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Hi Ben and Francis, Sorry I missed your first email to the list, Ben. Thanks for mentioning SFM, Francis. Social Feed Manager <http://go.gwu.edu/sfm> uses the standard APIs and can collect from the APIs for user_timelines, search (7-9 days back), filter stream, and the sample stream. We haven't used it with the Premium APIs so it's not currently collecting from those. I'm happy to answer any questions you might have about SFM, we use it to support research at GWU by students and faculty on a lot of different topics. Feel free to ping me on the DocNow Slack or email. Best, Laura On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 8:03 AM Companjen, B.A. < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Francis, > > Thanks for the response. Only after sending my email I remembered the SFM. > From their docs it looks like the SFM application only supports the > 'normal' Twitter API with searches going back 7-9 days. > Applying for an application did change since the docs were published in > 2015, as I have read in On Archivy [1]. Still, the approach of setting up > SFM and allowing users to collect using their own credentials (presumably > after a consultation with the library) looks good to me. > > I will get in touch with DocNow folks when I do need to go further. > > Regards, > > Ben > > [1]: > https://medium.com/on-archivy/twitters-developer-policies-for-researchers-archivists-and-librarians-63e9ba0433b2 > > > On 14-05-20, 13:30, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Francis Kayiwa" < > [log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Heya Ben, > > On 5/14/20 4:21 AM, Companjen, B.A. wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Following up on the thread about (not) getting tweets from the > Twitter API older than 7 days, I would like to know if there is any > experience providing access to the Twitter Premium APIs as an (academic) > library. > > > > Various researchers have asked us at the Libraries how they could > get tweets for their research projects and my answer has been pretty much > the same each time: you would need to apply for API access (and accept the > Terms of Use), understand that you can't get historical tweets, or pay. > > I also point out that (depending on their research questions) > Twitter may not provide a representative view of opinions and that they > should consider whether it is ethical to use tweets. No one so far has > replied with 'yes, all done and great, now can you help me further with the > Premium API?' but I expect someone will at some point. > > > > As the library manages licences for access to other datasources, I > have wondered if we should and could provide managed access to the Premium > APIs. > > Although I have never applied for API access, I think individual > researchers may have access to the API more quickly than when they need to > apply to Twitter. But one person's misbehaviour could also impact all other > researchers' projects. And I don't know what kind of costs would be > involved. > > > > I would like to hear if anyone has experience or thoughts about > this. Feel free to respond off-list or on-list. > > > That's interesting and reads a bit like GWU's Social Feed Manager[0]'s > model. (or at least as I remember it). I am not sure if Laura et. al., > hangout here but you can for sure find them and other folks who may > have > Twitter Premium (sadly I do not) at the DocNow Slack[1] > > That said Premium or not if you elect to provide a service like this I > would abstract this away from the library twitter account or whatever > with an application like Social Feed Manager and/or the DocNow (full > disclosure: I'm involved in the project) so you would be able to know > who said bad actor is. > > Cheers, > ./fxk > > > [0] > https://library.gwu.edu/scholarly-technology-group/social-feed-manager > [1] > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Wk0JdF2Cty2VHMqpf_QlJXVKQdUtfeeFhaYRben3qaM/viewform > > -- Laura Wrubel Software Development Librarian George Washington University Libraries and Academic Innovation [log in to unmask] Schedule a meeting with me. <https://calendly.com/lwrubel> she/her/hers