Support new `sort_order` parameter

There is a new search parameter available, sort_order https://twittercommunity.com/t/introducing-the-sort-order-parameter-for-search-endpoints-in-the-twitter-api-v2/166377

By default, when the sort_order parameter is not used, the Tweets are returned based on recency (i.e. the most recent Tweets first). However, if you want the most relevant Tweets first, you can set the sort_order parameter to relevancy.

[stuartduncan416]

Just to add a voice, as I was the one asking about it on the Twitter API forum.

I had a use scenario where I thought it would be useful. I am working with some researchers that wanted to do a Twitter API query that would result in millions of results. We thought about capping the results at about 1 million for a one year time period, but the results would all be from December 31st (the end date) to October (when it would hit the million mark). 1 million tweets scattered throughout the year would have worked better for them, as they just wanted a sample of tweets throughout the entire period. I thought we could use the sort_order flag to accomplish this.

[edsu]

Yeah, it definitely could be interesting for meta questions about how Twitter works. But of limited interest to people collecting tweets I’d wager.

That being said, I’m definitely not opposed to adding it. Maybe someone will come up with a creative use!