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Twitter

This page contains the setup guide and reference information for the Twitter source connector.

Prerequisites

To set up the Twitter source connector, you'll need the App only Bearer Token.

Set up the Twitter connector in Airbyte

  1. Log into your Airbyte Cloud account or navigate to the Airbyte Open Source dashboard.
  2. Click Sources and then click + New source.
  3. On the Set up the source page, select Twitter from the Source type dropdown.
  4. Enter the name for the Twitter connector.
  5. For Access Token, enter the App only Bearer Token.
  6. For Search Query, enter the query for matching Tweets. You can learn how to build this query by reading build a query guide.
  7. For Start Date (Optional), enter the date in YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ format. The start date for retrieving tweets cannot be more than 7 days in the past.
  8. For End Date (Optional), enter the date in YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ format. The end date for retrieving tweets must be a minimum of 10 seconds prior to the request time.
  9. Click Set up source.

Supported sync modes

The Twitter source connector supports the following sync modes:

Supported Streams

Performance considerations

Rate limiting is mentioned in the API documentation

Reference

Config fields reference

Field
Type
Property name
string
api_key
string
query
string
start_date
string
end_date

Changelog

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VersionDatePull RequestSubject
0.1.142024-08-1243813Update dependencies
0.1.132024-08-1043509Update dependencies
0.1.122024-08-0343115Update dependencies
0.1.112024-07-2742830Update dependencies
0.1.102024-07-2042270Update dependencies
0.1.92024-07-1341910Update dependencies
0.1.82024-07-1041394Update dependencies
0.1.72024-07-0640900Update dependencies
0.1.62024-06-2540396Update dependencies
0.1.52024-06-2240098Update dependencies
0.1.42024-06-0639154[autopull] Upgrade base image to v1.2.2
0.1.32024-05-2138525[autopull] base image + poetry + up_to_date
0.1.22023-03-0623749Spec and docs are improved for beta certification
0.1.12023-03-0323661Incremental added for the "tweets" stream
0.1.02022-11-0118883🎉 New Source: Twitter