/v1/user_posts"platform": "x"X (Twitter) User Posts API
The recent posts of one account.
Get the recent posts of any public X account and get back text, author, likes, comment count, views and publish time, as JSON over HTTP or from your AI client over MCP. A call to the X (Twitter) User Posts API costs 2 credits ($0.004 to $0.0067 depending on the pack), failed calls are free, and the response has the same format as every other call. Last tested 2026-11-05.
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limit: 100 and one call pages for you: at most 5 pages, 10 credits. It stops once it has them or the list ends; pages it does not use are not charged, and neither are pages that fail. Reading 1,000 items comes to about 100 credits, about $0.33.Daily watch: tell your AI “watch this daily” and this call runs by itself every day, sending only what is new: at most 62 credits a month, about $0.21. How to set it up
What you get from the X (Twitter) User Posts API.
From a recorded answer.
A recorded call returned 19 items; here is the first, field by field. Names and text are removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded.
141 real calls in the last 7 days, 99% succeeded, median 1.6 s, usually 19 items (data to 2026-11-05).
Lighter for your AI: the same recorded data (19 items) is about 10,936 tokens as the platform's raw JSON and about 4,783 as this interface returns it, 56% fewer (measured 2026-11-06). How it was measured
| Field | In the recorded answer |
|---|---|
| url | removed from the sample |
| format | text |
| title | null: X cannot give it |
| text | removed from the sample |
| published_at | 2025-11-19T11:31:56.000Z |
| author.id | removed from the sample |
| author.username | removed from the sample |
| author.name | removed from the sample |
| author.verified | true |
| author.followers | 1,854,251 |
| metrics.likes | 0 |
| metrics.comments | 0 |
| metrics.shares | null: X cannot give it |
| metrics.collects | 0 |
| metrics.views | 4 |
| metrics.reposts | 32 |
| images | empty list |
| hashtags | empty list |
| is_pinned | null: X cannot give it |
2 credits a call (≈ $0.004–$0.0067): about 1,500 calls for $10.
X (Twitter) User Posts API: request and response
curl https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/user_posts \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALTOAI_API_KEY" \ -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "platform": "x", "username": "NASA" }'import osimport uuidimport requestsresponse = requests.post( "https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/user_posts", headers={ "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SOCIALTOAI_API_KEY']}", # A new key for each request; the same one again retries it without paying twice. "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()), }, json={ "platform": "x", "username": "NASA", },)print(response.json())# Connected over MCP? Ask in plain words.What has this X account posted lately: NASA# Your AI calls the user_posts tool with:{ "platform": "x", "username": "NASA"}tab{ "platform": "x", "status": "ok", "items": [ { "platform": "x", "id": "…", "ref": "…", "approx": [], "type": "content", "url": "https://example.com/…", "format": "text", "title": null, "text": "…", "published_at": "2025-11-19T11:31:56.000Z", "author": { "id": "…", "username": "…", "name": "…", "verified": true, "followers": 1854251 }, "metrics": { "likes": 0, "comments": 0, "shares": null, "collects": 0, "views": 4, "reposts": 32 }, "images": [], "hashtags": [], "is_pinned": null } ], "unavailable": ["title", "metrics.shares", "is_pinned"], "page": { "has_more": true, "cursor": "cur_…", "cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-12T19:46:20.000Z" }, "cost_credits": 2}nullcollects 0views 4reposts 32Names and text were removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded.
X (Twitter) User Posts API parameters.
4 parameters, 2 required.
Send them as a JSON body with POST. Your key goes in the Authorization header, never in the URL.
