I'm trying to get tweets from twitter using tweepy but I keep getting truncated tweets. I understand that twitter automatically truncates tweets if the RT is added to the front making it too long so in that case you would use the retweeted_status element to get the original text. My problem is that the retweeted_status is being truncated by twitter because it seems to add a URL to the end.
text: RT @nytgraphics: President Trump is at his VA golf course today. It’s his 16th visit to the club as president.…
retweeted_status: President Trump is at his VA golf course today. It’s his 16th visit to the club as president.…https://twitter.com/i/web/status/917430220499685376 (there is actually a shortened twitter link here but SO wont let me put a shortened link)
I'm not sure why it does this. The retweeted status is marked as truncated but not as retweeted or quoted.
How can I just get the original text of the retweet or just get the full text of everything (AKA RT @soandso "untruncated text")
Yes, you can get extended tweets. It is documented here.
Supply this parameter to your request: tweet_mode=extended.
Get the extended tweet text in this field: full_text.