Twitter/X API and scraping, explained with real requests
Guides with the request, the price and the code, checked against the live API.
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- Is the Twitter API free?100free requests on Sorsa API, up to 10K tweets. X has no free tier.
- What does X data cost?from$0.014per 1,000 tweets on Sorsa API. The official X API charges $5.00.
- How do I export followers?200followers per request, a whole list from $0.007 per 1,000
- How far back can I search?2006the full archive, with every X search operator
Every guide, by task
88 guides in eight tasks. Each task starts with the guide we’d read first.
- Pricing & limits24
- Scraping & export10
- Search & history8
- Monitoring7
- Accounts & audiences18
- AI & MCP9
- Code & no-code8
- Research4
Pricing & limits
What the official X API costs, its rate limits and errors, and how Sorsa API compares.
- X API pricing in 2026
POST /tweet-info-bulkPOST /search-tweets$5 per 1,000 posts on the official X API, authors billed from Nov 22; tweets from $0.014 on Sorsa API.Updated Nov 2 · 13 min - Is the Twitter API free?
POST /tweet-info-bulkGET /info-batchNo free tier on the official X API since Feb 2026. Sorsa API starts you with 100 free requests, up to 10K tweets.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min - X API rate limits
POST /tweet-info-bulkPOST /search-tweetsEvery X endpoint's window, the 50-posts-a-day account cap, and Sorsa API's one limit: 20 requests per second.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - Twitter API alternatives
POST /tweet-info-bulkGET /followersSorsa API reads tweets from $0.014 per 1,000, 250x below the official X API, with one key.Updated Nov 2 · 13 min - Twitter API without a developer account
GET /infoPOST /user-tweetsOne Sorsa API key replaces the X account, app and OAuth. Tweets from $0.014 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 8 min - Why the X API is so expensive
POST /tweet-info-bulkPOST /search-tweetsX bills every post and profile, caps reads at 3M and prices posts as AI data. Tweets on Sorsa API from $0.014.Updated Nov 2 · 13 min - How to get a Twitter API key
GET /key-usage-infoGET /infoX's console issues the key after an app and prepaid credits; a Sorsa API key takes about 3 minutes.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - Migrate from the Twitter/X API
POST /search-tweetsPOST /tweet-infoEach v2 read mapped to one Sorsa API endpoint, one key instead of OAuth, tweets from $0.014 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 13 min - What data you can get from the Twitter API
GET /infoGET /info-batch15 kinds of public X data, each with its endpoint and price; tweets from $0.014 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 13 min - Twitter rate limit exceeded
POST /search-tweetsGET /key-usage-infoWhat each X rate-limit message means, how long it lasts (15 minutes to a day) and how to fix a 429.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min - This request looks like it might be automated
POST /user-tweetsGET /key-usage-infoWhat X's anti-spam message means, how long it lasts (hours, days in a wave) and how to clear it.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min - X API error codes
POST /tweet-info-bulkGET /infoEvery X API status and numbered code, 400 to 504, with its cause, its fix and whether to retry.Updated Nov 2 · 14 min - X API 403 Forbidden
POST /tweet-info-bulkPOST /search-tweetsWhat each X API 403 error text means and how to fix it, from client-not-enrolled to the April 2026 removals.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - Twitter Enterprise API pricing
POST /search-tweetsPOST /tweet-info-bulkX's form starts Enterprise at $50,000 a month past a 3M-post cap; tweets on Sorsa API from $0.014.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min - Best Twitter API in 2026
POST /tweet-info-bulkGET /followersSix checks decide it; Sorsa API reads tweets from $0.014 per 1,000 at 20 requests a second.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - How to choose a Twitter API
POST /tweet-info-bulkGET /info-batchEight checks to run before you pay; Sorsa API passes all eight, tweets from $0.014 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 14 min - Twitter API benchmark: latency, errors, uptime
POST /tweet-info-bulkGET /info-batchWhat a fair speed test measures, why the official X API can't be in one, and job time at 20 requests a second.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - Is a third-party Twitter API legal?
