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Asked: 2026-06-02T01:18:38+00:00

I am trying nTwitter (nodejs v0.6.10) – I tried using the example code for

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I am trying nTwitter (nodejs v0.6.10) – I tried using the example code for searching twitter but I get the following error when trying the search function for the library (the keys I am using appear to be correct):

Cannot set property ‘q’ of null

Any ideas what might be causing this issue – stack trace is copied below (so is the code)?

//twit is instance of Twitter (with keys assigned in)
twit.search('nodejs', function(err, data) {

if (err) {
console.log('Twitter search failed!');
}
else {
console.log('Search results:');
console.dir(data);
}
});

at Object.merge (/opt/testDir/node/node_modules/ntwitter/lib/utils.js:9:18)
at Twitter.search (/opt/testDir/node/node_modules/ntwitter/lib/twitter.js:167:18)
at Object.search (/opt/testDir/node/projects/testApp/public/javascripts/nTwitterTest.js:13:6)
at nTwitterTestMediator (/opt/testDir/node/projects/testApp/app.js:1188:14)
at callbacks (/opt/testDir/node/projects/testApp/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:272:11)
at param (/opt/testDir/node/projects/testApp/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:246:11)
at pass (/opt/testDir/node/projects/testApp/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:253:5)
at Router._dispatch (/opt/testDir/node/projects/testApp/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:280:4)
at Object.handle (/opt/testDir/node/projects/testApp/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:45:10)
at next (/opt/testDir/node/projects/testApp/node_modules/connect/lib/http.js:201:15)

Pilot error – the settings on twitter were not updated (from read only to read-write-execute).
I switched to read & write (instead of read, write and execute) and the settings changed (this was due to my ignorance of twitter api’s & permission levels).

I was able to post tweets as well as access the streaming API (with the code on the github page) with the read-write access level for the twitter app.

I am still unable to use the search feature (code below).

twit.search('nodejs', function(err, data) {
if (err) {
console.log('Twitter search failed!');
}
else {
console.log('Search results:');
console.dir(data);
}
});

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  1. Editorial Team

    Pilot error – the settings on twitter were not updated (from read only to read-write-execute).
    I switched to read & write (instead of read, write and execute) and the settings changed (this was due to my ignorance of twitter api’s & permission levels).

    I was able to post tweets as well as access the streaming API (with the code on the github page) with the read-write access level for the twitter app.

    I am still unable to use the search feature (code below).

    twit.search('nodejs', function(err, data) {
if (err) {
console.log('Twitter search failed!');
}
else {
console.log('Search results:');
console.dir(data);
}
});

    Thanks.

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