GET /labs/1/tweets/stream/covid19

Streams Tweets based on our internal COVID-19 Tweet annotation and a set of defined parameters we believe deliver a comprehensive view of this conversation around this topic.

Because of the high Tweet volume, the stream is divided into 4 partitions, each one delivering ~25% of the overall Tweet volume about this topic. In order to get the full Tweet volume about this topic, your client will need to connect to all partitions at the same time.

Endpoint URL

https://api.twitter.com/labs/1/tweets/stream/covid19

Authentication and rate limits

Authentication methods supported by this endpoint	OAuth 2.0 App-only
Rate limit	App rate limit (Application-only): 200 requests per 15-minute window shared among all users of your app

Query parameters

Name	Type	Description
`partition` Required	number	The partition number to connect to (`1` to `4`).

Example code with offical SDKs

      curl -X GET -H "Authorization: Bearer $BEARER_TOKEN" "https://api.twitter.com/labs/1/tweets/stream/covid19?partition=1"

      twurl --bearer "/labs/1/tweets/stream/covid19?partition=1"

Example responses

The endpoint will return Tweet objects in the legacy enriched native response format.