GET /infoPOST /tweet-info-bulkYes for public posts: courts have held that reading public data is legal. Tweets from $0.014 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 8 min - What 1 million tweets cost
POST /tweet-info-bulkPOST /search-tweets$5,000 on the official X API, up to $15,000 with authors; from $14 on Sorsa API by ID.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min - Free Twitter API alternatives
POST /tweet-info-bulkGET /followersTrial credits elsewhere lapse in 7 to 31 days. Sorsa API's 100 free requests never expire.Updated Nov 2 · 8 min - Which Twitter API accepts crypto?
POST /search-tweetsPOST /tweet-info-bulkThe official X API takes cards. Sorsa API takes crypto for a month or a year, tweets from $0.014 per 1K.Updated Nov 2 · 7 min - Twitter API expansions and tweet authors
POST /tweet-info-bulkPOST /search-tweetsEach author costs $0.010 on the official X API from Nov 22; Sorsa API includes it, from $0.014 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min - Flat pricing vs per-tweet billing
POST /tweet-info-bulkPOST /search-tweetsPer-request APIs bill a call, not each tweet: 100 tweets for one request, from $0.014 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 7 min - X (Twitter) API Posting Limits 2026: Tweets Per DayX API posting limits in 2026: tweets, replies, and deletes per day, API caps vs account caps, semi-hourly pacing, and why automations hit 429 early.Updated Oct 11 · 19 min
- Free tool: API Cost Calculator, your job priced on both APIs
Scraping & export
Getting tweets, followers and media out of X into files, sheets and datasets.
- How to scrape Twitter (X)
POST /search-tweetsPOST /user-tweetsFive ways to get public X data out and what breaks each; posts from $0.07 per 1,000 through Sorsa API.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - Export all Twitter followers to CSV or Excel
GET /followersGET /followsAny public account's whole list, 200 per request, from $0.007 per 1,000. First 20K followers free.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min - Download all tweets from a user
POST /user-tweetsPOST /search-tweetsEvery post of any public account, no 3,200 cap: 20 per request, from $0.07 per 1,000. First 2,000 free.Updated Nov 2 · 12 min - Best Twitter scrapers, priced
POST /search-tweetsPOST /tweet-info-bulkScraping tools charge $0.15 to $1.50 per 1,000 posts; Sorsa API returns them from $0.07, no X account at risk.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - Twitter dataset for machine learning
POST /search-tweetsPOST /tweet-info-bulkPublic sets are old or ID-only. A fresh one runs from $0.07 per 1,000 tweets, ID lists from $0.014.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - Twitter image scraper
POST /search-tweetsPOST /user-tweetsEvery image of an account or search at original size, from $0.07 per 1,000 image posts.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min - Twitter video API: MP4 URLs in code
POST /tweet-infoPOST /tweet-info-bulkThe MP4 of every X video and GIF, 100 posts per request from $0.014 per 1,000, with the real bitrates.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - Twitter data to Google Sheets
POST /search-tweetsPOST /user-tweetsOne Apps Script fills a sheet with tweets, followers or profiles: 200 followers per request, from $0.007 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 12 min - snscrape, Twint, twikit and twscrape in 2026
POST /search-tweetsPOST /user-tweetsWhich Python libraries still read X, why the rest broke, and each call swapped for one request from $0.07 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 14 min - Twitter RSS feed for any X account or List
POST /user-tweetsGET /list-tweetsOne request per refresh, 20 posts each; a public List puts 5,000 accounts in one feed.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - Free tool: Export Followers, no code
Search & history
Searching X with operators, by date and back to 2006.
- Twitter search API
POST /search-tweetsPOST /mentionsSearch tweets by keyword and X operators from code: about 20 per request, from $0.07 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - Historical Twitter data
POST /search-tweetsPOST /user-tweetsEvery public tweet back to March 2006, from $0.07 per 1,000 results, with no 3M monthly cap.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - Twitter trends API
GET /trendsPOST /search-tweetsX's trending list for any of 467 places by WOEID, from $1.40 per 1,000 lists, plus the posts behind each.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min - Twitter search operators
POST /search-tweetsEvery X search operator with examples, dates included, and where each one works, from x.com to code.Updated Nov 2 · 14 min - Search Twitter by location
POST /search-tweetsPOST /search-usersnear:, within: and geocode: with examples, what X matches in 2026, and the same search in code from $0.07 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - Twitter hashtag tracking API
POST /search-tweetsGET /trendsCount any hashtag's posts by day and rank its authors from one search, from $0.07 per 1,000 posts.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - Twitter Snowflake IDs, decoded
POST /tweet-info-bulkGET /info-batchAny tweet or user ID to its creation time: shift 22 bits, add 1288834974657. Old IDs from $0.014 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - How to Search Twitter by Date: Operators, Tools & APISearch Twitter by date with the since: and until: operators in YYYY-MM-DD format. Find old tweets, date ranges, and first posts back to 2006, three ways.Updated Oct 11 · 14 min
- Free tool: Search Builder, every operator, no syntax to learn
Monitoring
Watching mentions, accounts, Lists and Communities by polling.
