Recent search v2 (deprecated)

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Please note:

We recently graduated recent search into Twitter API v2: Early Access and announced a 90-day deprecation window. We will retire this endpoint in mid-November 2020.

Learn more about the new recent search, and review our migration resources to update to The New Twitter API.

GET /labs/2/tweets/search

The Labs recent search endpoint returns Tweets from the last 7 days that match a search query.

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Endpoint URL

https://api.twitter.com/labs/2/tweets/search

Authentication and rate limits

Authentication methods supported by this endpoint	OAuth 2.0 Bearer token
Rate limit	225 requests per 15-minute window

Learn more about rate limits.

Query parameters

Name	Type	Description
`end_time` Optional	date (ISO 8601)	YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ (ISO 8601/RFC 3339). The newest, most recent UTC timestamp to which the Tweets will be provided. Timestamp is in second granularity and is exclusive (i.e. 12:00:01 excludes the first second of the minute).
`expansions` Optional	enum (`attachments.poll_ids`, `attachments.media_keys`, `author_id`, `entities.mentions.username`, `geo.place_id`, `in_reply_to_user_id`, `referenced_tweets.id`, `referenced_tweets.id.author_id`)	Comma-separated list of fields to expand. Expansions enable requests to expand an ID into a full object in the `includes` response object.
`max_results` Optional	integer	The maximum number of search results to be returned by a request. A number between 10 and the system limit (currently 100). By default, a request response will return 10 results.
`media.fields` Optional	enum (`duration_ms`, `height`, `media_key`, `preview_image_url`, `public_metrics`, `type`, `url`, `width`)	Comma-separated list of media fields to return in the Tweet media object. The response will contain the selected fields only if a Tweet contains media attachments.
`next_token` Optional	string	This parameter is used to get the next 'page' of results. The value used with the parameter is pulled directly from the response provided by the API, and should not be modified.
`place.fields` Optional	enum (`contained_within`, `country`, `country_code`, `full_name`, `geo`, `id`, `name`, `place_type`)	Comma-separated list of location fields to return. The response will contain the selected fields only if location data is present in any of the response objects.
`poll.fields` Optional	enum (`duration_minutes`, `end_datetime`, `id`, `options`, `voting_status`)	Comma-separated list of fields to return in the Tweet poll object. The response will contain the selected fields only if a Tweet contains a poll.
`query` Required	string	One query/rule/filter for matching Tweets. Up to 512 characters.
`since_id` Optional	string	Returns results with a Tweet ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID. The ID specified is exclusive and responses will not include it.
`start_time` Optional	date (ISO 8601)	YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ (ISO 8601/RFC 3339). The oldest UTC timestamp (from most recent 7 days) from which the Tweets will be provided. Timestamp is in second granularity and is inclusive (i.e. 12:00:01 includes the first second of the minute).
`tweet.fields` Optional	enum (`attachments`, `author_id`, `context_annotations`, `created_at`, `entities`, `geo`, `id`, `in_reply_to_user_id`, `lang`, `possibly_sensitive`, `referenced_tweets`, `source`, `public_metrics`, `text`, `withheld`)	Comma-separated list of fields to return in the Tweet object. By default, the endpoint only returns `id` and `text`.
`until_id` Optional	string	Returns results with a Tweet ID less than (that is, older than) the specified ID. The ID specified is exclusive and responses will not include it.
`user.fields` Optional	enum (`created_at`, `description`, `entities`, `id`, `location`, `name`, `pinned_tweet_id`, `profile_image_url`, `protected`, `public_metrics`, `urls`, `username`, `verified`, `withheld`)	Comma-separated list of additional fields to return in the User object. By default, the endpoint does not return any user field.

