Rate limit error with collect_results for search tweets endpoint

[Abe410]

Hi,

I am using the V2 reecent tweets search endpoint.

I am using the easier method as described in the V2 documentation on GitHub, using collect_results.

The problem is as follows. I am trying to loop the whole code through a list of keywords, with the number of tweets for each keyword specific in a dictionary for each keyword that need to be pulled. All of them are below the limit fo 450 requests per 15 min.

Now, I have narrowed down the problem to the following.

In the method as follows:

In the following collect_results method:

tweets = collect_results(query,
                        max_tweets=44500,
                        result_stream_args=search_args
                        )

If I give an integer value to max_tweets, such as max_tweets = 45000, it works fine…but if I write max_tweets = num and num = 45000 or whatever the value that corresponds to the keyword currently in the loop, the rate limit is hit. The API call does not stop when max_tweets have been reached (if I pass a variable to it). But if I pass an integer directly, the function runs fine.

I have checked the value of num and it is indeed 45k just before being passed to max_tweets, the limit does not apply and rate limit is hit.

Very weird behavior. Anyone got some clues as to this behavior?

Thanks