Twitter Exclude_replies=true Count=5 Not Returning 5 Tweets

How do I return specific number of tweets without replies? https://github.com/thujohn/twitter/issues/4 I found this answer on github but it is not helpful at all. Should make reque

Solution 1:

In twitter API timeline requests, for example user timeline, replies are removed after count tweets are selected.

Using exclude_replies with the count parameter will mean you will receive up-to count tweets — this is because the count parameter retrieves that many Tweets before filtering out retweets and replies.

I would suggest you to use a larger count (upto 200 is allowed) and select first five tweets from the response.