Example requests

cURL

curl -X GET -H "Authorization: Bearer $BEARER_TOKEN" "https://api.twitter.com/labs/2/tweets/search?query=snow"

{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "1227733226325774338",
            "text": "@RU_DunYet Lol nah he not I get the buy one get one free ones so if it rains in snow I can get another one"
        },
        {
            "id": "1227733226170413056",
            "text": "RT @jonaxxology: \"I... loved Achilles Riego truly, Snow. He was admitted to the Philippine Navy because of me... Because I want him to succ…"
        },
        {
            "id": "1227733225855836160",
            "text": "RT @AngelFuji88812: SixTONES vs Snow Man Snow M... の 【メーカー特典あり 6タイプセット】 Imitation Rain / D.D.(SixTONES初回仕様3枚)＋D... を Amazon でチェック！ \nhttps:/…"
        },
        {
            "id": "1227733222395564032",
            "text": "RT @Snow8Woman8: おはようございまSnow Man⛄️\n忙しくてなかなかRT活動できないので、D.D.できるときにできるだけ！せっせとD.D.のラジオリクエストを送ってます。。\nCrazy F-R-E-S-H Beat とSnow Worldもあるから、なかなか…"
        },
        {
            "id": "1227733222382915584",
            "text": "RT @modelpress: 「Snow Manが好きすぎる！」人気声優・寺島拓篤が魅力を熱弁\n\n▼記事詳細はこちら\n\nhttps://t.co/V4xpJ7merY"
        },
        {
            "id": "1227733221200318464",
            "text": "RT @MorristownPDIN: @SeanAshWX @MorristownIN has switched from sleet to snow about 15 mins ago. Roadways are snow covered and slick from th…"
        },
        {
            "id": "1227733220546039815",
            "text": "Snow in the North Hills. Another live update @wpxi in #weather 6:17 pm. #PAwx https://t.co/aqD75WerdS"
        },
        {
            "id": "1227733218293469184",
            "text": "RT @SnowDDMan55: てか部屋割りお知らせしてくれるなんて阿部ちゃんデキジュ！…ってもうジュじゃなーいうわーん嬉しい！Snow Manさんデビューしてるし、D.D.売れてるし、Crazy F-R-E-S-H Beat見つかったし、この世は全て輝いている！！なんて素晴…"
        },
        {
            "id": "1227733217509302272",
            "text": "Official mascot of the Badtoss family is always a bit freaked out by snow. https://t.co/pj0iY2BF8I"
        },
        {
            "id": "1227733214967496705",
            "text": "私の推しトップ5！\n1位 佐久間 大介\n2位 阿部 亮平\n3位 岩本 照\n3位 深澤 辰哉\n3位 ラウール \n\n「Snow Man」のメンバーソート(画像付き)\nhttps://t.co/p0WWrwmw71\n #SnowMan"
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "newest_id": "1227733226325774338",
        "oldest_id": "1227733214967496705",
        "next_token": "b26v89c19zqg8o3fo71grizwuro2f5cui3zug0s3wk8sd",
        "result_count": 10
    }
}

