Hello! I’m very new to Twitter API, but I’m hoping to use to for my research! It seems like I need a paid version to get the data I want, however. I wanted to reach out and make sure this is the only way for me to get this data first because being a grad student makes it difficult to pay for needed programs.
I am planning to collect historical tweets using certain hashtags. I will categorize these tweets and determine if there is a pattern between the content (writen and/or media) and level of engagement (number of likes, retweets, replies).
Any advice? Thank you!
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Depending on what hashtags you want to examine, there are ways of getting data very cheaply or for free (using tweet ID datasets and either the REST API to get user timelines or the new Labs API to retrieve tweet details https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/labs/tweets-and-users/api-reference/get-tweets see public_metrics)
This might also be helpful for getting started: https://programminghistorian.org/en/lessons/beginners-guide-to-twitter-data
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Thank you for your suggestions! I’ll look into these options!!