Scoped_timeline not returning full history of tweets

[TGNdata]

Hi all,

I am trying to use scoped_timeline to get back a user’s full history. The user has over 2,000 tweets going back to when he joined in 2009. Currently scoped_timeline is only returning 538. I set the count to 1000 for the request. Previously I had set left the query at default but even with next_cursor I still only get a total of 538 tweets. Also, I have scoped_to set to default (followers). Seems the oldest one goes back to December 10th of 2015.

Meanwhile if I use the REST API I get all 2,000+ without issue. The reason I want to use scoped_timeline is for the build in thumbnail responses as well as some other data points the REST API doesn’t provide.

Thank you.

[imit8me]

Hey @TGNdata

Please provide the full request and response details as per our Reporting Guidelines

Thanks!

[TGNdata]

I am sorry @imit8me . Forgot to include the request:

accounts/u0488/scoped_timeline&parameters=user_id=50393960—count=1000

the response looks like { data: Array[538], next_cursor: null }

[imit8me]

Is there a next_cursor param returned in the response? Have you tried to use these values to retrieve the entire result?

Thanks!

[TGNdata]

There is a null as the value for next_cursor. Out of a count of 1000 I have specified to the API only 538 are being returned with no next_cursor provided.

[imit8me]

In that case, can you please provide the entire request and response bodies using twurl ?

Thanks!

[TGNdata]

The problem is that I am going through a proxy to retrieve the information as the client wants to restrict POST access as the User has millions of followers.

I shared above the request I add onto the proxy URL. This is what the response looks like:
{
“data”: (538 records),
“next_cursor”: null,
“request”: {
“params”: {
“user_id”: “50393960”,
“count”: 1000,
“tweet_mode”: “extended”,
“account_id”: “u0488”
}
}
}

[imit8me]

Hey @TGNdata

At this time, the scoped_timeline endpoint can only return Tweets that were created after the Ads account for the @handle is activated. In this case, we’re only returning those Tweets, as opposed to the entire timeline. I’d recommend doing a single sync with the REST API to get all the Tweets for the account, and use the scoped_timeline endpoint going forward.

Thanks!

[TGNdata]

Yes that is what I ended up doing to get all tweets. I was not aware of the distinction between Ads account creation and retrieving historical tweets. Thank you for the clarification.