X post search API

Q: Which errors can it return?

invalid_params (do not retry), not_found (do not retry), upstream_blocked (retry). Account and platform errors from the errors list can also happen. A failure always costs 0 credits.

Q: How do I get more than one page?

Send the same request with cursor set to the cursor you received, until has_more is false . Each page costs its own price. See pagination .

Q: Is there an SDK call for it?

The preview Python client has client.twitter.search_posts(...) and the TypeScript client client.twitter.searchPosts() . Both return the same envelope as the HTTP API. The packages are not published yet; plain HTTP works today in any language.

Public posts found through a web search engine.

GETapi.socialscrape.io/v1/twitter/search/posts

Cost: 1 credit
Cached repeats: 0 creditssend max_age_days, results kept 30 days
Failed requests: 0 credits
Status: Betashape may still gain fields

DuckDuckGo, restricted to x.com, then read like tweet through X's public post widget, so views, retweet and bookmark counts are missing. This is engine-indexed discovery, not X's own search (which needs a login): coverage is incomplete, recent posts can be missing and the order is the engine's. Deleted, protected and unreachable posts are left out. Cursor pages 1 to 11.

You send query.

Request

Send your key in the x-api-key header.

curl

curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/twitter/search/posts" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'query=ai agents'

Python

import os
import requests

params = {
    "query": "ai agents",
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/twitter/search/posts",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},
    params=params,
    timeout=60,
)
body = res.json()

if body["ok"]:
    print(body["data"])
else:
    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])

TypeScript

const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/twitter/search/posts");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({
  query: "ai agents",
}).toString();
const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },
});
const body = await res.json();

if (body.ok) {
  console.log(body.data);
} else {
  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);
}

n8n

{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "SocialScrape X post search",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/twitter/search/posts",
        "sendQuery": true,
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "query",
              "value": "ai agents"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "x-api-key",
              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {}
}

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Keyword or phrase to look for in public X posts. Also accepted as `keyword`, `q`.
`cursor`	string		Opaque cursor from the previous page; pass it back unchanged. Also accepted as `continuationToken`, `continuation_token`, `next_max_id`, `max_id`, `max_cursor`, `min_time`, `after`, `page_token`, `pageToken`, `paginationToken`, `next_page_id`, `page`.

Every request also accepts trim, raw and max_age_days.

Response

Sample from a recorded response, shortened. Values are public data, not yours.

