X / Twitter Scraping API
Extract X search results, profile tweets, and home timeline posts as structured JSON using a managed signed-in session.
Use Cases
How teams use this API to build powerful applications
Social Listening & Brand Monitoring
Search X for keywords, hashtags, or mentions and collect structured tweet data including engagement metrics, usernames, and timestamps.
Competitor & Influencer Research
Pull a public profile's recent tweets to track what accounts are posting, how often, and how their audience responds.
Trend & Sentiment Analysis
Use the search endpoint across top and latest tabs to capture the spread of a topic and feed results into NLP or sentiment pipelines.
Home Timeline Aggregation
Fetch the following or for_you home timeline to build personal feed archives, test algorithm differences, or monitor curated content.
API Endpoints
Available endpoints for the X API
/v1/x/search X search
Search X posts inside a managed signed-in session. Supports top, latest, people, media, and lists tabs. Requires a managed x.com login on kernel. If no saved login is available, the API returns HTTP 428 with hosted_url.
Parameters
query string required Keyword or phrase to search on X. tab string Search tab to scrape: top, latest, people, media, or lists. Defaults to top. max_tweets integer Maximum number of tweets to collect (1–500). Defaults to 100. /v1/x/profile X profile
Fetch tweets from an X profile inside a managed signed-in session. Requires a managed x.com login on kernel. If no saved login is available, the API returns HTTP 428 with hosted_url.
Parameters
profile_url string X profile URL, for example https://x.com/jack. Provide one of profile_url or username. username string X username without the leading @. Provide one of profile_url or username. max_tweets integer Maximum number of tweets to collect from the profile timeline (1–500). Defaults to 100. /v1/x/timeline X timeline
Fetch tweets from the signed-in X home timeline using managed auth. Requires a managed x.com login on kernel. If no saved login is available, the API returns HTTP 428 with hosted_url.
Parameters
timeline_type string Which signed-in home timeline to scrape: following or for_you. Defaults to following. max_tweets integer Maximum number of tweets to collect (1–500). Defaults to 100. Features
What makes this API powerful and reliable
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the X API
Do I need my own X account or API key?
No. Browsable uses managed authentication to run requests inside a signed-in X session. You do not need to provide credentials or apply for API access.
Which search tabs does the search endpoint support?
The search endpoint supports the top, latest, people, media, and lists tabs. Defaults to top.
How many tweets can I collect per request?
Each endpoint accepts a max_tweets parameter between 1 and 500. Defaults to 100.
Can I use /twitter/ instead of /x/ in the path?
Yes. /v1/twitter/search, /v1/twitter/profile, and /v1/twitter/timeline are accepted aliases and behave identically to the /x/ paths.
What does the profile endpoint return?
It returns structured profile metadata plus an array of recent tweets from the profile timeline, each with text, engagement counts, and a direct link.
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