{
    "data": [
        {
            "author_id": "899394650657759235",
            "created_at": "2020-02-12T22:35:49.000Z",
            "id": "1227723008200056834",
            "referenced_tweets": [
                {
                    "type": "retweeted",
                    "id": "1227722707942432768"
                }
            ],
            "text": "RT @gracesimon40: @OFCSSuper @OFstudentfans How many students do we need at the girls basketball senior night for a snow day tomorrow???"
        },
        {
            "author_id": "916856066918334464",
            "created_at": "2020-02-12T22:35:49.000Z",
            "id": "1227723004957708288",
            "referenced_tweets": [
                {
                    "type": "retweeted",
                    "id": "1227655874128171008"
                }
            ],
            "text": "RT @snow_snow_dd: 大好きなSnow Manの力になりたくて、Billboardチャートランク上げ活動をしています！『Snow Man / D.D. / Crazy F-R-E-S-H Beat / Snow Worldの記載のあるツイートをRTするだけでも協力…"
        },
        {
            "author_id": "34934156",
            "created_at": "2020-02-12T22:35:48.000Z",
            "id": "1227723003175129088",
            "text": "SIOUX CITY IA Feb 12 Climate: Hi: None Lo: 19 Precip: Trace Snow: Missing https://t.co/RsfgL3oYvL"
        },
        {
            "author_id": "34934156",
            "created_at": "2020-02-12T22:35:48.000Z",
            "id": "1227723003045089280",
            "text": "HURON Feb 12 Climate: Hi: 32 Lo: -3 Precip: 0.08 Snow: 1.0 https://t.co/HBjFuH0449"
        },
        {
            "author_id": "118870812",
            "created_at": "2020-02-12T22:35:48.000Z",
            "id": "1227723002998968321",
            "referenced_tweets": [
                {
                    "type": "retweeted",
                    "id": "1202225478502928384"
                }
            ],
            "text": "RT @247LovingLife: #etsyshop #Dimensions #Garden #Shed #Snowman #snow #Christmas #christmascountdown #CutenessOverload #crossstitch #Hobbie…"
        },
        {
            "author_id": "34934156",
            "created_at": "2020-02-12T22:35:48.000Z",
            "id": "1227723002994757633",
            "text": "SIOUX FALLS Feb 12 Climate: Hi: None Lo: 5 Precip: Trace Snow: Trace https://t.co/8XGrc6lonp"
        },
        {
            "author_id": "34934156",
            "created_at": "2020-02-12T22:35:48.000Z",
            "id": "1227723002986426368",
            "text": "MITCHELL SD Feb 12 Climate: Hi: 35 Lo: -1 Precip: Trace Snow: Missing https://t.co/dDWR8ineuK"
        },
        {
            "author_id": "172865791",
            "created_at": "2020-02-12T22:35:48.000Z",
            "id": "1227723002621677570",
            "text": "this SNOW tho?! im going home &amp; having wine for dinner."
        },
        {
            "author_id": "1048694178027327488",
            "created_at": "2020-02-12T22:35:48.000Z",
            "id": "1227723001258545153",
            "referenced_tweets": [
                {
                    "type": "quoted",
                    "id": "1227403947499040768"
                }
            ],
            "text": ".@jarpad going for a little refreshing walk in the snow https://t.co/RAIvjfZioc"
        },
        {
            "author_id": "1218791108567650306",
            "created_at": "2020-02-12T22:35:47.000Z",
            "id": "1227722998850805761",
            "referenced_tweets": [
                {
                    "type": "replied_to",
                    "id": "1227722600626835457"
                }
            ],
            "text": "@ren_snow_man_ かわいい　！"
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "newest_id": "1227723008200056834",
        "oldest_id": "1227722998850805761",
        "next_token": "b26v89c19zqg8o3fo71grizm0v664moysldjqu8zh5qbh",
        "result_count": 10
    }
}

