = new Coordinate(-87.587128, 41.795712);
    Location chicago = new Location(southwest, northeast); 
    endpoint.locations(Lists.newArrayList(chicago));

    Authentication auth = new OAuth1(consumerKey, consumerSecret, token, secret);

    BasicClient client = new ClientBuilder()
      .name("exampleStream")
      .hosts(Constants.STREAM_HOST)
      .endpoint(endpoint)
      .authentication(auth)
      .processor(new StringDelimitedProcessor(queue))
      .build();

    // Establish a connection
    client.connect();
    PrintWriter writer;
    try {
      writer = new PrintWriter("twitterstream.txt", "UTF-8"); 
// Do whatever needs to be done with messages
      for (int msgRead = 0; msgRead < 1000; msgRead++) {
        if (client.isDone()) {
          System.out.println("Client connection closed unexpectedly: " + client.getExitEvent().getMessage());
          break;
      }
      String msg = queue.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
      if (msg == null) {
        System.out.println("Did not receive a message in 5 seconds");
      } else {
        writer.println(msg);
      }
    }
     writer.close();
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
      e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
      e.printStackTrace();
        }  

        client.stop();
}

  public static void main(String[] args) {
  try {
      App.oauth("LEDrJPDhn6C2trbde95WZg", "gEmlgewUodOoDjMNl2QbcqsbGvYDxNZWNRULchPE", "292576546-SWzEgMU7mC7Haat3lLEOQ0mXsZFwBf8F3ZKLBMVa", "ajPN2rGLx57yPoUjYe2qN4bE763orux4KwYeoCAvuLRPM");
  } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      System.out.println(e);
  }

}

I ran your code, Tweets were written to the file and I didn't see any error. Does the error happen straight away? Can you add the details of the error/stack-track to the question please? BTW, you should probably revoke your API tokens now they are publicly available. — Jonathan, Nov 08 '13 at 08:49
hm..looks like maybe it's a credentials thing (although it's weird that it would work with the first query and not the second)...thanks for the help, though! — user1801348, Nov 08 '13 at 15:56

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 15 '15 at 15:36

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Maybe the problem be the coordinates. You should verify on http://boundingbox.klokantech.com/. Choose the option "csv" after that to delimit the place.

answered Jan 15 '15 at 15:36

anapaulagomes

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You are right, I verified the points I was trying to lookup using this site and figured out that I was using them in the wrong order. – Arar Sep 21 '17 at 20:17

Ratinahirana · Answer 2 · 2015-11-08T22:48:16.990

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Are you using Google Map coordinate ? Because It seems that you should switch your coordinate point.

Coordinate southwest = new Coordinate(41.657347, -87.857666);
Coordinate northeast = new Coordinate(41.795712, -87.587128);

You may also use the hbc snapshot version https://github.com/twitter/hbc/issues/19 Regards.

edited Nov 08 '15 at 22:48

answered Jun 22 '14 at 14:04

Ratinahirana

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EK. · Answer 3 · 2013-11-07T14:55:45.537

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I have checked your code with yours and mine Outh parameters. With mine it works and it doesnt work with yours. This is the problem

edited Nov 07 '13 at 14:55

answered Nov 07 '13 at 14:48

EK.

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what's weird is that I can make other requests using the same credentials, though – user1801348 Nov 08 '13 at 15:57

Fatal error code 406 using hbc when filtering by location

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