X (Twitter) Scraper API
posts, profiles and media
Send an X post or profile link and get the data back as JSON: the full text, author, six engagement counts, photos and every video file, polls, quoted posts and community notes, and the posts a profile shows to visitors.
x.com/NASA{"handle": "NASA","name": "NASA","followers": 92322319,"following": 115,"postsCount": 74438,"joinedAt": "2007-12-19T20:20:32.000Z","posts": [{"text": "The aircraft lineup just keeps getting bigger. ✈️\n\nMAX POWER, a new ae…","likeCount": 1547,"repostCount": 212,"viewCount": 362558},"… 39 more"]}
posts per profile: the latest with a cursor, or X's popular pick
counts on every post: replies, reposts, quotes, likes, bookmarks, views
per page, for a post or a profile with its posts
for a page that can't be delivered
Every X link that returns data
Copy the link from the app or your browser. Spidra works out what kind of page it is.
Posts
Full text, long posts and X Articles included, with the author, every count, media, links, poll, quoted post, community note and the top replies X shows visitors.
x.com/NASA/status/2111180963661435219Profiles
Bio, location, website, joined date, follower and post counts, verification, pinned post and the posts X shows visitors.
x.com/NASAOlder posts
When a profile comes back with its latest posts, nextPageUrl reads the next, older page.
x.com/NASA?cursor=DAAHCgABHU8t5Zw__9oL...Highlights
The posts an account chose to highlight.
x.com/NASA/highlightsCommunities
Name, description, members, topic, rules, creator, banner and the top posts.
x.com/i/communities/...Any post link
twitter.com, mobile, /i/status and fxtwitter or vxtwitter links are read as the post they point to.
twitter.com/NASA/status/2111180963661435219One call, every field
Point the scrape call at a X link. With JSON output and no prompt, the data comes back as it is, for 1 credit and no AI cost.
Ask for markdown instead and you get the readable page as text. The structured data still comes back, in its own structuredData field next to the markdown.
What comes back
Real responses from Spidra, trimmed for length. Nothing here is mocked up.
https://x.com/NASA/status/2111180963661435219{"type": "post","id": "2111180963661435219","url": "https://x.com/NASA/status/2111180963661435219","text": "The aircraft lineup just keeps getting bigger. ✈️\n\nMAX POWER, a new aerospace expo, is set for Nov. 7-8 @NASAKennedy — featuring flyovers and static displays, i…","lang": "en","createdAt": "2026-10-16T19:42:20.000Z","author": {"id": "11348282","handle": "NASA","name": "NASA","url": "https://x.com/NASA","verified": true,"isBlueVerified": true,"verifiedType": "Government","followers": 92322319,"following": 115,"postsCount": 74438,"protected": false},"replyCount": 146,"repostCount": 212,"quoteCount": 24,"likeCount": 1547,"bookmarkCount": 62,"viewCount": 362591,"media": [{"type": "video","url": "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2111180787802370048/vid/avc1/1080x1920/xLb-yr9GVdddx5sY.mp4?tag=29","previewUrl": "https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2111180787802370048/img/0nbyTdS0MRg5JqXk.jpg?name=orig","width": 1080,"height": 1920,"durationMs": 17751}],"links": [{"url": "https://www.nasa.gov/maxpower/","displayUrl": "nasa.gov/maxpower/","shortUrl": "https://t.co/SPHni2YCxO"}],"replies": [{"author": {"id": "[redacted]","handle": "[redacted]","name": "[redacted]","url": "[redacted]","verified": true,"isBlueVerified": true,"followers": 5649,"following": 2718,"postsCount": 57297,"protected": false},"likeCount": 8,"createdAt": "2026-10-16T19:50:47.000Z"},{"text": "These are beautiful aircraft. Go NASA!","author": {"id": "[redacted]","handle": "[redacted]","name": "[redacted]","url": "[redacted]","verified": true,"isBlueVerified": true,"followers": 11521,"following": 89,"postsCount": 57384,"protected": false},"likeCount": 5,"createdAt": "2026-10-16T19:59:42.000Z"},"… 1 more"]}
Latest posts or popular posts, and you know which
X shows visitors who aren't signed in one of two feeds on a profile. For some accounts it is the latest posts and reposts, newest first: Spidra returns about 40, with a cursor for older ones. For many well-known accounts it is X's own pick of about 100 popular posts, with no cursor.
Every profile says which one you got in postsOrder, with a note in plain words. So a popular pick never ends up in your data looking like a timeline.
"postsOrder": "latest","postCount": 40,"postsNote": "The latest posts and reposts X shows to visitors who aren't signed in, newest first. Use nextCursor (add ?cursor= to the profile link) for older posts.","nextCursor": "DAAHCgABHU8t5Zw__9oLAAIAAAATMjEwNzkzOTg4OTk1NDAyOTkxMwgAAwAAAAIAAA","nextPageUrl": "https://x.com/NASA?cursor=DAAHCgABHU8t5Zw__9oLAAIAAAATMjEwNzkzOTg4OTk1NDAyOTkxMwgAAwAAAAIAAA"
On October 18, 2026, 7 of 20 well-known accounts came back with their latest posts and 13 with X's popular pick.
Every video file, not a thumbnail
Videos and GIFs come back with every file X serves: each MP4 with its resolution and bitrate, plus the HLS playlist. Pick the quality you need, or keep them all.
Photos come back at full size, with alt text where the author wrote it.
