Twitter timeline

Twitter-path alias for the X home timeline scraper.

POST /v1/twitter/timeline

Also available at /v1/x/timeline.

Authentication

Requires a managed x.com login on kernel. Browsable automatically uses a saved login when one is available.

If your team does not already have a usable login, the API returns 428 Authentication required with a hosted_url. Open that URL, finish sign-in, then retry the same request.

Request Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
max_tweets	body	integer	No	Maximum number of tweets to collect from the requested home timeline.
timeline_type	body	string	No	Which signed-in home timeline to scrape.

Response Structure

Async kickoff response

Polled run result response

Sync response

Authentication required response

Declared output schema

Code Examples

Async + polling

RUN=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api.browsable.app/v1/twitter/timeline" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"max_tweets":100,"timeline_type":"following"}')

RUN_ID=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.run_id')

while true; do
  RESULT=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" "https://api.browsable.app/v1/runs/$RUN_ID")
  STATUS=$(echo "$RESULT" | jq -r '.run_status')
  if [ "$STATUS" = "succeeded" ] || [ "$STATUS" = "failed" ]; then
    echo "$RESULT"
    break
  fi
  sleep 2
done

Sync

curl -X POST "https://api.browsable.app/v1/twitter/timeline" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"max_tweets":100,"timeline_type":"following","_run":{"async":false}}'