- Real-time Twitter monitoring
GET /list-tweetsPOST /user-tweetsPoll a public List of up to 5,000 accounts in one request, from $0.07 per 1,000 posts collected.Updated Nov 2 · 12 min - Twitter List API
GET /list-membersGET /list-followersA List's members and followers at 200 per request, from $0.007 per 1,000, and its tweets in one feed.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min - Twitter mentions API
POST /mentionsPOST /search-tweetsGet the posts that tag any X account by handle, with like and date filters, from $0.07 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - Get notified when someone tweets
GET /list-tweetsPOST /user-tweetsThe bell covers one account you follow; one X List request checks up to 5,000 and alerts Telegram or Slack.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min - Track Elon Musk's tweets in real time
POST /user-tweetsGET /username-to-id/{user_handle}He posted 1,504 times in October 2026; a 60-second poll of his timeline keeps up and alerts on $tickers.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - X Spaces API
GET /spacesPOST /search-tweetsGet any Space's title, state, hosts, speakers and listener counts in one request, from $1.40 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - What monitoring Twitter mentions costs
POST /search-tweetsPOST /mentions$5 to $15 per 1,000 on the official X API; on Sorsa API the bill follows checks, so 1M mentions fit one plan.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min
Accounts & audiences
Profiles, followers, shadowban and bot checks, engagement and leads.
- Twitter followers API
GET /followersGET /followsFollowers and following of any public account by API, 200 per request, from $0.007 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 12 min - Twitter shadowban: types, how long, fixes
GET /check-shadowbanThe 5 limits X never announces, how long each lasts and how to lift it, with a free test from Sorsa API.Updated Nov 2 · 13 min - Twitter bot detection
GET /followersGET /info-batchScore every follower on seven flags: 200 per request, from $0.007 per 1,000. First 20K free.Updated Nov 2 · 12 min - Twitter verification API: follows, retweets, quotes
POST /check-followPOST /check-retweetCheck an entrant's follow, retweet, quote, reply or Community join in one call, from $1.40 per 1,000 checks.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - Twitter followers by country
GET /aboutGET /followersX's own country label for any account's followers, from $1.40 per 1,000; a 1,000 sample is within 3 points.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - Twitter user IDs from usernames, by API
GET /username-to-idGET /id-to-usernameUsernames to permanent user IDs and back, 100 per request from $0.014 per 1,000, with code.Updated Nov 2 · 12 min - How to see comments on X, even signed out
POST /commentsGET /check-commentOpen the post, not the bubble, then pick an order. All the replies by API from $0.07 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min - Twitter analytics API
POST /user-tweetsPOST /tweet-info-bulkLikes, reposts, replies, quotes, views and bookmarks for any public post, from $0.014 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 12 min - What "Account based in" means on X
GET /aboutGET /info-batchX sets it from IP addresses only; read it for any account with GET /about, from $1.40 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - X Articles API
POST /articlePOST /search-tweetsRead any public X Article's full text, views and author in one request, from $1.40 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min - Twitter competitor analysis
GET /info-batchPOST /user-tweetsSeven metrics for rival X accounts, filled by API: profiles from $0.014 per 1,000, posts back to 2006.Updated Nov 2 · 12 min - How to find leads on Twitter
POST /search-tweetsPOST /search-users12 buying-intent searches, audience sources and a scoring rubric; posts from $0.07 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 13 min - Sorsa Score API
GET /scoreGET /score-changesRead any X account's crypto influence score and tier, from $1.40 per 1,000 checks.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - Verify X tasks on Galxe, Zealy and TaskOn
POST /check-followPOST /check-retweetRun follow and retweet checks behind each platform's API task, from $0.0014 per check.Updated Nov 2 · 12 min - Bulk Twitter profile lookup
GET /info-batchGET /infoProfiles for a whole list of X accounts, 100 per request from $0.014 per 1,000, with code.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - How to Find Your Target Audience on Twitter via APIFind your target audience on X (Twitter) at scale with one API: search bios and tweets, extract competitor followers, scrape Communities, filter, and export.Updated Oct 11 · 17 min
- Twitter Engagement API: Get Replies, Quotes & Retweeters (2026)Pull replies, quote tweets, and retweeters from any public tweet via API. Python code, a cost comparison with the official X API, and the limits to know.Updated Oct 11 · 21 min
- How to Check If Someone Follows You on Twitter (X)Check whether one Twitter (X) account follows another, including whether someone follows you back. Manual steps, free tools, and a one-call API method.Updated Oct 11 · 13 min
- Free tool: Shadowban Checker, any public account
AI & MCP
Giving AI agents Twitter/X data through MCP, skills and plain REST.
