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how to get the full status text from twitter API with JSON?

tldr: how to access the FULL tweet body with JSON?

Hello

I have a problem finding the full text of a tweet in JSON.

I am making a python app with tweepy. I would like to take a status, and then access the text

EDIT

I used user_timeline() to get a tweet_list. Then got one tweet from them like this:

tweet=tweet_list[index]._json

now when I do this:

tweet['text']

it returns a shortened tweet with a link to the original

eg:

Unemployment for Black Americans is the lowest ever recorded. Trump approval ratings with Black Americans has doubl… (the shortened link, couldn't directly link due to stackoverflow rules)

I want to return this:

Unemployment for Black Americans is the lowest ever recorded. Trump approval ratings with Black Americans has doubled. Thank you, and it will get even (much) better! @FoxNews

I don't mind if the link is added as long as the full tweet is shown

Solution

  • Okay after looking a bit more. I believe it is impossible to do it directly with JSON

    There is a solution here about getting the full tweet. you can see it here

    The problem with the answer above is that full_text turn the object into a string. if you need the object in its initial state to use it later with json to get other info. do the following:

    1. use tweet_mode="extended" in user_timeline() and save it in tweet_list. eg:

    tweet_list = api.user_timeline("user", count=10, tweet_mode="extended")

    1. take one tweet only like this: tweet=tweet_list[0]

    2. if you want the full text tweet, do this: tweet.full_text

    3. if you need a json version of the object do this jtweet = tweet._json or just access the key like this tweet._json['id']

    Hope that helps