Twitter API: Check if a tweet is a retweet

Question

I have found this question. However I think this has changed on API version 1.1.

If I use the search/tweets method, how can I see if the tweet is a RT?

Answer 1

As @Joe Mayo said, check for the retweeted_status key on the status object.

I have an example that is not caught by @Apoorv Ashutosh's suggestion.

See: https://twitter.com/gppvt/status/474162466776449024 this will redirect (because it is a retweet) to the original tweet. However if you get this tweet through the twitter API, it has retweeted_status. Notice the text does not contain "RT".