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How to limit the search results on Twitter

Updated over a week ago

If you are trying to create a custom task to scrape search results from Twitter (X), it is suggested that you limit the results by using Twitter's Advanced Search feature. In this way, you can get more specific results.

Tip:

Octoparse provides many Twitter templates for users to get data from the website. Simply input the parameters required to scrape data in minutes!


How to limit the results?

1. Go to the Twitter search results page

2. Click on the three dots on the upper right corner of the screen

3. Select Advanced Search

4. Set up search conditions to limit post dates

Twitter's Advanced Search function is powerful. You can limit the search terms, poster accounts, tweet language, tweet engagements, or post dates to filter results and get more precise data.

5. Confirm the conditions and click Search

You will get to the results page again. You can use the results page URL for your task creation.

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