Accessing Data through Premium API

[nfhavey]

Problem

I am trying to access retweet_count, favorite_count, and reply_count for a variety of user timelines using get_timeline(user, n). I know that reply_count is paywalled to the Premium API, which I have. I also know that the standard rtweet get_timeline function only interacts with the Standard API.

Is there another function that interacts with the Premium API? Accessing just reply_counts via other means is a lot messier.

Expected behavior

When I use get_timelines(user, n), I expect the tweets to be pulled for that user corresponding with the n for 90 variables, some of which are paywalled and return NA values. This is true.

Reproduce the problem

library(tidyverse)
library(rtweet)

ap <- get_timelines("AP", 1000)
ap <- ap %>% select(user_id, screen_name, reply_count, retweet_count, favorite_count)

And then some additional code to calculate some info based on those metrics, repeat for other users. But reply_count is consistently NA.

### rtweet version

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``` r
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packageVersion("rtweet")

Session info

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sessionInfo()

Token

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rtweet::get_token()

[hadley]

I don't see any evidence that the premium API provides anything other than search: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/premium/search-api/overview. So I think that unless you can frame your question as a search, you're out of luck with the premium api.

[nfhavey]

No longer a problem! Thank you!

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On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 3:04 PM Hadley Wickham ***@***.***> wrote: I don't see any evidence that the premium API provides anything other than search: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/premium/search-api/overview. So I think that unless you can frame your question as a search, you're out of luck with the premium api. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#415 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AO7GSD7RFD322FUM7KJESZDTCAGZPANCNFSM4MTBHCJQ> .

-- Nick Havey, MA UCLA Higher Education and Organizational Change PhD Student [email protected]