python 2.7 - How to increase number of search terms in Tweepy for Twitter API access? -

i found can include till 20+ search terms following code, gives me error of saying there many search terms. there way around it?

import tweepy searchterms = '1' or '2' or '3' # ... '99' or '100' tweets = tweepy.cursor(api.search, q=searchterms, since=startsince, until=enduntil).items() 

per twitter docs, q parameter limited.

a utf-8, url-encoded search query of 500 characters maximum, including operators. queries may additionally limited complexity.

if want build complex search term logic use streamer , listener. you're doing own filtering. here's simple example of listener. tried give popular objects returned on_status method, returned json.

import json  class slistener(streamlistener):      def __init__(self, api = none, fprefix = 'streamer'):         self.api = api or api()         self.counter = 0         self.fprefix = fprefix      def on_data(self, data):         elif 'limit' in data:             if self.on_limit(json.loads(data)['limit']['track']) false:                 return false         elif 'warning' in data:             warning = json.loads(data)['warnings']             print warning['message']             return false      def on_status(self, status):          status_obj = json.loads(status)          username = status_obj["user"]["screen_name"]         userid = status_obj["user"]["id"]         user_loc = status_obj["user"]["location"]         tweet_date_time = status_obj["created_at"]         tweetid = status_obj["id"]          tweet = status_obj["text"].encode('utf-8')         searchterms = ['1','2','3'] # ... '99' or '100'          if any(query in tweet query in searchterms):             print(tweet) #or