(v2) Retweeted & Quoted Tweet don't include "includes -> media" info?

[J_aa_p]

Original Tweet ID: 1516920635535945729 (Direct link to Twitter API v2 Playground)

Retweeted Tweet ID of Original Tweet: 1528988424505630720 (Direct link to Twitter API v2 Playground)

The original tweet contains this part:

  "includes": {
    "media": [
      {
        "type": "photo",
        "url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQ0u9sJVcAASr_R.jpg",
        "width": 1200,
        "media_key": "3_1516920286850936832",
        "height": 675
      }
    ],

But the retweeted version does not. Do I need to make an extra call to the Twitter API v2 for every (quoted) retweeted tweet to get the included media? It’s seem like a lot of extra (unnecessary?) calls to the Twitter API v2 servers.

[J_aa_p]

I forgot I just have to make one extra call to the Twitter AP to receive the media info of max. 100 retweeted/quoted tweets. V2 Playground example. Still, it would be nice if that info was available in the first query.

And when making that one extra call for the media info, I don’t need the “data → text” field anymore, but I’m getting that field anyway.

{
  "data": [
    {
      "attachments": {
        "media_keys": [
          "3_1528708946982227973"
        ]
      },
      "id": "1528709347706011648",
      "text": "When flying is in the family! ✈️​\nAmanda and her brother Rein both work as KLM pilots and even share the same flight occasionally!​\nAnd what makes it even more special... Their father was also a KLM pilot! 👨‍✈️ 👩🏻‍✈️ #KLM #pilots #siblings https://t.co/SUcvquyTiQ"
    }
  ],
  "includes": {
    "media": [
      {
        "type": "photo",
        "url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTcQsBXWUAUclO2.jpg",
        "media_key": "3_1528708946982227973",
        "height": 1350,
        "width": 1080
      }
    ]
  }
}

[J_aa_p]

It’s just one extra call when I try to retrieve the user’s (x amount of) tweets for the first time. But If I want to update their TL (of their own tweets) every x seconds I have to make an extra call to the Twitter API for every retweeted and quoted tweet they post.

And then there’s this I don’t understand:

If you look at JSON response of the original tweet this is a part of it:

        "urls": [
          {
            "start": 184,
            "end": 207,
            "url": "https://t.co/05NmwYQebg",
            "expanded_url": "https://twitterdev.bevylabs.com/events/details/twitter-london-twitter-developer-community-presents-twitterdev-connect-london-meetup/?ref=os-tw-twitter-dev-community-events&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=os&utm_campaign=twitter-dev-community-events",
            "display_url": "twitterdev.bevylabs.com/events/details…",
            "images": [
              {
                "url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/news_img/1516920660726935552/gTN7XW_v?format=jpg&name=orig",
                "width": 2160,
                "height": 2160
              },
              {
                "url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/news_img/1516920660726935552/gTN7XW_v?format=jpg&name=150x150",
                "width": 150,
                "height": 150
              }
            ],
            "status": 200,
            "title": "#TwitterDev Connect - London Meetup | Twitter",
            "description": "I'm attending Twitter London Twitter Developer Community w/ #TwitterDev Connect - London Meetup on Apr 27, 2022.",
            "unwound_url": "https://twitterdev.bevylabs.com/events/details/twitter-london-twitter-developer-community-presents-twitterdev-connect-london-meetup/?ref=os-tw-twitter-dev-community-events&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=os&utm_campaign=twitter-dev-community-events"
          },

Those links to the images (urls → image → url) don’t work.

• https://pbs.twimg.com/news_img/1516920660726935552/gTN7XW_v?format=jpg&name=orig
• https://pbs.twimg.com/news_img/1516920660726935552/gTN7XW_v?format=jpg&name=150x150

[J_aa_p]

And then there’s this too (very strange)

3 Twitter API Playground Links:

1. CNN News Tweet
2. MSNBC News Tweet
3. NRC News Tweet (Dutch)

I expect in every tweet the "entities": { "urls": [ { "images": information. Twitter Web & Tweetdeck display those images. (See screenshot as example)

Now I’ve tested this a lot of times in the Twitter API Playground (GET /2/tweets), sometimes the images info isn’t in the JSON response but sometimes it is, how’s that for ‘strange’. Using the same Tweet ID.

[IgorBrigadir]

@J_aa_p

Those links to the images (urls → image → url) don’t work.

Those are part of the “card” which is defined on the html meta tags, and the image is in the twitter:image meta tag, those urls that don’t work are only accessible when loading a tweet when embedding it for example - they’re cached from the original site as far as i can tell. I’ve also noticed this strange behavior with that thing being there or missing sporadically. This is a separate thing to the original media question though.

It does seem like you do need that extra call:

@J_aa_p

Do I need to make an extra call to the Twitter API v2 for every (quoted) retweeted tweet to get the included media?

Because the media includes are not present for the referenced tweets. I think this is something the API should change too. I think the best way to get someone from twitter to look into it is to post it as a request in GitHub - twitterdev/open-evolution: Open evolution proposals for the Twitter API

[J_aa_p]

@IgorBrigadir

Those are part of the “card” which is defined on the html meta tags, and the image is in the twitter:image meta tag, those urls that don’t work are only accessible when loading a tweet when embedding it for example - they’re cached from the original site as far as i can tell. I’ve also noticed this strange behavior with that thing being there or missing sporadically

Here they do work, as they should (imho) Twitter API Playground with this JSON response

"images": [
              {
                "url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/news_img/1529384015295299585/SocbCrYH?format=jpg&name=orig",
                "width": 1200,
                "height": 627
              },
              {
                "url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/news_img/1529384015295299585/SocbCrYH?format=jpg&name=150x150",
                "width": 150,
                "height": 150
              }
            ],

Image 1: https://pbs.twimg.com/news_img/1529384015295299585/SocbCrYH?format=jpg&name=orig

Image 2: https://pbs.twimg.com/news_img/1529384015295299585/SocbCrYH?format=jpg&name=150x150

[J_aa_p]

@IgorBrigadir

I think the best way to get someone from twitter to look into it is to post it as a request in GitHub - twitterdev/open-evolution: Open evolution proposals for the Twitter API

I hope Twitter Dev Support here finds the time to take a look at my findings before I create a GitHub issue. I can do something wrong too, I’m pretty good at that.

[J_aa_p]

For Twitter Dev Support:

In this one post I describe 1 observation:

1. (v2) Retweeted & Quoted Tweet don’t include “includes → media” info? - Link

And two ‘bugs’ (?, at least I think they are)

2. Urls pointing to non existing images - Link
3. Getting different API results by just hitting F5 - Link

If you want me to split them up into separate topics, of course I’ll do that.

[J_aa_p]

UPDATE / NOTE

I’ve made a new topic about the missing properties (see ‘3.’ in previous reply) in the retweeted/quoted JSON response

[J_aa_p]

Please disregard this whole topic. It’s just too much, and I’ve made a mess of it.

I’ve created new topic for the most important issue.