Please note:
We launched a new version of the Search Tweets and the Tweet counts endpoints as part of Twitter API v2. If you are currently using the older versions of the search and counts endpoints, you can use our migration materials to start working with the newer endpoint.
Twitter API's historical search endpoints
Over the past decade, the Twitter API has made available a variety of different tiers of endpoints that enable developers to search for historical Tweets or historical Tweet counts. This page will describe each tier or version to help you figure out which endpoint is right for your use case.
Standard v1.1
This search API searches against a sampling of recent Tweets published in the past 7 days. Part of the v1.1 set of APIs.
Enterprise
Enterprise-level access to either the last 30 days of Tweets or access to Tweets from as early as 2006. Provides full-fidelity data, direct account management support, and dedicated technical support to help with integration strategy.
Twitter API v2
Twitter API v2 is the primary version of the API.
This version includes a replacement endpoint for the standard 7 days search and premium and enterprise Full-archive Search API. Twitter API v2 includes many new features, such as the ability to retrieve new data fields like advanced metrics and Tweet annotations, provides more flexibility on which fields return with each payload, and much more.
Feature summary
| Category | Product name | Supported history | Operator availability | Counts endpoint | Data fidelity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Standard Search API |
7 days | Standard operators | Not available | Incomplete |
| Enterprise | 30-day Search API |
30 days | Enterprise operators |
Included | Full |
| Enterprise | Full-archive Search API |
The entire archive | Enterprise operators |
Included | Full |
| Twitter API v2 | Recent search | 7 days | Twitter API v2 operators | Available separately | Full |
| Twitter API v2 | Full-archive search Available via Pro access or higher |
The entire archive |
Twitter API v2 operators | Available separately | Full |