From 92a10ca738f7c7fa89b6f2d99ab0c339fa9d9bb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Louis <alkihis@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 10:45:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Auto-convert start_time to a since_id when until ID is
 required in paginators

---
 src/paginators/tweet.paginator.v2.ts | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/paginators/tweet.paginator.v2.ts b/src/paginators/tweet.paginator.v2.ts
index 0722482..bed3349 100644
--- a/src/paginators/tweet.paginator.v2.ts
+++ b/src/paginators/tweet.paginator.v2.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ abstract class TweetTimelineV2Paginator<
     if (this._realData.meta.next_token) {
       params.next_token = this._realData.meta.next_token;
     } else {
+      if (params.start_time) {
+        // until_id and start_time are forbidden together for some reason, so convert start_time to a since_id.
+        params.since_id = this.dateStringToSnowflakeId(params.start_time as string);
+        delete params.start_time;
+      }
+      if (params.end_time) {
+        // until_id overrides end_time, so delete it
+        delete params.end_time;
+      }
+
       params.until_id = this._realData.meta.oldest_id;
     }
 
@@ -82,6 +92,18 @@ abstract class TweetTimelineV2Paginator<
     return this.tweets;
   }
 
+  protected dateStringToSnowflakeId(dateStr: string) {
+    const TWITTER_START_EPOCH = BigInt('1288834974657');
+    const date = new Date(dateStr);
+
+    if (isNaN(date.valueOf())) {
+      throw new Error('Unable to convert start_time/end_time to a valid date. A ISO 8601 DateTime is excepted, please check your input.');
+    }
+
+    const dateTimestamp = BigInt(date.valueOf());
+    return ((dateTimestamp - TWITTER_START_EPOCH) << BigInt('22')).toString();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Tweets returned by paginator.
    */