How can I get tweets older than a week?

Question

I am trying to collect tweets about natural disasters just for my academic purposes. But it seems I am not able to get the tweets older than a week.

I have tried tweepy, python-twitter, twython.

Is there anyway that I can collect more tweets?

My code

from twython import Twython
import json
app_key=""
app_secret=""
oauth_token=""
ouath_token_secret=""

twitter = Twython(app_key,app_secret,oauth_token,ouath_token_secret)

data=twitter.search(q='MumbaiRains',result_type='Mixed',count=100)

statuses = data['statuses']

for post in statuses:
    print(post['id_str']+':'+post['text'])

I am able to get 80 records as there are only 80 tweets in the last 7 days.

If I print data['search_metadata'] I am getting

{u'count': 100, u'completed_in': 0.053, u'max_id_str': u'939389383920164864', u'since_id_str': u'0', u'refresh_url': u'?since_id=939389383920164864&q=MumbaiRains&result_type=Mixed&include_entities=1', u'since_id': 0, u'query': u'MumbaiRains', u'max_id': 939389383920164864}

show your current code – Marcin Orlowski Dec 09 '17 at 05:37 — Marcin Orlowski, Dec 09 '17 at 05:37
@MarcinOrlowski updated my question – vjnan369 Dec 09 '17 at 05:52 — vjnan369, Dec 09 '17 at 05:52

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 11 '17 at 15:14

Twitter's standard Search API only provides access to the past 7 days of Tweets. There are premium and enterprise paid options to access 30 days of Tweets, and beyond that there's an enterprise full-archive search option. With the standard free access you will be limited to 7 days of data.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 28 '22 at 11:00

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You can only get access of the full archive endpoint for academic purposes, by which you can get access of tweets even posted on 10 years ago. Though its not for commercial use. More here!

answered Jul 28 '22 at 11:00

Mohammad Barjabeen

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How can I get tweets older than a week?

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