Response fields

Name	Type	Description
`newest_id`	string	Tweet ID of the most recent (largest ID) Tweet in the response. When implementing a polling use pattern, the first response contains the ID needed for setting the ```since_id``` for the next polling request.
`oldest_id`	string	Tweet ID of the oldest (smallest ID) Tweet in the response.
`next_token`	string	Included when there is an additional 'page' of data to request.
`result_count`	integer	Indicated the number of Tweets in the response.
`id`	string	Unique identifier of this Tweet. This is returned as a string in order to avoid complications with languages and tools that cannot handle large integers.
`created_at`	date (ISO 8601)	Creation time of the Tweet (ISO 8601).
`text`	string	The content of the Tweet.
`author_id`	string	Unique identifier of this User. This is returned as a string in order to avoid complications with languages and tools that cannot handle large integers. You can obtain the expanded object in `includes.users` by adding `expansions=author_id` in the request's query parameter.
`in_reply_to_user_id`	string	If this Tweet is a reply, indicates the User ID of the parent Tweet's author. This is returned as a string in order to avoid complications with languages and tools that cannot handle large integers. You can obtain the expanded object in `includes.users` by adding `expansions=in_reply_to_user_id` in the request's query parameter.
`referenced_tweets`	array	A list of Tweets this Tweet refers to. For example, if the parent Tweet is a Retweet, a Quoted Tweet or a Reply, it will include the related Tweet referenced to by its parent.
`referenced_tweets.type`	enum (`retweeted`, `quoted`, `replied_to`)	Indicates the type of relationship between this Tweet and the Tweet returned in the response: `retweeted` (this Tweet is a Retweet), `quoted` (a Retweet with comment, also known as Quoted Tweet), or `replied_to` (this Tweet is a reply).
`referenced_tweets.id`	string	The unique identifier of the referenced Tweet. You can obtain the expanded object in `includes.tweets` by adding `expansions=referenced_tweets.id` in the request's query parameter.
`referenced_tweets.id.author_id`	string	The unique identifier of the author of the referenced Tweet. You can obtain the expanded object in `includes.users` by adding `expansions=referenced_tweets.id.author_id` in the request's query parameter.
`attachments`	object	Specifies the type of attachments (if any) present in this Tweet.
`attachments.media_keys`	array	List of unique identifiers of media attached to this Tweet. These identifiers use the same media key format as those returned by the Media Library. You can obtain the expanded object in `includes.media` by adding `expansions=attachments.media_keys` in the request's query parameter.
`attachments.poll_ids`	array	List of unique identifiers of polls present in the Tweet delivered. These are returned as a string in order to avoid complications with languages and tools that cannot handle large integers. You can obtain the expanded object in `includes.polls` by adding `expansions=attachments.poll_ids` in the request's query parameter.
`geo`	object	Contains details about the location tagged by the user in this Tweet, if they specified one.
`geo.coordinates.type`	string	Describes the type of coordinate. The only value supported at present is `Point`.
`geo.coordinates.coordinates`	array	A pair of decimal values representing the precise location of the user (latitude, longitude). This value be `null` unless the user explicitly shared their precise location.
`geo.place_id`	string	The unique identifier of the place, if this is a point of interest tagged in the Tweet. You can obtain the expanded object in `includes.places` by adding `expansions=geo.place_id` in the request's query parameter.
`context_annotations`	array	Contains context annotations for the Tweet. To return this field, add `tweet.fields=context_annotations` in the request's query parameter.
`context_annotations.domain`	object	Contains elements which identify detailed information regarding the domain classification based on Tweet text.
`context_annotations.domain.id`	string	Contains the numeric value of the domain.
`context_annotations.domain.name`	string	Domain name based on the Tweet text.
`context_annotations.domain.description`	string	Long form description of domain classification.
`context_annotations.entity`	object	Contains elements which identify detailed information regarding the domain classification bases on Tweet text.
`context_annotations.entity.id`	string	Unique value which correlates to an explicitly mentioned Person, Place, Product or Organization
`context_annotations.entity.name`	string	Name or reference of entity referenced in the Tweet.
`context_annotations.entity.description`	string	Additional information regarding referenced entity.
`entities`	object	Contains details about text that has a special meaning in a Tweet.
`entities.urls`	array	Contains details about text recognized as a URL.
`entities.urls.start`	integer	The start position (zero-based) of the recognized URL within the Tweet.
`entities.urls.end`	integer	The end position (zero-based) of the recognized URL within the Tweet.
`entities.urls.url`	string	The URL in the format Tweeted by the user.
`entities.urls.expanded_url`	string	The fully resolved URL.
`entities.urls.display_url`	string	The URL as displayed in the Twitter client.
`entities.urls.unwound_url`	string	The full destination URL.
`entities.hashtags`	array	Contains details about text recognized as a hashtag.
`entities.hashtags.start`	integer	The start position (zero-based) of the recognized hashtag within the Tweet.
`entities.hashtags.end`	integer	The end position (zero-based) of the recognized hashtag within the Tweet.
`entities.hashtags.tag`	string	The text of the hashtag.
`entities.mentions`	array	Contains details about text recognized as a user mention.
`entities.mentions.start`	integer	The start position (zero-based) of the recognized user mention within the Tweet.
`entities.mentions.end`	integer	The end position (zero-based) of the recognized user mention within the Tweet.
