X search

Search X posts inside a managed signed-in session. Supports top, latest, people, media, and lists tabs.

POST /v1/x/search

Also available at /v1/twitter/search.

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
query	body	string	Yes	Keyword or phrase to search on X.
max_tweets	body	integer	No	Maximum number of tweets to collect from the current search surface.
tab	body	string	No	Search tab 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/x/search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"London","max_tweets":100,"tab":"top"}')

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/x/search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"London","max_tweets":100,"tab":"top","_run":{"async":false}}'