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Search Twitter

Synopsis​

This operator searches for Twitter statuses.

Description​

With the Search Twitter operator, you can specify a query and get Twitter statuses containing this query. The list of statuses contains additional data with context of the statuses. In the expert mode, you can specify additional search restrictions.

Select a Twitter connection to specify the Twitter account for the Twitter API access. Specify at least a query to search Twitter for it. There are advanced parameters you can use to specify additional search restrictions. For example, you can limit the search results to a language.

Note that the standard Twitter API has strict rate limits! Please consult the Twitter documentation on how to avoid hitting these rate limits.

Input​

connection​

This input port expects a Connection object if any. See the parameter connection entry for more information.

Output​

output​

An example set consisting of data from the Twitter API. This comprises the tweet text, the tweet ID, the number of retweets, the date of creation, the language, the geo-location, the used source of the tweet, and user information.

connection​

This output port delivers the Connection object from the input port. If the input port is not connected the port delivers nothing.

Parameters​

Connection source​

This parameter indicates how the connection should be specified. It gives you two options: repository and predefined. The parameter is not visible if the connection input port is connected.

Connection entry​

This parameter is only available when the connection source parameter is set to repository. This parameter is used to specify a repository location that represents a connection entry. The connection can also be provided using the connection input port.

Connection​

This parameter is only available when the connection source parameter is set to predefined. The connection details for the Twitter connection can be specified here. If you have already configured a Twitter connection, you can select it from the drop-down list. If you have not configured a Twitter connection yet, select the icon to the right of the drop-down list. Create a new Twitter connection in the Manage Connections box.

Query​

The term that should be searched.

Result type​

Specifies the preferred search result type.

Limit​

The limit on the number of tweets to return.

Since id​

Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID.

Max id​

Returns results with an ID less than (that is, older than) or equal to the specified ID.

Language​

Restricts tweets to the given language, specified by an ISO 639-1 code.

Locale​

Specifies the language of the query you are sending. (The official Twitter API mentions, that only 'ja' is currently effective.)

Until​

Returns tweets generated before the given date. The values year, month, and day are used as search parameters.

Filter by geo location​

Indicates if the results should be filtered by a geo location.

Latitude​

The latitude of the geo location.

Longitude​

The longitude of the geo location.

Radius​

The radius of the geo location.

Radius unit​

The unit of the geo location radius.