Download all the tweets from a Twitter user

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I thought this was a method with which I could use to list all the tweets from a Twitter user:

curl -s --user-agent 'Mozilla' --insecure 'https://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/vodafone_au.xml?count=50000'

But it seems that if the Twitter user exceeds 200 tweets then it doesn't work.

Does anyone have any idea how to download all the tweets from a specific Twitter user?

Philippe Mongeau · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-26 18:03:05Z

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This command will get the last 3200 tweets, which is the maximum twitter let's you access.

Basically, it downloads 32 pages containing each 100 tweets.

curl -s --user-agent 'Mozilla' --insecure 'https://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/vodafone_au.xml?count=100&page=[1-32]'

answered Mar 26, 2011 at 18:03

Philippe Mongeau

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where will the 32 pages saved?
– user17574
Commented Feb 23, 2012 at 1:38
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As I mentioned here (webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/34066/…) this user_timeline xml disappeared. Anyone knows if there is a new address or new direct method of downloading somebody's tweets without API from the command line? I asked this question here (askubuntu.com/questions/210415/…).
– Strapakowsky
Commented Nov 3, 2012 at 5:40

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Mikel · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-22 10:01:40Z

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As per the Twitter API docs, the API is limited to 200 tweets per request.

There's also options called max_id and page that might help.

answered Mar 22, 2011 at 10:01

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ale · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-30 14:09:44Z

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it has a lot of apps which will help you to archive only your own tweets!!

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answered Nov 16, 2011 at 17:06

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Jacob Jan · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-17 10:15:33Z

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Just published (16-12-2012): tweets down loadable from Twitter

answered Dec 17, 2012 at 10:15

Jacob Jan

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Yes, but that's only for your tweets. The OP is asking for how to download all the tweets for an arbitrary user.
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Commented Dec 17, 2012 at 13:45

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