Using python, how to use collect tweets (using tweepy) between two dates?

Question

How can i use python and tweepy in order to collect tweets from twitter that are between two given dates?

is there a way to pass from...until... values to the search api?

Note: I need to be able to search back but WITHOUT limitation to a specific user

i am using python and I know that the code should be something like this but i need help to make it work.

    auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
    auth.set_access_token(access_token_key, access_token_secret)
    api = tweepy.API(auth)

    collection = []
    for tweet in tweepy.Cursor(api.search, ???????).items():
        collection[tweet.id] = tweet._json

Answer 1

After long hours of investigations and stabilization i can gladly share my findings.

• search by geocode: pass the geocode parameter in the 'q' parameter in this format: geocode:"37.781157,-122.398720,500mi" , the double quotes are important. notice that the parameter near is not supported anymore by this api. The geocode gives more flexibility

• search by timeline: use the parameters "since" and "until" in the following format: "since:2016-08-01 until:2016-08-02"

there is one more important note... twitter don't allow queries with too old dates. I am not sure but i think they give only 10-14 days back. So you cannot query this way for tweets of last month.

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for status in tweepy.Cursor(api.search,
                       q='geocode:"37.781157,-122.398720,1mi" since:2016-08-01 until:2016-08-02 include:retweets',
                       result_type='recent',
                       include_entities=True,
                       monitor_rate_limit=False, 
                       wait_on_rate_limit=False).items(300):
    tweet_id = status.id
    tweet_json = status._json