Standard search operators
The query can have operators that modify its behavior. Below are examples that illustrate the available operators in standard search:
| Operator | Finds Tweets... |
|---|---|
| watching now | containing both “watching” and “now”. This is the default operator. |
| “happy hour” | containing the exact phrase “happy hour”. |
| love OR hate | containing either “love” or “hate” (or both). |
| beer -root | containing “beer” but not “root”. |
| #haiku | containing the hashtag “haiku”. |
| from:interior | sent from Twitter account “interior”. |
| list:NASA/astronauts | sent from a Twitter account in the NASA list astronauts |
| to:NASA | a Tweet authored in reply to Twitter account “NASA”. |
| @NASA | mentioning Twitter account “NASA”. |
| politics filter:safe | containing “politics” with Tweets marked as potentially sensitive removed. |
| puppy filter:media | containing “puppy” and an image or video. |
| puppy -filter:retweets | containing “puppy”, filtering out retweets |
| puppy filter:native_video | containing “puppy” and an uploaded video, Amplify video, Periscope, or Vine. |
| puppy filter:periscope | containing “puppy” and a Periscope video URL. |
| puppy filter:vine | containing “puppy” and a Vine. |
| puppy filter:images | containing “puppy” and links identified as photos, including third parties such as Instagram. |
| puppy filter:twimg | containing “puppy” and a pic.twitter.com link representing one or more photos. |
| hilarious filter:links | containing “hilarious” and linking to URL. |
| puppy url:amazon | containing “puppy” and a URL with the word “amazon” anywhere within it. |
| superhero since:2015-12-21 | containing “superhero” and sent since date “2015-12-21” (year-month-day). |
| puppy until:2015-12-21 | containing “puppy” and sent before the date “2015-12-21”. |
| movie -scary :) | containing “movie”, but not “scary”, and with a positive attitude. |
| flight :( | containing “flight” and with a negative attitude. |
| traffic ? | containing “traffic” and asking a question. |
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