X (Twitter) trends: read trending topics on Explore
Input
tab optionalWhich Explore tab to read. "trending" returns ranked topics (rank + "Music · Trending" + name), while news, sports and entertainment return headline stories (headline + "9 hours ago · Other · 195K posts"). "for_you" mixes the two shapes in one list, so expect some rows with a rank and some without.
Default: "trending"limit optionalMaximum entries to return, in the order X ranks them. A tab holds what X sends when it opens (about 30 on trending, far fewer on the topical tabs; sports returned only 5), so asking for more simply returns what the tab holds.
Default: 20Output
tab requiredurl requiredThe Explore tab URL actually read.
count requiredtrends requirednote optionalSet when a tab rendered no rows at all.
FAQ
X (Twitter) search unofficial API: search tweets, no API key
Search X (Twitter) for tweets with every X search operator, from the Top tab (a ranked sample, the default) or the Latest tab (chronological), picked by the tab arg. Returns per tweet a canonical record: id, url, author {id, handle, name}, text, created_at, lang, likes, retweets, replies, quotes, bookmarks, views, is_retweet, is_quote, plus followers (the author's follower count, a search-only enrichment), and the top-level query and count. Top is a ranked sample, not exhaustive.
Get a tweet and its replies on X (Twitter)
Fetch a tweet by URL — the focal post plus the surrounding conversation. Returns `tweet` (the focal post; null if deleted/tombstoned) and `replies[]`, which holds every other tweet on the conversation page: both the focal's ancestors (the thread above it, present when the focal is itself a reply; each has `in_reply_to` null or pointing above the focal) and the replies below it (`in_reply_to` points at the focal or a sibling reply). Use `in_reply_to` to tell ancestors from replies and rebuild the thread — the array is not filtered to descendants of the focal. Each entry is a canonical tweet record: id, url, author {id, handle, name}, text, created_at, lang, likes, retweets, replies, quotes, bookmarks, views, is_retweet, is_quote, in_reply_to {id, author_handle}. Scrolls the main thread until `count` is met (then complete=false — more may exist) or it drains (complete=true). Replies behind a "Show more replies"/hidden/probable-spam cursor are not expanded, so even complete=true is a floor, not a guarantee every nested reply was seen.
X (Twitter) posts unofficial API: export a user's tweets and stats
An unofficial X (Twitter) API for a user's posts: export an account's latest tweets with their views, likes, reposts, replies, quotes and bookmarks as data, in one call, without the X API. For the owner-only analytics of each post (impressions, engagements), run get_post_analytics on its id. Get a user's latest posts by handle (x.com/<handle>, the Posts tab), newest first: their own tweets and self-threads, without replies (see get_user_replies) or reposts (see get_user_reposts). Works signed in or signed out. Signed in, it reads the full Posts tab up to count. Signed out, X only shows visitors its few most recent posts, so it returns that short preview and fewer than count is expected; each post's source field says which one you got. Returns per tweet: id, url, text, created_at, lang, likes, retweets, replies, quotes, views, bookmarks, is_retweet, is_quote, source.