Twitter Search needed all just # with contest not just contest

[ContestRaja]

Hi There,

I want to fetch all contests related tweet on my website but i want all contests with # tag. I don’t want to pull just contest word it should be like #devcontest,#contest,#carcontest not just contest word. Is it possible to do?

Thanks & Regards
Contest Raja

[isaach]

You can use a search widget to pull in tweets with hashtags you’re interested in. Set your search to "#devcontest OR #contest OR #carcontest OR … " and include the desired hashtags.

If you’re asking if you can easily search for any hashtag at all containing the word “contest” then the answer’s no I’m afraid.

[ContestRaja]

Hi Issach,

Is it possible if i search like #*contest?

[andypiper]

No, that would not work, the search doesn’t accept any kind of wildcard like that. As @isaach says, there’s no simple way to achieve what you are asking for.

[ContestRaja]

Is there any way that i can use wildcard for search? Because i am using twitter fetch api for my website.

[andypiper]

Not using the Twitter REST API, no.

[niall]