Social · read$0.0012–$1.20 / call

X/Twitter Read: Fetch tweets, profiles & articles, paid by the call.

Read live X/Twitter data: look up a single tweet or user profile, batch-read up to 100 tweets or users at once, check whether one account follows another, fetch trending topics by region, extract a long-form article, or download tweet media. Pay per call in USDC — no API key, no signup; failed calls are never charged. No signup, no API keys — every request is paid in USDC through the HTTP 402 flow, and the exact price is quoted before you pay.

Quickstart

One endpoint: POST /api/tools/x_read over HTTP, or the x_read tool over MCP at POST /api/mcp.

curl -X POST https://twitr.sh/api/tools/x_read \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"resource":"get-tweet","id":"2079908425904042170"}'

# → 402 Payment Required with the exact USDC price.
# Pay it (x402 on Base/Solana, MPP on Tempo) and retry the same request → 200 + data.
# x402-aware clients do both steps automatically.

How to use it

resource=get-tweet|get-user (id), batch-tweets|batch-users (ids array, ≤100), check-follower (source+target usernames), trends (optional woeid/count), article (tweet id), followers-you-know (id + mandatory resultsLimit), download-media (id or ids ≤50 — returns media file URLs on THIS origin; links live 7 days). Fixed-price per call/id except followers-you-know which is per-result.

The exact quote is returned in the 402 challenge before you pay — an agent always knows the cost first. Failed calls are never charged. Full input schema in the OpenAPI spec.

FAQ

What does the X/Twitter Read tool do?

Read live X/Twitter data: look up a single tweet or user profile, batch-read up to 100 tweets or users at once, check whether one account follows another, fetch trending topics by region, extract a long-form article, or download tweet media. Pay per call in USDC — no API key, no signup; failed calls are never charged. It is one of 14 pay-per-call X/Twitter tools on twitr.sh, available over HTTP (POST /api/tools/x_read) and MCP (tool name x_read).

How much does X/Twitter Read cost?

$0.0012–$1.20 per call in USDC. The exact quote is returned in the 402 challenge before you pay — an agent always knows the cost first. Failed calls are never charged.

How do I call X/Twitter Read without an API key?

POST https://twitr.sh/api/tools/x_read with your input. The first response is HTTP 402 Payment Required carrying the exact price; pay it in USDC (x402 on Base or Solana, MPP on Tempo) and retry the identical request to get the data. No signup — the wallet is the account.

Can an AI agent use X/Twitter Read through MCP?

Yes. Call the x_read tool via the MCP endpoint at POST https://twitr.sh/api/mcp — tools/list is free, tools/call is payment-gated with a JSON-RPC 402. The installable agent skill at https://twitr.sh/skill.md covers the full workflow.

Related tools