"media": [{"type": "video","width": 1080,"height": 1920,"durationMs": 17751,"variants": [{"url": "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2111180787802370048/vid/avc1/1080x1920/xLb-yr9GVdddx5sY.mp4?tag=29","bitrate": 10368000,"contentType": "video/mp4"},{"url": "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2111180787802370048/vid/avc1/720x1280/LFXGIL2zQ_o-JycW.mp4?tag=29","bitrate": 2176000,"contentType": "video/mp4"},{"url": "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2111180787802370048/pl/HWvzEhcDZtXVLLp5.m3u8?tag=29&v=aac","bitrate": null,"contentType": "application/x-mpegURL"}]}]
One post, with everything around it
A post is rarely just its text. Spidra returns what X shows a visitor around it, in one call for 1 credit.
- Long posts in full, and X Articles with their title and full text.
- The quoted post, the post it replies to and the earlier posts of the thread.
- Polls with their choices and votes, link cards and community notes with their links.
- The few top replies X shows visitors who aren't signed in. The full reply list is shown only to signed-in members.
Ask for the columns you want
Describe the answer as a prompt, a JSON schema or both, and it comes back in that shape. The AI reads a compact copy of the data Spidra already read, not the whole page.
{"followers": 92322324,"topPosts": [{"text": "While observing the universe, @NASAHubble caught a galaxy cluster smiling for the camera. 😊\n\nThe smile lines are arcs caused by an effect known as gravitational…","likes": 20460},{"text": "Join us on Oct. 23 for an update on our plans to return American astronauts to the Moon by 2028. NASA leadership will also give details on the upcoming Artemis…","likes": 6289},{"text": "Welcome home!\n\nCrew-12 splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday, Oct. 8. Their 237-day mission aboard the @Space_Station included research into medicine, quantu…","likes": 6459}]}
This request cost 7 credits on October 18, 2026: 1 for the page plus the AI tokens. For the data as it is, use JSON output with no prompt for 1 credit.
What teams build with it
X data feeds media tracking, research and account analysis.
Brand and media tracking
Read the accounts and posts that matter to you and track replies, reposts, likes and views as they grow.
Research datasets
Collect posts with their text, language, counts, media and community notes from a list of links or accounts.
Account analysis
Compare followers, posting rate and engagement per post across accounts in your market.
See the use caseHow Spidra compares
X has an official paid API and many scrapers. Some cover search and followers, which X shows only to signed-in members. Here is how they differ.
| X API (pay per use) | Apify (apidojo) | Bright Data | Spidra | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $5 per 1,000 post reads, $10 per 1,000 user reads, up to 3M post reads a month | $0.40 per 1,000 posts, at least 50 per query | $1.50 per 1,000 records, $1.30 on the $499 a month plan | 1 credit per page: $3.80 down to $1.99 per 1,000. A profile page includes about 40 or 100 posts |
| Single posts | Yes | Not in tweet-scraper V2 | Yes, by URL | Yes, with media, thread and top replies |
| Search | Recent search (7 days) and full archive | Yes, its main input | Through its discovery scrapers | No, X shows search only to signed-in members |
| Followers | Yes, $10 per 1,000 | Separate actor, $16 per 1,000 follower events | Separate followers scraper | No, signed-in members only |
| Access | Developer app keys, with X's permission | No X login from you | No X login from you | Logged out, no accounts or cookies |
| Beyond X | X only | Thousands of other actors | Other scrapers and datasets | Any website, crawl, search, PDFs, MCP |
Choose the X API or Apify if
You need search, followers, full reply threads or a full timeline for any account. The X API is the only route with X's permission.
Choose Spidra if
You want posts and profiles as clean records with every count and media file, only what visitors can see, and X plus any other website through one API.
Competitor prices are as published on their own pages on October 18, 2026 and may have changed. Spidra prices use 1 credit per page on each plan. Sources: X API, Apify, Bright Data.
What to know before you build
We would rather you hear the limits from us than find them in production.
- Spidra reads X as a visitor who isn't signed in. Search, hashtags, Explore, followers, following, likes, lists, notifications and the media and replies tabs need a signed-in member. Those requests fail straight away and aren't charged.
- A profile returns the posts X shows visitors: for some accounts the latest posts (about 40, with a cursor for more), for many well-known accounts X's own pick of about 100 popular posts with no cursor. postsOrder says which.
- A post includes only the few top replies X shows visitors, usually 3.
- Protected accounts show their posts only to approved followers, and age-restricted posts aren't shown to visitors, so neither is available.
- Spaces and broadcast pages are read as a general web page, without structured X fields.
- Posts, profiles and replies are personal data. Handle personal data according to the privacy laws that apply to you.
What it costs
1 credit per page. Pages that can't be delivered are free. Work out your monthly volume below.
Example: reading 200 profiles a day is about 6,000 credits a month, with about 40 to 100 posts on each. Plain JSON output uses no AI tokens.
| Plan | Price | X pages a month |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | up to 300 (one time) |
| Starter | $19/mo | up to 5,000 |
| BuilderPopular | $79/mo | up to 25,000 |
| Pro | $249/mo | up to 125,000 |
Related scrapers
Same API key, same credits. See every scraper.
Questions, answered
X
Yes. Since February 2026 the X API is pay per use: $5 per 1,000 post reads and $10 per 1,000 user reads, capped at 3 million post reads a month, and it covers search and followers. Spidra reads the public post and profile pages instead, for 1 credit per page, without search or followers.
Send an X link and see what comes back.
Get 300 free credits, no card, and read your first X post or profile from the dashboard or the API.
Spidra is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by X Corp. X and Twitter are trademarks of X Corp. Check X's terms of service and the laws that apply to you before you collect data, and use the data responsibly.