In this article we will see how we can get the number of times a tweet/status has been retweeted. The retweet_count attribute of the Status object provides us with the number of times a tweet has been retweeted .
Identifying the number of times a tweet has been retweeted in the GUI :
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The above mentioned status has been retweeted 4 times.
In order to get the number of times a status has been retweeted, we have to do the following :
- Identify the status ID of the status from the GUI.
- Get the Status object of the status using the
get_status() method with the status ID.
- From this object, fetch the retweet_count attribute present in it.
Example 1 : Consider the following status :
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We will use the status ID to fetch the status. The status ID of the above mentioned status is 1272771459249844224.
Output :
The number of time the status has been retweeted is : 0
Example 2 : Consider the following status :
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We will use the status ID to fetch the status. The status ID of the above mentioned status is 1272479136133627905.
