R: Bearer token

bearer_token {rtweet} | R Documentation

## Bearer token

### Description

Convert default token into bearer token for application only (user-free) authentication method

### Usage

    bearer_token(token = NULL)

### Arguments

`token` | Oauth token created via `create_token`. See details for more information on valid tokens.

### Details

`bearer_token()` will only work on valid tokens generated from a user-created Twitter app (requires a Twitter developer account; see `create_token` for more information). Unlike the default token returned by `create_token`, bearer tokens operate without any knowledge/information about the user context–meaning, bearer token requests cannot engage in user actions (e.g., posting tweets, reading DMs), and the information returned by Twitter will not include user-specific variables (e.g., if the user is following a certain account). The upside to this authentication method is that it can afford users with more generous rate limits. For example, the rate limit for the standard search API is 18,000 tweets per fifteen minutes. With a bearer token, the rate limit is 45,000 tweets per fifteen minutes. However, this is not true for all endpoints. For a breakdown/comparison of rate limits, see https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/basics/rate-limits.html.

### Value

A bearer token

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    ## use bearer token to search for >18k tweets (up to 45k) w/o hitting rate limit
    verified_user_tweets <- search_tweets("filter:verified", n = 30000, token = bearer_token())

    ## get followers (user == app)
    ### - USER (normal) token – rate limit 15req/15min
    cnn_flw <- get_followers("cnn", n = 75000)
    ### - APP (bearer) token – rate limit 15req/15min
    cnn_flw <- get_followers("cnn", n = 75000, token = bearer_token())

    ## get timelines (user < app)
    ### - USER (normal) token – rate limit 900req/15min
    cnn_flw_data <- get_timelines(cnn_flw$user_id[1:900])
    ### - APP (bearer) token – rate limit 1500req/15min
    cnn_flw_data <- get_timelines(cnn_flw$user_id[1:1500], token = bearer_token())

    ## lookup statuses (user > app)
    ### - USER (normal) token – rate limit 900req/15min
    cnn_flw_data2 <- lookup_tweets(cnn_flw_data$status_id[1:90000])
    ### - APP (bearer) token – rate limit 300req/15min
    cnn_flw_data2 <- lookup_tweets(cnn_flw_data$status_id[1:30000], token = bearer_token())

    ## End(Not run)

[Package rtweet version 0.7.0 Index]