- Twitter API for AI agents
POST /search-tweetsPOST /tweet-info-bulkREST, MCP or a skill, all read-only: posts from $0.014 per 1,000 at 20 requests a second.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - Twitter MCP server
POST /tweet-info-bulkPOST /search-tweetsThree kinds compared, and Sorsa API's in one line: 40 read-only tools, tweets from $0.014 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - Twitter/X data in Claude Code
POST /search-tweetsPOST /user-tweetsOne line adds 40 read-only X tools to Claude Code: tweets from $0.014 per 1,000, no developer account.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - Twitter/X data in Cursor
POST /search-tweetsGET /info-batchOne mcp.json block gives Cursor 40 read-only X tools: tweets from $0.014 per 1,000, no developer account.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - Twitter/X data in Codex CLI
POST /search-tweetsGET /info-batchOne codex mcp add line gives Codex 40 read-only X tools: tweets from $0.014 per 1,000, no developer account.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - Twitter/X data in OpenClaw
POST /search-tweetsPOST /user-tweetsA ClawHub skill or an MCP server gives OpenClaw read-only X data: search from $0.07 per 1,000 posts.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - Twitter/X data in Hermes Agent
POST /search-tweetsPOST /commentsOne config.yaml entry gives Hermes Agent 40 read-only X tools: tweets from $0.014 per 1,000, a budget per chat.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - Twitter/X data in LangChain and the OpenAI Agents SDK
POST /search-tweetsPOST /user-tweetsOne function tool or 40 MCP tools for both frameworks, tested: search results from $0.07 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - Grok vs Twitter API
POST /search-tweetsPOST /tweet-info-bulkGrok's X Search answers at $5 per 1,000 posts; raw posts with every field from $0.07 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min
Code & no-code
Calling the API from Python, Node.js, PHP, Go, n8n, Make and Zapier.
- Twitter API in Python
POST /search-tweetsPOST /user-tweetsWorking requests code: one API key, 20 tweets per request from $0.07 per 1,000, 20 requests a second.Updated Nov 2 · 12 min - Twitter API in n8n
POST /search-tweetsPOST /user-tweetsThe HTTP Request node with one ApiKey header: 20 tweets per request from $0.07 per 1,000, no OAuth app.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min - Twitter API in Node.js
POST /search-tweetsPOST /user-tweetsNative fetch code with one API key: 20 tweets per request from $0.07 per 1,000, 20 requests a second.Updated Nov 2 · 13 min - Twitter API in PHP
POST /user-tweetsPOST /search-tweetsWorking cURL, Guzzle and Laravel code: one API key, 20 tweets per request from $0.07 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 12 min - Twitter API in Go
POST /search-tweetsGET /followersTyped structs, cursor iterators and goroutines at 20 requests a second, from $0.07 per 1,000 tweets.Updated Nov 2 · 13 min - Twitter API in Make
POST /search-tweetsPOST /user-tweetsMake's HTTP module with one ApiKey keychain: 20 tweets per request from $0.07 per 1,000, no X app needed.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - Twitter API in Zapier
POST /search-tweetsPOST /mentionsNo X app on Zapier since 2023: poll Sorsa API from API by Zapier, from $0.07 per 1,000 tweets.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - TweetScout API is now Sorsa API
GET /scoreGET /followers-statsEvery TweetScout v2 call mapped to Sorsa API v3: 27 of 29 carried over, one base URL to change.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min
Research
Collecting X data for studies: sentiment, politics, datasets.