`entities.mentions.username`	string	The part of text recognized as a user mention. You can obtain the expanded object in `includes.users` by adding `expansions=entities.mentions.username` in the request's query parameter.
`entities.cashtags`	array	Contains details about text recognized as a cashtag.
`entities.cashtags.start`	integer	The start position (zero-based) of the recognized cashtag within the Tweet.
`entities.cashtags.end`	integer	The end position (zero-based) of the recognized cashtag within the Tweet.
`entities.cashtags.tag`	string	The text of the cashtag.
`withheld`	object	Contains withholding details for withheld content.
`withheld.copyright`	boolean	Indicates if the content is being withheld for on the basis of copyright infringement.
`withheld.country_codes`	array	Provides a list of countries where this content is not available.
`withheld.scope`	enum (`tweet`, `user`)	Indicates whether the content being withheld is a Tweet or a user.
`public_metrics`	object	Engagement metrics for the Tweet at the time of the request.
`public_metrics.retweet_count`	integer	Number of times this Tweet has been Retweeted.
`public_metrics.reply_count`	integer	Number of replies of this Tweet.
`public_metrics.like_count`	integer	Number of Likes of this Tweet.
`public_metrics.quote_count`	integer	Number of times this Tweet has been Retweeted with a comment (also known as Quote).
`possibly_sensitive`	boolean	Indicates if this Tweet contains URLs marked as sensitive, for example content suitable for mature audiences.
`lang`	string	Language of the Tweet, if detected by Twitter. Returned as a BCP47 language tag.
`source`	string	The name of the app the user Tweeted from.
`includes`	object	Returns the requested expansions, if available.
`includes.tweets`	array	For referenced Tweets, this is a list of objects with the same structure as the one described in this page.
`includes.users`	array	For referenced users, this is a list of objects with the same structure as the one described by GET /users.
`includes.places.id`	string	The unique identifier of the place, if this is a point of interest tagged in the Tweet.
`includes.places.name`	string	The short name of this place, for example `San Francisco`.
`includes.places.full_name`	string	A longer-form detailed place name, for example `San Francisco, CA`.
`includes.places.place_type`	enum (`city`, `unknown`, `country`, `admin`, `neighborhood`, `poi`, `zip_code`, `metro`, `admin0`, `admin1`)	Specified the particular type of information represented by this place information, such as a city name, or a point of interest.
`includes.places.country_code`	string	The ISO Alpha-2 country code this place belongs to.
`includes.places.country`	string	The full-length name of the country this place belongs to.
`includes.places.contained_within`	array	Returns the identifiers of known places that contain the referenced place.
`includes.places.geo`	object	Contains place details in GeoJSON format.
`includes.places.geo.type`	string	The type of place described by this object. At present, this API only returns objects of type `Feature`.
`includes.places.geo.bbox`	array	The bounding box coordinates for this place (latitude_start, longitude_start, latitude_end, longitude_end).
`includes.places.geo.geometry`	object	Contains GeoJSON point information for this place, if available.
`includes.places.geo.coordinates.type`	string	Describes the type of coordinate. The only value supported at present is `Point`.
`includes.places.geo.coordinates.coordinates`	array	A pair of decimal values representing the precise location of the user (latitude, longitude). This value be `null` unless the user explicitly shared their precise location.
`includes.places.geo.coordinates.properties`	object	A dictionary containing additional properties, as defined by the GeoJSON specification. Can be empty.
`includes.media`	array	For referenced media attachments, this is a list of objects describing media content.
`includes.media.media_key`	string	Unique identifiers for this expanded media content. This is returned using the same media key format as returned by the Media Library.
`includes.media.height`	integer	Height of this content in pixels.
`includes.media.public_metrics`	object	Engagement metrics for the media content at the time of the request.
`includes.media.public_metrics.view_count`	integer	The count of how many times the video attached to this Tweet has been viewed. This is the number of video views aggregated across all Tweets in which the given video has been posted. That means that the metric includes the combined views from any instance where the video has been Retweeted or reposted in separate Tweets. This returns the total count of video views from both organic and paid contexts, in order to maintain consistency with the counts shown publicly on Twitter.
`includes.media.width`	integer	Width of this content in pixels.
`includes.media.preview_image_url`	string	URL to the static placeholder preview of this content.
`includes.media.duration_ms`	integer	Available when `includes.media.type` is `video`. Duration in milliseconds of the video.
`includes.media.type`	enum (`animated_gif`, `photo`, `video`)	Type of content.
`includes.polls`	string	For referenced polls, this is a list of objects describing polls.
`includes.polls.id`	string	Unique identifiers of the expanded poll. This is returned as a string in order to avoid complications with languages and tools that cannot handle large integers.
`includes.polls.options`	array	Contains objects describing each choice in the referenced poll.
`includes.polls.options.position`	integer	Position of this choice in the poll.
`includes.polls.options.label`	string	Text of the poll choice.
`includes.polls.options.votes`	integer	Number of votes this poll choice received.
`includes.polls.options.voting_status`	enum (`open`, `closed`)	Indicates if this poll is still active and can receive votes, or if the voting is now closed.
`includes.polls.end_datetime`	date (ISO 8601)	Specifies the end date and time for this poll (ISO 8601).
`includes.polls.duration_minutes`	integer	Specifies the total duration of this poll.

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