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Twitter API Client for node (REST & Streaming API)
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Retweet Stream not working #428

Closed Tchekda closed 6 years ago

Tchekda commented 6 years ago

Hi, I am looking for a way to stream the retweets without text, because stream.on('quoted_tweet') don't cover that. So i tried stream.on('retweeted_tweet') / stream.on('retweet_tweet') / stream.on('retweeted') / stream.on('retweet') but any of them is working. I'm actually using stream.on('tweet') and i check if it's a retweet and if i am the source or the receiver. So i would like to know if a special userstream exist to do that?

DanishFayaz commented 6 years ago

I'd recommend that you should stream on 'tweet' cause a Retweet is also itself a tweet. So whenever a new tweet comes. Pass its text with a Regex like (^(RT|rt)( @\w*)?[: ]) so you can classify the ones which pass through it as a retweet. Cheers.

Tchekda commented 6 years ago

Thank k you for your reply @DanishFayaz , I'm already using this method but I was just expecting a specific stream for retweets. Cheers