CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythontwittertweepy
eh2699
eh2699

Reputation: 127

using tweepy to retrieve data containing a particular hashtag

I'm trying to use tweepy to retrieve tweets of a particular hashtag. This is my code:

file = open('pc_week1.csv', 'a')
writer = csv.writer(file)

for tweet in tweepy.Cursor(extractor.search, q='#pyeongchang2018', count=100, lang='en', since='2017-12-01', until='2017-12-07').items():
    writer.writerow([tweet.created_at, tweet.text.encode('utf-8')])

When I define the 'until' parameter, the code returns an empty dataframe. But when I DON'T define 'until', it retrieves all tweets since the date specified. The only thing is, I'm looking to get only a week's worth of data (2017-12-01~2017-12-07). Is there a way to do this?

EDIT: I tried putting in a different date for 'until' parameter:

for tweet in tweepy.Cursor(extractor.search, q='#pyeongchang2018', count=100, lang='en', since='2017-12-01', until='2017-12-15').items():
    writer.writerow([tweet.created_at, tweet.text.encode('utf-8')])

And it DIDN'T return an empty df like before, but instead the results indicate that the until parameter was ignored. Here's a snippet of the results:

    Date                Tweet
0   2018-01-25 08:35:21 b"RT @AFP: WATCH: A dozen North Korean female ...
1   2018-01-25 08:34:19 b"RT @AFP: WATCH: A dozen North Korean female ...
2   2018-01-25 08:33:29 b'Amazing @Aerialskier what an achievement! Go...
3   2018-01-25 08:32:29 b'RT @cnni: The new police force in charge of ...
4   2018-01-25 08:32:12 b'North Korean ice hockey teams arrives in Sou...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1093

Answers (1)

D Malan
D Malan

Reputation: 11464

You are using the since and until parameters correctly, but the problem is that Tweepy can't return data older than 7 days.

Upvotes: 1

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