Timeline CLI command should not assume that the user exists

[timothyjgraham]

For no obvious reason when I try to collect timeline data, I receive the error below. Here is the command:

twarc2 timeline --use-search seanmantess seanmantess_timeline.jsonl

Here is the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/bin/twarc2", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(twarc2())
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1128, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1053, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1659, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1395, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 754, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 38, in new_func
    return f(get_current_context().obj, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twarc/decorators2.py", line 180, in __call__
    return self.f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twarc/command2.py", line 1327, in timeline
    user["created_at"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ"
KeyError: 'created_at'

I have upgraded twarc and reinstalled Python3, as well as reauthenticating my Twitter credentials with twarc. I am using the --use-search parameter because I have academic API access. I also tried without this parameter and still gives an error.

I am running macOS 10.14.6.

[SamHames]

Ah, this is a bug in twarc, but the cause is the username doesn't exist anymore (either changed or been deleted). If you have the user ID from somewhere else you might want to confirm with that.

[timothyjgraham]

Ah, thank you Sam! Trust me to pick the one that is deleted now… From: Sam Hames ***@***.***> Date: Wednesday, 20 April 2022 at 11:04 am To: DocNow/twarc ***@***.***> Cc: Timothy Graham ***@***.***>, Author ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [DocNow/twarc] Getting error when collecting timeline (Issue #626) Ah, this is a bug in twarc, but the cause is the username doesn't exist anymore (either changed or been deleted). If you have the user ID from somewhere else you might want to confirm with that. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/DocNow/twarc/issues/626*issuecomment-1103318755__;Iw!!NVzLfOphnbDXSw!E1StPZAMEP83o29F4pD2P2LR1TUeVdjiTLxbUhnvqtcOaTB_wgzm1Il17Q9FwTiQEei5DFXBgouGTGUBPmMWBCSdnGVfnNi-$>, or unsubscribe<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACWDTL3YRVMGSHHT2DSTL5TVF5JX5ANCNFSM5T2O64FA__;!!NVzLfOphnbDXSw!E1StPZAMEP83o29F4pD2P2LR1TUeVdjiTLxbUhnvqtcOaTB_wgzm1Il17Q9FwTiQEei5DFXBgouGTGUBPmMWBCSdnLkgRrag$>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>