#1

Using the https://api.twitter.com/1.1/search/tweets.json endpoint in postman with the following query as q:

immigrant OR immigration OR migration OR migrant OR migrant worker OR immigrant worker OR immigrant labor OR migrant labor OR foreigners OR foreign-born OR non-citizens OR labor migration OR foreign-born citizens OR resident alien -filter:retweets

but am not getting responses to this. Removing labor migration, foreign-born citizens, and resident alien works, resulting in the following query:

immigrant OR immigration OR migration OR migrant OR migrant worker OR immigrant worker OR immigrant labor OR migrant labor OR foreigners OR foreign-born OR non-citizens -filter:retweets

I’m not sure why there’s a difference and would like to retain the original query. Many thanks.

#2

I’m guessing this is due to the complexity (length) of the query.

Queries can be limited due to complexity. If this happens, the Search API will respond with the error: {“error”:“Sorry, your query is too complex. Please reduce complexity and try again.”}.

I’ll be honest, I haven’t always seen this error but I have seen blank results with long queries on the legacy v1.1 search API. It is a very old tech stack.

Have you tried a similar search on the Twittwr Developer Labs recent search API?

#4

Thanks @andypiper! I don’t think it’s due to the length of the query though, because this returns results:

immigrant OR immigration OR migration OR migrant OR migrant worker OR immigrant worker OR immigrant labor OR migrant labor OR foreigners OR foreign-born OR non-citizens OR dogs OR cats OR penguins OR walruses OR elephants OR birds OR manatees -filter:retweets

and has 259 chars and has more keywords/operators.

We’re planning to buy a premium account to access tweets within a specified date range – is labs available with dated info? I think currently it’s just recent tweets.

Thanks!

#5

Also, here’s the response:

{
    "statuses": [],
    "search_metadata": {
        "completed_in": 0.042,
        "max_id": 1258224638439550976,
        "max_id_str": "1258224638439550976",
        "query": "immigrant+OR+immigration+OR+migration+OR+migrant+OR+migrant+worker+OR+immigrant+worker+OR+immigrant+labor+OR+migrant+labor+OR+foreigners+OR+foreign-born+OR+non-citizens+OR+labor+migration+OR+foreign-born+citizens+OR+resident+alien+-filter%3Aretweets",
        "refresh_url": "?since_id=1258224638439550976&q=immigrant%20OR%20immigration%20OR%20migration%20OR%20migrant%20OR%20migrant%20worker%20OR%20immigrant%20worker%20OR%20immigrant%20labor%20OR%20migrant%20labor%20OR%20foreigners%20OR%20foreign-born%20OR%20non-citizens%20OR%20labor%20migration%20OR%20foreign-born%20citizens%20OR%20resident%20alien%20-filter%3Aretweets&include_entities=1",
        "count": 15,
        "since_id": 0,
        "since_id_str": "0"
    }
}

With a 200 exit code as well. FYI

#6

hey @chanlawrencet can you try:

immigrant OR immigration OR migration OR migrant OR (migrant worker) OR (immigrant worker) OR (immigrant labor) OR (migrant labor) OR foreigners OR foreign-born OR non-citizens OR (labor migration) OR (foreign-born citizens) OR (resident alien) -filter:retweets
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#7

@suhemparack Brilliant! Works. Thanks a bunch for your help.

#8