X (Twitter) API

X (Twitter) API — free tier with API key

💬 Social & WorkHEALTHYchecked 37 min ago
AUTH APIKEYCORS AGENT HTTPS COMMERCIAL ?

X (Twitter) API exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.

95HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 95 · healthy
Uptime history
100%90 days
100%30 days
392P50 · ms
1148P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 59 ms, slowest 880 ms, most recent 163 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://console.x.com/api/credits/pricing

{
  "eventTypePricing": {
    "ProfileUpdate": 0.005,
    "Like": 0.001,
    "Follow": 0.01,
    "OwnedRead": 0.001,
    "Community": 0.005,
    "Space": 0.005,
    "Post": 0.005,
    "DirectMessage": 0.01
  },
  "requestTypePricing": {
    "DmInteractionCreate": 0.015,
    "InteractionDelete": 0.01,
    "ContentCreateWithUrl": 0.2,
    "MediaMetadata": 0.005,
    "PrivacyUpdate": 0.01,
    "ListManage": 0.005,
    "ContentManage": 0.005,
    "Bookmark": 0.005
  },
  "defaultCost": 0
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://console.x.com/api/credits/pricing"
const res = await fetch("https://console.x.com/api/credits/pricing");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://console.x.com/api/credits/pricing")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 5HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /api/credits/pricing392 mschecked 37 min ago
GET/api/credits/pricingPROBED

X (Twitter) API — free tier with API key

GET/api

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/1

Api details by ID (example: 1).

GET/api?limit=10

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

X (Twitter) API: common questions

Is X (Twitter) API free to use?

Yes — X (Twitter) API is a free social & work API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does X (Twitter) API need an API key?

Yes — X (Twitter) API needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.

Can I call X (Twitter) API from the browser?

Yes — X (Twitter) API returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is X (Twitter) API up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, X (Twitter) API is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 392 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.