Status 200Sample

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_c40c15da8712aea7c04078e6",
  "data": {
    "object": "list",
    "items": [
      {
        "object": "post",
        "platform": "twitter",
        "id": "2089382171291070550",
        "url": "https://x.com/public/status/2089382171291070550",
        "type": "tweet",
        "author": {
          "id": "4875271155",
          "handle": "public",
          "name": "Public",
          "url": "https://x.com/public",
          "avatar_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2029954921500450820/TM-s7Olp_400x400.png",
          "verified": true
        },
        "title": null,
        "text": "BREAKING: New updates to AI Agents on Public\n\n→ We’ve launched the first-ever marketplace of AI Agents for your portfolio.\n→ Deploy them immediately or custo...",
        "published_at": "2026-08-17T16:01:43Z",
        "duration_seconds": 148.356,
        "language": "en",
        "hashtags": null,
        "mentions": null,
        "stats": {
          "views": null,
          "likes": 271,
          "comments": 58,
          "shares": null,
          "saves": null,
          "dislikes": null
        },
        "media": {
          "thumbnail_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2089380922604789760/img/YsvWjEQtSRL1BBVP.jpg",
          "video_url": "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2089380922604789760/vid/avc1/1920x1080/_HrIDXI1YaM9p_0n.mp4",
          "audio_url": null,
          "image_urls": null,
          "width": 1920,
          "height": 1080
        },
        "song": null,
        "location": null,
        "is_pinned": null,
        "is_sponsored": null,
        "extra": {
          "is_edited": false,
          "media": [
            {
              "duration_seconds": 148.356,
              "height": 1080,
              "type": "video",
              "url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2089380922604789760/img/YsvWjEQtSRL1BBVP.jpg",
              "variants": [
                {
                  "content_type": "application/x-mpegURL",
                  "url": "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2089380922604789760/pl/sILBlF5iBC0thC83.m3u8?v=7c0"
                },
                {
                  "bitrate": 256000,
                  "content_type": "video/mp4",
                  "url": "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2089380922604789760/vid/avc1/480x270/kcwI8ExpuWeSY-m-.mp4"
                },
                {
                  "bitrate": 832000,
                  "content_type": "video/mp4",
                  "url": "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2089380922604789760/vid/avc1/640x360/-n3gU9091zWRTKyv.mp4"
                }
              ],
              "width": 1920
            }
          ],
          "possibly_sensitive": false,
          "source_shape": "syndication"
        }
      },
      {
        "object": "post",
        "platform": "twitter",
        "id": "2115190541688398184",
        "url": "https://x.com/AlexTamkin/status/2115190541688398184",
        "type": "tweet",
        "author": {
          "id": "846245360",
          "handle": "AlexTamkin",
          "name": "Alex Tamkin",
          "url": "https://x.com/AlexTamkin",
          "avatar_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1971860057190207488/UVKmQfr-_400x400.jpg",
          "verified": true
        },
        "title": null,
        "text": "New Anthropic research: How AI agents shape experts' judgment calls\n\nWhen experts delegate work to an agent, do they still make the key decisions? We tested ...",
        "published_at": "2026-10-27T21:14:58Z",
        "duration_seconds": 15,
        "language": "en",
        "hashtags": null,
        "mentions": null,
        "stats": {
          "views": null,
          "likes": 4257,
          "comments": 314,
          "shares": null,
          "saves": null,
          "dislikes": null
        },
        "media": {
          "thumbnail_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2115181954740187136/img/iRp2D80CClkkY95v.jpg",
          "video_url": "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2115181954740187136/vid/avc1/1600x900/jKk5QaS9zEkshd2n.mp4",
          "audio_url": null,
          "image_urls": null,
          "width": 1600,
          "height": 900
        },
        "song": null,
        "location": null,
        "is_pinned": null,
        "is_sponsored": null,
        "extra": {
          "is_edited": false,
          "media": [
            {
              "duration_seconds": 15,
              "height": 900,
              "type": "video",
              "url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2115181954740187136/img/iRp2D80CClkkY95v.jpg",
              "variants": [
                {
                  "content_type": "application/x-mpegURL",
                  "url": "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2115181954740187136/pl/jDXVoGQUDPWrcbuS.m3u8"
                },
                {
                  "bitrate": 256000,
                  "content_type": "video/mp4",
                  "url": "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2115181954740187136/vid/avc1/480x270/KSyXPnvgjKX-kAKb.mp4"
                },
                {
                  "bitrate": 832000,
                  "content_type": "video/mp4",
                  "url": "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2115181954740187136/vid/avc1/640x360/H9Ani75NyQGJZ0XQ.mp4"
                }
              ],
              "width": 1600
            }
          ],
          "possibly_sensitive": false,
          "source_shape": "syndication"
        }
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "eyJwIjoyLCJmIjp7InEiOiJhaSBhZ2VudHMgc2l0ZTp4LmNvbSBpbnVybDpzdGF0dXMiLCJzIjoiMTAiLCJuZXh0UGFyYW1zIjoiIiwidiI6ImwiLCJvIjoianNvbiIsImRjIjoiMTEiLCJhcGkiOiJkLmpzI...",
    "has_more": true,
    "parent": null
  },
  "cursor": "eyJwIjoyLCJmIjp7InEiOiJhaSBhZ2VudHMgc2l0ZTp4LmNvbSBpbnVybDpzdGF0dXMiLCJzIjoiMTAiLCJuZXh0UGFyYW1zIjoiIiwidiI6ImwiLCJvIjoianNvbiIsImRjIjoiMTEiLCJhcGkiOiJkLmpzI...",
  "has_more": true
}

Fields

A page of results. Each entry in items is a Post. cursor and has_more page through the rest.

A field the platform does not give is null, never made up. Extra platform details are in extra.

Field	Type	Always
`object`	`"post"`
`platform`	Platform	yes
`id`	string	yes
`url`	string or null
`type`	`"video"` or `"short"` or `"reel"` or `"image"` or `"carousel"` or `"story"` or `"live"` or `"clip"` or `"text"` or `"link"` or `"tweet"` or `"pin"` or `"community_post"` or `"episode"` or `"unknown"`
`author`	Author or null
`title`	string or null
`text`	string or null
`published_at`	string (ISO 8601 date-time) or null
`duration_seconds`	number or null
`language`	string or null
`hashtags`	string[] or null
`mentions`	string[] or null
`stats`	Stats

Show the other 6 fields

Field	Type	Always	Notes
`media`	Media
`song`	SongRef or null
`location`	Place or null
`is_pinned`	boolean or null
`is_sponsored`	boolean or null
`extra`	object or null

Full field list in the reference for this endpoint and the data models. Errors are listed under Errors.

Questions

Which errors can it return?

invalid_params (do not retry), not_found (do not retry), upstream_blocked (retry). Account and platform errors from the errors list can also happen. A failure always costs 0 credits.

How do I get more than one page?

Send the same request with cursor set to the cursor you received, until has_more is false. Each page costs its own price. See pagination.

Is there an SDK call for it?

The preview Python client has client.twitter.search_posts(...) and the TypeScript client client.twitter.searchPosts(). Both return the same envelope as the HTTP API. The packages are not published yet; plain HTTP works today in any language.

Can an AI agent call it?

Yes. The MCP server reaches every built endpoint, with the same prices.

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