Get original tweet ID from retweet

[nmduarteus]

While looking at tweets (that can be retweets) I would like to see/know the original tweet ID. is that possible?

Example:
The Tweet text will show something like "text": "RT @ABC: Thank you!" - One could assume that if the tweet text starts with RT @handler then it means it's a retweet. But is there any way of retrieving which tweet was retweeted?

Thank you!

[alkihis]

Hi,
You can get RT data using expansions in request, then read them using .includes in response.
Lib also provides an helper to simplify usage and findings in those includes:

const originalTweet = await client.v2.singleTweet('20', { expansions: ['referenced_tweets.id'], 'tweet.fields': ['referenced_tweets'] })

// Without includes helper,
const rtID = originalTweet.data.referenced_tweets?.find(r => r.type === 'retweeted')?.id

if (rtID) {
  console.log('RT ID', rtID)
} else {
  console.log('Not a RT')
}

// With includes helper
const includes = new TwitterV2IncludesHelper(originalTweet)
const retweet = includes.retweet(originalTweet.data)

if (retweet) {
  console.log('This is a RT, data:', retweet) // id is in {retweet.id}
} else {
  console.log('Not a RT, tweet data:', originalTweet.data)
}