API Parameters

Customize the response from the Twitter API by adding parameters to your request.

IMPORTANT! The engine parameter should always be set to twitter_profile or twitter_tweets!

The Twitter API uses search type specific parameters. We will cover the search type specific parameters in each search category.

Here is the full list of the general parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
api_key required	string	Specify your unique API access key to authenticate with the API. Your API access key can be found in your account dashboard.
engine required	string	The engine of the API. Needs to be set to twitter_profile or twitter_tweets for all Twitter API requests.