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scanlondon
scanlondon

Reputation: 11

Can I still retrieve tweets using the free developer tier in Python?

New to X and watching some videos I saw that you could retrieve tweets in Python but reading the docs I am wondering if I am still allowed to do that or must I go the $100/m basic level? I only want to play with it and maybe I’m doing something silly. Any advice, hugely appreciated.

I get an error that many have talked about but as I can see not recently. I am wondering if things have changed. I can connect and auth but I get the error:

Forbidden: 403 Forbidden
453 - You currently have access to a subset of Twitter API v2 endpoints and limited v1.1 endpoints (e.g. media post, oauth) only. If you need access to this endpoint, you may need a different access level.

I was hoping that some of the old YouTube videos are still relevant but after the rebranding, etc. I wonder if I am barking up the wrong tree and just need to pay to get such access these days.

Upvotes: -1

Views: 914

Answers (1)

dw1
dw1

Reputation: 1845

Reading tweets via API is no longer free. You're not supposed to, but you could parse HTML from a local nitter instance, use selenium (may be detected easily), or use a redis + native messaging host + browser extension combo.

Upvotes: 0

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