- Twitter sentiment analysis in Python
POST /search-tweetsPOST /mentionsFour methods tested on 12.3K labeled tweets; the tweets cost from $0.07 per 1,000.Updated Nov 2 · 12 min - Political Twitter data for research
GET /list-tweetsPOST /user-tweetsPoliticians' posts and election discussion, from $0.07 per 1,000 tweets, with a deletion log.Updated Nov 2 · 12 min - Rehydrate tweet IDs in bulk
POST /tweet-info-bulkGET /key-usage-infoTurn a list of tweet IDs back into full tweets, 100 per request, from $14 per million IDs.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min - Twitter academic research API
POST /search-tweetsPOST /tweet-info-bulkX has had no academic tier since 2023; a study's tweets cost from $0.07 per 1,000 on Sorsa API.Updated Nov 2 · 10 min
Recently updated
- Best Twitter API in 2026
Six checks decide it; Sorsa API reads tweets from $0.014 per 1,000 at 20 requests a second.
- Bulk Twitter profile lookup
Profiles for a whole list of X accounts, 100 per request from $0.014 per 1,000, with code.
- How to choose a Twitter API
Eight checks to run before you pay; Sorsa API passes all eight, tweets from $0.014 per 1,000.
- What 1 million tweets cost
$5,000 on the official X API, up to $15,000 with authors; from $14 on Sorsa API by ID.
- What monitoring Twitter mentions costs
$5 to $15 per 1,000 on the official X API; on Sorsa API the bill follows checks, so 1M mentions fit one plan.
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100 free requests, no card, and they never expire. That is up to 10K tweets or 20K followers.
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- X API pricing in 2026
POST /tweet-info-bulkPOST /search-tweets$5 per 1,000 posts on the official X API, authors billed from Nov 22; tweets from $0.014 on Sorsa API.Updated Nov 2 · 13 min - Is the Twitter API free?
POST /tweet-info-bulkGET /info-batchNo free tier on the official X API since Feb 2026. Sorsa API starts you with 100 free requests, up to 10K tweets.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min - Export all Twitter followers to CSV or Excel
GET /followersGET /followsAny public account's whole list, 200 per request, from $0.007 per 1,000. First 20K followers free.Updated Nov 2 · 9 min - Historical Twitter data
POST /search-tweetsPOST /user-tweetsEvery public tweet back to March 2006, from $0.07 per 1,000 results, with no 3M monthly cap.Updated Nov 2 · 11 min
Twitter/X API and scraping, explained with real requests
Guides on what you can get from X, what it costs and the code that gets it. Every price and limit is checked against the live Sorsa API and X’s own documentation, and every guide shows the request it runs.
Start here
- Is the Twitter API free?100free requests on Sorsa API, up to 10K tweets. X has no free tier.
- What does X data cost?from$0.014per 1,000 tweets on Sorsa API. The official X API charges $5.00.
- How do I export followers?200followers per request, a whole list from $0.007 per 1,000
- How far back can I search?2006the full archive, with every X search operator
Recently updated
- Best Twitter API in 2026
Six checks decide it; Sorsa API reads tweets from $0.014 per 1,000 at 20 requests a second.
- Bulk Twitter profile lookup
Profiles for a whole list of X accounts, 100 per request from $0.014 per 1,000, with code.
- How to choose a Twitter API
Eight checks to run before you pay; Sorsa API passes all eight, tweets from $0.014 per 1,000.
- What 1 million tweets cost
$5,000 on the official X API, up to $15,000 with authors; from $14 on Sorsa API by ID.
- What monitoring Twitter mentions costs
$5 to $15 per 1,000 on the official X API; on Sorsa API the bill follows checks, so 1M mentions fit one plan.
Every guide, by task
88 guides in eight tasks. Each task starts with the guide we’d read first.
Pricing & limits
What the official X API costs, its rate limits and errors, and how Sorsa API compares.
- X API pricing in 2026$5 per 1,000 posts on the official X API, authors billed from Nov 22; tweets from $0.014 on Sorsa API.
