The Search API: Tweets by Place

You can search for Tweets about places using the place operator of the Search API. The place operator supports both Twitter place IDs and IDs from the providers listed in table later on this page.

The data set aliases exist to allow you to use the existing place information of your preferred provider. We want you to be able to use your existing datasets and get full benefit of the Twitter Place Search without having to learn Twitter’s own place ID scheme.

Data Set Aliases

If you use any of the providers below, you can use their data set alias and ID instead of the Twitter Place ID.

Example Usage

To find Tweets about Twitter HQ I can search by the Twitter place ID 247f43d441defc03:

http://twitter.com/search?q=place%3A247f43d441defc03

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Similarly to find Tweets about Thirsty Bear I could use the OpenTable ID 2:

http://twitter.com/search?q=place%3Aopentable%3A2

(Try Searching for Thirsty Bear now)

More information

More information about Twitter Search can be found in our Search API documentation.