If we don't specify any query when using the get_all_tweets() function, what will we retrieve?

[Jacobzwj]

For example, if we use the folllowing codes (no query):
tweets <-
get_all_tweets(
start_tweets = "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z",
end_tweets = "2020-01-05T00:00:00Z" )

1. Will we receive all tweets within the designated time period, or
2. Will the function only provide us with a random sample of tweets within that time frame?

Thank you for your assistance!

Best,
Jacob

[wagenkle]

I guess option 1, you could test by first using the count_all_tweets function to obtain the number of tweets and then run the code as above. You could also make use of the n argument to not exceed your Twitter API cap.

[Jacobzwj]

Thanks for your advice. After testing, I think it should be the Option 1.
I got 4 datasets.

• dataset 1→period: 3 days; no query.
• dataset 2→period: 3 days; query: "am".
• dataset 3→period: 3 days; query: "is".
• dataset 4→period: 3 days; query: "are"

Finding:
dataset 2, 3, 4 are all the subsets of dataset 1.
Thus, Option 1 is probably correct.