X Trends API

Scrape public X explore trends.

POST /v1/x/trends

Also available at /v1/twitter/trends.

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
limit	body	integer	No	Maximum number of results to return.
query	body	string	No	Search query.

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/trends" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"limit":25,"query":"AI"}')

RUN_ID=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.run_id')
POLL_DELAY=3

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 [[ "$STATUS" =~ ^(succeeded|failed|errored|cancelled|canceled|expired)$ ]]; then
    echo "$RESULT"
    break
  fi
  sleep "$(awk "BEGIN { print $POLL_DELAY * (0.9 + ($RANDOM % 21) / 100) }")"
  POLL_DELAY=$((POLL_DELAY < 30 ? POLL_DELAY * 2 : 30))
  [ "$POLL_DELAY" -gt 30 ] && POLL_DELAY=30
done

Sync

curl -X POST "https://api.browsable.app/v1/x/trends" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"limit":25,"query":"AI","_run":{"async":false}}'