Hi Tim,

Thanks a tonne for your reply. Will check twitter Archives.

Thanks

Best
Abhishek


On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Timothy W. Cook <t...@mlhim.org> wrote:

> The Twitter API doesn't provide data that far back.  There are services
> that have archived the data and charge a fee depending upon your needs.
>  You can search for Twitter archives to find a vendor.
>
> This page may help you with getting started using the Twitter API and the
> services available.
> https://dev.twitter.com/docs/platform-objects/tweets
>
> HTH,
> Tim
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 5:58 AM, Abhishek Dutta <abhishek....@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>>
>> This is Abhishek and I am trying to look for tweets on 'Election' from
>> 2000 to YTD. I have registered on twitter and performed a handshake
>> between the systems as well. Next I am trying to fetching tweets
>> chronologically using the below code:-
>>
>>
>> tweets1.list = searchTwitter('Election',lang="en",since='2000-07-01',
>> until='2014-07-30', cainfo="cacert.pem")
>>
>>
>> All I get in return is 26 line items between 27th - 28th of July only.
>>
>>
>> Can you please help me understand why it gives me so less number of
>> tweets, backdated by two days only & also if there is a an alternative
>> method of fetching tweets over the last ten years, at the minimum,
>> categorized by date ?
>>
>>
>> Many thanks in advance for your guidance. This is an urgent request
>> and hence requesting your immediate assistance.
>>
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Abhishek
>>
>>
>>
>>
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