The ptwix search method accept string in this format

“q=bye&rpp=20″

The rpp parameter is the number of result to show.
There are some instructions about search queries (Come directly from twitter search API method page)

Example queries:

• Containing a word: http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=twitter
• From a user: http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=from%3Aal3x
• Replying to a user (tweet starts with @mzsanford): http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=to%3Amzsanford
• Mentioning a user (tweet contains @biz): http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=%40biz
• Containing a hashtag (up to 16 characters): http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=%23haiku
• Combine any of the operators together: http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?phrase=happy+hour&until=2009-03-24
• Originating from an application: http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=landing+source:tweetie

Search operators:

Most search operators can be used with API queries.

Boolean operators:

• OR to combine queries:
  • Mentioning @twitterapi OR @twitter: http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=%40twitterapi+OR+%40twitter
• Negation: place - in front of the operator.
  • Referencing a user but not from that user: http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=dougw+-from%3Adougw

Operator Limits:

• since: and until operators:
  • since: will return a HTTP 404 if it is too old
  • until: cannot be in the future
  • since: and until: do not accept the negation (-) operation
• filter:links operator:
  • results are limited to 7 days
• source: operator:
  • results are limited to 7 days
  • queries must contain at least one keyword parameter with the source: operator
• lang= operator:
  • results are limited to 7 days
• location operator:
  • results are limited to 7 days
• near:
  • cannot be used in API search

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Tags: 1.1, queries, search operators, twitter search

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