- Is the Twitter API free?No free tier on the official X API since Feb 2026. Sorsa API starts you with 100 free requests, up to 10K tweets.
- X API rate limitsEvery X endpoint's window, the 50-posts-a-day account cap, and Sorsa API's one limit: 20 requests per second.
- Twitter API alternativesSorsa API reads tweets from $0.014 per 1,000, 250x below the official X API, with one key.
- Twitter API without a developer accountOne Sorsa API key replaces the X account, app and OAuth. Tweets from $0.014 per 1,000.
- Why the X API is so expensiveX bills every post and profile, caps reads at 3M and prices posts as AI data. Tweets on Sorsa API from $0.014.
- How to get a Twitter API keyX's console issues the key after an app and prepaid credits; a Sorsa API key takes about 3 minutes.
- Migrate from the Twitter/X APIEach v2 read mapped to one Sorsa API endpoint, one key instead of OAuth, tweets from $0.014 per 1,000.
- What data you can get from the Twitter API15 kinds of public X data, each with its endpoint and price; tweets from $0.014 per 1,000.
- Twitter rate limit exceededWhat each X rate-limit message means, how long it lasts (15 minutes to a day) and how to fix a 429.
- This request looks like it might be automatedWhat X's anti-spam message means, how long it lasts (hours, days in a wave) and how to clear it.
- X API error codesEvery X API status and numbered code, 400 to 504, with its cause, its fix and whether to retry.
- X API 403 ForbiddenWhat each X API 403 error text means and how to fix it, from client-not-enrolled to the April 2026 removals.
- Twitter Enterprise API pricingX's form starts Enterprise at $50,000 a month past a 3M-post cap; tweets on Sorsa API from $0.014.
- Best Twitter API in 2026Six checks decide it; Sorsa API reads tweets from $0.014 per 1,000 at 20 requests a second.
- How to choose a Twitter APIEight checks to run before you pay; Sorsa API passes all eight, tweets from $0.014 per 1,000.
- Twitter API benchmark: latency, errors, uptimeWhat a fair speed test measures, why the official X API can't be in one, and job time at 20 requests a second.
- Is a third-party Twitter API legal?Yes for public posts: courts have held that reading public data is legal. Tweets from $0.014 per 1,000.
- What 1 million tweets cost$5,000 on the official X API, up to $15,000 with authors; from $14 on Sorsa API by ID.
- Free Twitter API alternativesTrial credits elsewhere lapse in 7 to 31 days. Sorsa API's 100 free requests never expire.
- Which Twitter API accepts crypto?The official X API takes cards. Sorsa API takes crypto for a month or a year, tweets from $0.014 per 1K.
- Twitter API expansions and tweet authorsEach author costs $0.010 on the official X API from Nov 22; Sorsa API includes it, from $0.014 per 1,000.
- Flat pricing vs per-tweet billingPer-request APIs bill a call, not each tweet: 100 tweets for one request, from $0.014 per 1,000.
- X (Twitter) API Posting Limits 2026: Tweets Per DayX API posting limits in 2026: tweets, replies, and deletes per day, API caps vs account caps, semi-hourly pacing, and why automations hit 429 early.
- Free tool: API Cost Calculator, your job priced on both APIs
Scraping & export
Getting tweets, followers and media out of X into files, sheets and datasets.
- How to scrape Twitter (X)Five ways to get public X data out and what breaks each; posts from $0.07 per 1,000 through Sorsa API.
- Export all Twitter followers to CSV or ExcelAny public account's whole list, 200 per request, from $0.007 per 1,000. First 20K followers free.
- Download all tweets from a userEvery post of any public account, no 3,200 cap: 20 per request, from $0.07 per 1,000. First 2,000 free.
- Best Twitter scrapers, pricedScraping tools charge $0.15 to $1.50 per 1,000 posts; Sorsa API returns them from $0.07, no X account at risk.
- Twitter dataset for machine learningPublic sets are old or ID-only. A fresh one runs from $0.07 per 1,000 tweets, ID lists from $0.014.
- Twitter image scraperEvery image of an account or search at original size, from $0.07 per 1,000 image posts.
- Twitter video API: MP4 URLs in codeThe MP4 of every X video and GIF, 100 posts per request from $0.014 per 1,000, with the real bitrates.
