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This Snap executes a Twitter API query and returns the results as documents. The output is in JSON.

For more information, see the Twitter API here. If you are unfamiliar with using an API, see the topic "Using the Twitter Search API" for some common search operators.

• Expected upstream Snaps:  File reader followed by any file parser.
• Expected downstream Snaps:  A JSON Formatter followed by File Writer.
• Expected input:  Twitter query and Maximum tweets should be given. Until date can be given in order to search until it.
• Expected output:  Gets Tweet data.

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This Snap uses account references created on the Accounts page of SnapLogic Manager to handle access to this endpoint. See Configuring Twitter Accounts for information on setting up this type of account.

Required. The Twitter query to execute.
Example: @Snaplogic
Default value: [None]

Required.The number of Tweets to return from the Twitter API. This is Twitter's count parameter.

Example: 50
Default value: 100

This setting returns tweets until a date. Dates not matching the YYYY-MM-dd format cause the pipeline to fail.

Example: 2012-12-25
Default value: [None]

This setting returns Tweets since the specified ID.

Example: 23452
Default value: [None] 
 

Conditional, required if Since ID is used. This setting returns Tweets before the given ID.
Example: 53423
Default value: [None] 
 

This setting specified the type of results to return. The possible options include:

• RECENT - Return only the most recent result.
• MIXED - Include both popular and real time results.
• POPULAR - Return only the most popular results.

Default value: RECENT