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| platform | string | Required | — | Always "x" on this page. |
| username | string | Required | — | X handle, without the @ |
| tab | string | Optional | "posts" | Which tab of the profile: posts (retweets among them), replies (with the posts replied to), or media"posts""replies""media" |
| cursor | string | Optional | — | Pass page.cursor from the last response to get the next page. |
Where to get what you send.
usernameX handle, without the @ (e.g. NASA)
Every item these return carries its username; send it as it is:
retweetersX (Twitter) post retweeters APIfollowersX (Twitter) user followers APIfollowingX (Twitter) user following APIsearch · type=userX (Twitter) Search APIcommunity_membersX (Twitter) community members APIlist_followersX (Twitter) list followers APIlist_membersX (Twitter) list members API
X (Twitter) User Posts API response fields.
What X cannot give is marked.
| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| items[].url | string | A link that opens the item. |
| items[].format | string | video, image, text or article. |
| items[].title | stringalways null | The title. |
| items[].text | string | The body text or caption. |
| items[].published_at | string | When it was published, ISO 8601 in UTC. |
| items[].author.id | string | The author's account ID. |
| items[].author.username | string | The author's handle. |
| items[].author.name | string | The author's display name. |
| items[].author.verified | boolean | Whether the author is verified. |
| items[].author.followers | integer | The author's follower count. |
| items[].metrics.likes | integer | Likes. |
| items[].metrics.comments | integer | Comments. |
| items[].metrics.shares | integeralways null | Shares. |
| items[].metrics.collects | integer | Saves. |
| items[].metrics.views | integer | Views or plays. |
| items[].metrics.reposts | integer | Reposts. |
| items[].images | string[] | Image addresses. |
| items[].hashtags | string[] | Hashtags, without the #. |
| items[].is_pinned | booleanalways null | Whether the author pinned it. |
nullFields X cannot giveRead null as “X did not give this”, not as zero. These are always null on this call:
titleThe title.metrics.sharesShares.is_pinnedWhether the author pinned it.
Compared with the Reddit User Posts API, this call also gives author followers, saves, reposts, views and hashtags but does not give title or shares.
Every item also has platform, id, ref, approx and type; the response around the items is the same on every call. Response format
X (Twitter) User Posts API: paging and billing.
5 calls per second per key, 20 after a purchase; going over is not charged. Rate limits
A failed call costs 0 credits and is never retried on its own. Error codes
“Last tested” above is the last day a real call of this interface succeeded. Each call reads from the platform, and fetched_at in the answer is when it was read. The same request sent again with the same key within 5 minutes is a replay (replayed: true): 0 credits, and the answer as first read.
These numbers come from real calls only, worked out once a day, without our own accounts: a customer's same request on one day counts once, by how it last ended; something that does not exist or a wrong parameter is not a failure; an interface with fewer than 20 calls shows none.
Once connected over MCP, these questions use the X (Twitter) User Posts API.
What has this X account posted lately: NASA
2 creditsuser_posts {"platform":"x","username":"NASA"}What has this X account posted lately: NASA, with tab set to replies.
2 creditsuser_posts {"platform":"x","username":"NASA","tab":"replies"}Find X accounts about "Smithsonian", then for the first 3: what has this X account posted lately.
11 creditssearch {"platform":"x","query":"Smithsonian","type":"user"}user_posts {"platform":"x","username":"<username>"} × 3
Give this to your AI.
Copy it into Claude or ChatGPT.
How to connectUse the SocialToAI MCP server (https://mcp.socialtoai.com/mcp) for this: What has this X account posted lately: NASACall the user_posts tool with {"platform":"x","username":"NASA"}. Needed: username; optional: tab (posts, replies, media).For many items pass limit (limit=100 is at most 5 pages) and one call pages for you; each page costs 2 credits and unused pages are not charged.Before you start, work out how many credits it will take in all and ask me; call it only after I agree.What usually comes next, with the ref or username it returns: detail (Detail), comments (Comments).If SocialToAI is not connected yet, tell me how to connect it; never ask me to paste a key into the chat.Answer with a link to every item you used, and tell me how many credits it cost.Paste it into a chat once SocialToAI is connected over MCP. There is no key in it: Claude and ChatGPT sign in, other clients send a key in a header.
These ready-made tools call it when they run.
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Work scenarios that use it.
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