tldr: how to access the FULL tweet body with JSON?
Hello
I have a problem finding the full text of a tweet in JSON.
I am making a python app with tweepy. I would like to take a status, and then access the text
EDIT
I used user_timeline()
to get a tweet_list
. Then got one tweet from them like this:
tweet=tweet_list[index]._json
now when I do this:
tweet['text']
it returns a shortened tweet with a link to the original
eg:
Unemployment for Black Americans is the lowest ever recorded. Trump
approval ratings with Black Americans has doubl…
(the shortened link, couldn’t directly link due to stackoverflow rules)
I want to return this:
Unemployment for Black Americans is the lowest ever recorded. Trump
approval ratings with Black Americans has doubled. Thank you, and it
will get even (much) better! @FoxNews
I don’t mind if the link is added as long as the full tweet is shown
2
Answers
Okay after looking a bit more. I believe it is impossible to do it directly with JSON
There is a solution here about getting the full tweet. you can see it here
The problem with the answer above is that
full_text
turn the object into a string. if you need the object in its initial state to use it later with json to get other info. do the following:tweet_mode="extended"
inuser_timeline()
and save it intweet_list
. eg:tweet_list = api.user_timeline("user", count=10, tweet_mode="extended")
take one tweet only like this:
tweet=tweet_list[0]
if you want the full text tweet, do this:
tweet.full_text
if you need a json version of the object do this
jtweet = tweet._json
or just access the key like thistweet._json['id']
Hope that helps
You didn’t provide any information about, how you want to achieve your goal. Looking at tweepy API, there is optional flag argument full_text which you can pass to function. get direct message function
It defaults to false causing that returned messages are shortened to 140 chars. Just set it at True and see what happen.