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This post describes a streaming architecture using AWS to capture tweets in near real time. It outlines how to use the Twitter Streaming API to collect tweets with specific keywords, Dockerized Tweet capture application on an AWS EC2 instance, and AWS services like Kinesis Firehose, S3, IAM roles, CloudWatch, Lambda functions, MySQL DB, and OpenSearch. The architecture was adjusted to include Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) for better handling of Lambda function triggers.

Streaming Architecture in AWS to capture tweets in near real time