twitter package in R maximum tweets using searchTwitter()

1
votes

IN Twitter Package in R maximum number of tweets which can be retrieved is 1500. If i want to retrieve 5000 i get 

      a<-searchTwitter("#cricket",n=5000)
      Error in out$error : $ operator is invalid for atomic vectors

Is there any way which will help in getting more tweets for particular keyword

2
rtwitter
Please provide a reproducible example - Paul Hiemstra
have you authenticated with the Twitter API via OAuth? - Ben
i tried via ROAuth package but still same error - Sunny Sunny

2 Answers

3
votes

If you are not authenticated then 1500 is the limit imposed by the Twitter API (https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/get/search), though your error message is not the same as mine, which is strange:

          install.packages("twitteR")
          library(twitteR)
          BBC <- searchTwitter("BBC", n=1500)
          length(BBC)
          [1] 1500
          BBC <- searchTwitter("BBC", n=5000)
          Error in .self$twFromJSON(out) : Error: Invalid query
0
votes

The 1500 limit is imposed by the twitteR package, the API's limitations are based on a number of request in 15 minute windows. It is explained here.