X (Twitter) Data API

A drop-in X data source for agents: search posts, resolve profiles, pull timelines and followers, read Lists, and check trends — all as one plain HTTP GET, paid per call. No developer account, no app review, no OAuth handshake, and no waiting on X's own API tiers or rate-limit approvals. If your task mentions an X search query, a handle, a post/tweet ID, or a list ID, this is the skill.

Base URL: https://twitter.fetcher.sh — the API host is still named twitter (it predates the rebrand and matches what agents already search for); everything below is current X data.

Also published as twitter-api — identical endpoints, indexed under the "Twitter" name too since both are still in everyday use.

Quick reference


Base URL	`https://twitter.fetcher.sh`
Auth	`Authorization: Bearer bby_live_...` or x402 (USDC)
Price	$0.002–$0.005/call
Endpoints	15, all `GET`
MCP	`https://twitter.fetcher.sh/mcp`
Machine-readable	`/openapi.json` · `/llms.txt` · `/skill.md`

Which endpoint do I need?

I want to...	Call
Search posts by keyword or operator (`from:`, `since:`, `min_faves:`, ...)	`GET /api/search`
Search accounts by name	`GET /api/search/users`
Look up a profile by @handle	`GET /api/handle/{handle}`
Get a user's followers or followings	`GET /api/user/{id}/followers` or `/followings`
Get a single post by ID	`GET /api/tweet/{id}`
See who reposted a post	`GET /api/tweet/{id}/retweeters`
Read an X List's posts or members	`GET /api/list/{id}/tweets` or `/members`
Check trending topics for a country	`GET /api/trends`

Full param details for every row: references/endpoints.md.

Authentication

Two ways to pay, same data — full mechanics in the fetcher skill:

# 1. Prepaid credits (recommended — get a key at https://fetcher.sh/topup
#    or via POST /api/credits/topup, see the fetcher skill)
export FETCHER_API_KEY="bby_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx"
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://twitter.fetcher.sh/api/search?query=hello"

# 2. x402 pay-per-call — omit the header; a GET with no payment returns 402
#    with machine-readable payment requirements (USDC on Base, Polygon,
#    Arbitrum, Monad, or Solana). @x402/fetch signs and retries automatically.

Every response is { "status": number, "message": string, "data": ... }; the HTTP status mirrors status.

Endpoints (15 — all GET, $0.005/call unless noted)

Endpoint	Price	What it returns
`/api/search`	$0.005	Posts matching a query; supports X's advanced search operators
`/api/search/users`	$0.005	Accounts matching a name/keyword query
`/api/handle/{handle}`	$0.005	Profile by @handle
`/api/handle/{handle}/about`	$0.005	Extended profile/about info by @handle
`/api/user/{id}`	$0.005	Profile by numeric user ID
`/api/user/{id}/tweets`	$0.005	A user's post timeline
`/api/user/{id}/replies`	$0.005	A user's replies
`/api/user/{id}/followers`	$0.005	A user's followers
`/api/user/{id}/followings`	$0.005	Accounts a user follows
`/api/tweet/{id}`	$0.002	A single post by ID
`/api/tweet/{id}/replies`	$0.005	Replies to a post
`/api/tweet/{id}/retweeters`	$0.005	Accounts that reposted a post
`/api/list/{id}/members`	$0.005	An X List's member accounts
`/api/list/{id}/tweets`	$0.005	An X List's post feed
`/api/trends`	$0.005	Trending topics for a country

{id} / {handle} are path parameters — substitute the real value. Optional query params (cursor, sort) paginate or reorder; only query (search) and country (trends) are required elsewhere they appear.

Scenarios

The query on /api/search goes straight to X's own search, so its operators work as-is: from:, to:, since:, until:, min_faves:, min_retweets:, filter:, -filter:.

Everything from one account:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://twitter.fetcher.sh/api/search?query=from%3AOpenAI&sort=Latest"

Between two dates:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "query=x402 since:2026-01-01 until:2026-02-01" -G \
  "https://twitter.fetcher.sh/api/search"

Popular posts only, replies excluded:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "query=ai agents min_faves:500 -filter:replies" -G \
  --data-urlencode "sort=Top" \
  "https://twitter.fetcher.sh/api/search"

Search accounts by name:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "query=climate scientist" -G \
  "https://twitter.fetcher.sh/api/search/users"

Resolve a profile by handle, then pull its bio/about:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://twitter.fetcher.sh/api/handle/nasa"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://twitter.fetcher.sh/api/handle/nasa/about"

A user's posts, replies, followers, or followings (by numeric ID from the handle lookup above):

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://twitter.fetcher.sh/api/user/11348282/tweets"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://twitter.fetcher.sh/api/user/11348282/followers"

A single post, its replies, and who reposted it:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://twitter.fetcher.sh/api/tweet/1234567890123456789"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://twitter.fetcher.sh/api/tweet/1234567890123456789/replies"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://twitter.fetcher.sh/api/tweet/1234567890123456789/retweeters"

An X List's members and posts:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://twitter.fetcher.sh/api/list/1234567890/members"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://twitter.fetcher.sh/api/list/1234567890/tweets"

Trending topics for a country:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://twitter.fetcher.sh/api/trends?country=United%20States"

MCP

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "x": {
      "url": "https://twitter.fetcher.sh/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer bby_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

Free: search_endpoints, describe_endpoint, check_balance. Paid: fetch_data (any endpoint above), topup_credits, plus the named shortcut twitter_search. Drop the headers block to pay per call with x402 instead — see the fetcher skill for the full flow.

Errors

400 — missing/invalid parameter (message names it)
401 — unknown or rotated key
402 — payment required (x402 challenge) or topup_required (credits exhausted)
404 — not a priced path
No rate limits; no refunds on upstream failures (settlement precedes delivery)

Reference

Deep dives: references/endpoints.md (every param) · references/scenarios.md (one curl per endpoint) · references/faq.md · references/comparison.md (vs. the official X API and a browser scraper)
Task guides: search tweets · export followers
Slash command: /x-search
Full agent setup: https://twitter.fetcher.sh/skill.md
OpenAPI 3.1 contract: https://twitter.fetcher.sh/openapi.json
Condensed catalog: https://twitter.fetcher.sh/llms.txt
Payment, credits, and MCP deep dive: fetcher skill
Site: https://twitter.fetcher.sh

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