Twitter search API getting errors - node.js

Question

I am trying to collect twitter search results.
I am using twitter search API with Nodejs.
Started with "quick start" given in twitter api site https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/labs/recent-search/quick-start, but I am keeping get errors from my request.
this is my code:
const https = require('https');
const request = require('request');
const util = require('util');
const get = util.promisify(request.get);
const post = util.promisify(request.post);
const consumer_key = 'xxxxxxx'; // Add your API key here
const consumer_secret = 'xxxxxx'; // Add your API secret key here
const bearerTokenURL = new URL('https://api.twitter.com/oauth2/token');
const searchURL = new URL('https://api.twitter.com/labs/2/tweets/search');
async function bearerToken (auth) {
const requestConfig = {
url: bearerTokenURL,
auth: {
user: consumer_key,
pass: consumer_secret,
},
form: {
grant_type: 'client_credentials',
},
};
const response = await post(requestConfig);
return JSON.parse(response.body).access_token;
}
(async () => {
let token;
const query = 'obama';
const maxResults = 10;
try {
// Exchange your credentials for a Bearer token
token = await bearerToken({consumer_key, consumer_secret});
} catch (e) {
console.error(`Could not generate a Bearer token. Please check that your credentials are correct and that the Filtered Stream preview is enabled in your Labs dashboard. (${e})`);
process.exit(-1);
}
const requestConfig = {
url: searchURL,
qs: {
query: query,
max_results: maxResults,
format: 'compact',
},
auth: {
bearer: token,
},
headers: {
'User-Agent': 'LabsRecentSearchQuickStartJS',
},
json: true,
};
try {
const res = await get(requestConfig);
console.log(res.statusCode);
console.log(res);
if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
throw new Error(res.json);
return;
}
console.log(res.json);
} catch (e) {
console.error(`Could not get search results. An error occurred: ${e}`);
process.exit(-1);
}
})();
my error:
body: {
errors: [ [Object] ],
title: 'Invalid Request',
detail: 'One or more parameters to your request was invalid.',
type: 'https://api.twitter.com/labs/2/problems/invalid-request' }, [Symbol(kCapture)]: false } Could not get search results. An
error occurred: Error

Answer 1

There's a bug in this script which we need to fix. If you remove the line format: 'compact', then this will work - that parameter is no longer valid in Labs v2.