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twarc2 conversation with some ID values doesn't return output

Example 1

For this tweet:

https://twitter.com/UrbanKaoboy/status/1520080172896055296

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using twarc2 conversation works fine:

twarc2 conversation 1520080172896055296

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Example 2

However, for this tweet:

https://twitter.com/Josh_Young_1/status/1515376888096735239

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twarc2 conversation doesn't return anything:

twarc2 conversation 1515376888096735239

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Question

What's a good way to get twarc2 to return output for the second tweet?

Solution

  • twarc uses a search behind the scenes. The problem is the default Twitter v2 seach endpoint only returns data for the last 7 days. If you get your account blessed as part of the Academic Product Track you can search the full archive, and can use the --archive twarc option to do it.