- Twitter data to Google SheetsOne Apps Script fills a sheet with tweets, followers or profiles: 200 followers per request, from $0.007 per 1,000.
- snscrape, Twint, twikit and twscrape in 2026Which Python libraries still read X, why the rest broke, and each call swapped for one request from $0.07 per 1,000.
- Twitter RSS feed for any X account or ListOne request per refresh, 20 posts each; a public List puts 5,000 accounts in one feed.
- Free tool: Export Followers, no code
Search & history
Searching X with operators, by date and back to 2006.
- Twitter search APISearch tweets by keyword and X operators from code: about 20 per request, from $0.07 per 1,000.
- Historical Twitter dataEvery public tweet back to March 2006, from $0.07 per 1,000 results, with no 3M monthly cap.
- Twitter trends APIX's trending list for any of 467 places by WOEID, from $1.40 per 1,000 lists, plus the posts behind each.
- Twitter search operatorsEvery X search operator with examples, dates included, and where each one works, from x.com to code.
- Search Twitter by locationnear:, within: and geocode: with examples, what X matches in 2026, and the same search in code from $0.07 per 1,000.
- Twitter hashtag tracking APICount any hashtag's posts by day and rank its authors from one search, from $0.07 per 1,000 posts.
- Twitter Snowflake IDs, decodedAny tweet or user ID to its creation time: shift 22 bits, add 1288834974657. Old IDs from $0.014 per 1,000.
- How to Search Twitter by Date: Operators, Tools & APISearch Twitter by date with the since: and until: operators in YYYY-MM-DD format. Find old tweets, date ranges, and first posts back to 2006, three ways.
- Free tool: Search Builder, every operator, no syntax to learn
Monitoring
Watching mentions, accounts, Lists and Communities by polling.
- Real-time Twitter monitoringPoll a public List of up to 5,000 accounts in one request, from $0.07 per 1,000 posts collected.
- Twitter List APIA List's members and followers at 200 per request, from $0.007 per 1,000, and its tweets in one feed.
- Twitter mentions APIGet the posts that tag any X account by handle, with like and date filters, from $0.07 per 1,000.
- Get notified when someone tweetsThe bell covers one account you follow; one X List request checks up to 5,000 and alerts Telegram or Slack.
- Track Elon Musk's tweets in real timeHe posted 1,504 times in October 2026; a 60-second poll of his timeline keeps up and alerts on $tickers.
- X Spaces APIGet any Space's title, state, hosts, speakers and listener counts in one request, from $1.40 per 1,000.
- What monitoring Twitter mentions costs$5 to $15 per 1,000 on the official X API; on Sorsa API the bill follows checks, so 1M mentions fit one plan.
Accounts & audiences
Profiles, followers, shadowban and bot checks, engagement and leads.
- Twitter followers APIFollowers and following of any public account by API, 200 per request, from $0.007 per 1,000.
- Twitter shadowban: types, how long, fixesThe 5 limits X never announces, how long each lasts and how to lift it, with a free test from Sorsa API.
- Twitter bot detectionScore every follower on seven flags: 200 per request, from $0.007 per 1,000. First 20K free.
- Twitter verification API: follows, retweets, quotesCheck an entrant's follow, retweet, quote, reply or Community join in one call, from $1.40 per 1,000 checks.
- Twitter followers by countryX's own country label for any account's followers, from $1.40 per 1,000; a 1,000 sample is within 3 points.
- Twitter user IDs from usernames, by APIUsernames to permanent user IDs and back, 100 per request from $0.014 per 1,000, with code.
- How to see comments on X, even signed outOpen the post, not the bubble, then pick an order. All the replies by API from $0.07 per 1,000.
- Twitter analytics APILikes, reposts, replies, quotes, views and bookmarks for any public post, from $0.014 per 1,000.
- What "Account based in" means on XX sets it from IP addresses only; read it for any account with GET /about, from $1.40 per 1,000.
- X Articles APIRead any public X Article's full text, views and author in one request, from $1.40 per 1,000.
- Twitter competitor analysisSeven metrics for rival X accounts, filled by API: profiles from $0.014 per 1,000, posts back to 2006.
- How to find leads on Twitter12 buying-intent searches, audience sources and a scoring rubric; posts from $0.07 per 1,000.
- Sorsa Score APIRead any X account's crypto influence score and tier, from $1.40 per 1,000 checks.
- Verify X tasks on Galxe, Zealy and TaskOnRun follow and retweet checks behind each platform's API task, from $0.0014 per check.
- Bulk Twitter profile lookupProfiles for a whole list of X accounts, 100 per request from $0.014 per 1,000, with code.
- How to Find Your Target Audience on Twitter via APIFind your target audience on X (Twitter) at scale with one API: search bios and tweets, extract competitor followers, scrape Communities, filter, and export.
- Twitter Engagement API: Get Replies, Quotes & Retweeters (2026)Pull replies, quote tweets, and retweeters from any public tweet via API. Python code, a cost comparison with the official X API, and the limits to know.
- How to Check If Someone Follows You on Twitter (X)Check whether one Twitter (X) account follows another, including whether someone follows you back. Manual steps, free tools, and a one-call API method.
- Free tool: Shadowban Checker, any public account
AI & MCP
Giving AI agents Twitter/X data through MCP, skills and plain REST.
- Twitter API for AI agentsREST, MCP or a skill, all read-only: posts from $0.014 per 1,000 at 20 requests a second.
- Twitter MCP serverThree kinds compared, and Sorsa API's in one line: 40 read-only tools, tweets from $0.014 per 1,000.
- Twitter/X data in Claude CodeOne line adds 40 read-only X tools to Claude Code: tweets from $0.014 per 1,000, no developer account.
- Twitter/X data in CursorOne mcp.json block gives Cursor 40 read-only X tools: tweets from $0.014 per 1,000, no developer account.
- Twitter/X data in Codex CLIOne codex mcp add line gives Codex 40 read-only X tools: tweets from $0.014 per 1,000, no developer account.
- Twitter/X data in OpenClawA ClawHub skill or an MCP server gives OpenClaw read-only X data: search from $0.07 per 1,000 posts.
- Twitter/X data in Hermes AgentOne config.yaml entry gives Hermes Agent 40 read-only X tools: tweets from $0.014 per 1,000, a budget per chat.
- Twitter/X data in LangChain and the OpenAI Agents SDKOne function tool or 40 MCP tools for both frameworks, tested: search results from $0.07 per 1,000.
- Grok vs Twitter APIGrok's X Search answers at $5 per 1,000 posts; raw posts with every field from $0.07 per 1,000.
Code & no-code
Calling the API from Python, Node.js, PHP, Go, n8n, Make and Zapier.
- Twitter API in PythonWorking requests code: one API key, 20 tweets per request from $0.07 per 1,000, 20 requests a second.
- Twitter API in n8nThe HTTP Request node with one ApiKey header: 20 tweets per request from $0.07 per 1,000, no OAuth app.
- Twitter API in Node.jsNative fetch code with one API key: 20 tweets per request from $0.07 per 1,000, 20 requests a second.
- Twitter API in PHPWorking cURL, Guzzle and Laravel code: one API key, 20 tweets per request from $0.07 per 1,000.
- Twitter API in GoTyped structs, cursor iterators and goroutines at 20 requests a second, from $0.07 per 1,000 tweets.
- Twitter API in MakeMake's HTTP module with one ApiKey keychain: 20 tweets per request from $0.07 per 1,000, no X app needed.
- Twitter API in ZapierNo X app on Zapier since 2023: poll Sorsa API from API by Zapier, from $0.07 per 1,000 tweets.
- TweetScout API is now Sorsa APIEvery TweetScout v2 call mapped to Sorsa API v3: 27 of 29 carried over, one base URL to change.
Research
Collecting X data for studies: sentiment, politics, datasets.
- Twitter sentiment analysis in PythonFour methods tested on 12.3K labeled tweets; the tweets cost from $0.07 per 1,000.
- Political Twitter data for researchPoliticians' posts and election discussion, from $0.07 per 1,000 tweets, with a deletion log.
- Rehydrate tweet IDs in bulkTurn a list of tweet IDs back into full tweets, 100 per request, from $14 per million IDs.
- Twitter academic research APIX has had no academic tier since 2023; a study's tweets cost from $0.07 per 1,000 on Sorsa API.