# X (Twitter) Community Search API. Communities matching your search.

Communities by topic, niche or name. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.

[Get API key](https://socialtap.dev/signup/?next=%2Fplayground%2F%3Fendpoint%3Dx.search_communities)

## X (Twitter) Community Search API at a glance

Returns the X (Twitter) Communities a web search finds for a topic, niche or name: each one's link, plus its title and description where indexed. Add fill=true to get each community's full record from X in the same response: ID, exact member count, rules, topic, banner, admin, NSFW flag and how people join. Page through results with the cursor.

GET `/v1/x/search_communities`

[Read the API reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/x/search_communities/index.md)

- **1 credit** per page, +1 per result filled in, up to 51 credits, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 pages
- **16 typed fields** null when unknown
- **50** communities per page, the search engine's ranking (most relevant first)
- **`query`** is all it needs, e.g. `build in public`

## Send one request. Get up to 50 communities back.

Copy the request in your language, or hand it to your agent. Sign up for an API key and your first 100 credits are free.

`$ npm install socialtap`

`query = build in public`

[Open in playground](https://socialtap.dev/playground/?endpoint=x.search_communities)

cURL:

```shell
curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/search_communities' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=build in public' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"
```

TypeScript SDK:

```typescript
import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY

const res = await client.x.searchCommunities.list({ query: "build in public" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);
```

Node.js (fetch):

```javascript
const params = new URLSearchParams({
  query: "build in public",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/search_communities?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, page, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);
```

Python (requests):

```python
import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/search_communities",
    params={"query": "build in public"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, page, meta = body["data"], body["page"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])
```

Go (net/http):

```go
package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("query", "build in public")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/search_communities?"+q.Encode(), nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	var body struct {
		Data  json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
		Page  json.RawMessage `json:"page"`
		Meta  map[string]any  `json:"meta"`
		Error *struct {
			Code    string `json:"code"`
			Message string `json:"message"`
		} `json:"error"`
	}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if body.Error != nil {
		log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}
```

200 OK:

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "community.title"
      ],
      "community": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "description": null,
        "id": null,
        "metrics": {
          "member_count": null
        },
        "name": null,
        "privacy": null,
        "title": "Build in Public",
        "url": "https://x.com/i/communities/1493446837214187523"
      },
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://x.com/i/communities/1493446837214187523",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "x",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 0,
      "post": null,
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "My goal for buildinpublic.com is to become the definitive database of all makers and their projects To that end, you can now add your projects to buildinpublic.com To verify ownership and get the verified checkmark, just add the <meta name=\"twitter:creator\" Show more",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "Build in Public Community / X",
      "type": "community",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://x.com/i/communities/1493446837214187523"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "community.description",
        "community.metrics.member_count",
        "community.title"
      ],
      "community": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "description": "Here is a open community for Indie hackers and SaaS Founders who are building in public, come and share your daily journey.",
        "id": null,
        "metrics": {
          "member_count": 392
        },
        "name": null,
        "privacy": null,
        "title": "Build In Public - SaaS",
        "url": "https://x.com/i/communities/1828843041869713562"
      },
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://x.com/i/communities/1828843041869713562",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "x",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 1,
      "post": null,
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "Here is a open community for Indie hackers and SaaS Founders who are building in public, come and share your daily journey.",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "Build In Public - SaaS Community on X - 392 Members",
      "type": "community",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://x.com/i/communities/1828843041869713562"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "community.description",
        "community.title"
      ],
      "community": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "description": "The community for @BuildinPublic__ Bootstrappers, No Code/Low Code, and for Founders to share their builds & experiences 🚀",
        "id": null,
        "metrics": {
          "member_count": null
        },
        "name": null,
        "privacy": null,
        "title": "BuildinPublic",
        "url": "https://x.com/i/communities/1495042358068477955"
      },
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://x.com/i/communities/1495042358068477955",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "x",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 2,
      "post": null,
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "The community for @BuildinPublic__ Bootstrappers, No Code/Low Code, and for Founders to share their builds & experiences 🚀",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "BuildinPublic on X",
      "type": "community",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://x.com/i/communities/1495042358068477955"
    }
  ],
  "page": {
    "has_more": true,
    "next_cursor": "c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR",
    "next_cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z",
    "end_reason": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "x",
    "source": "web_search",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 1139,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": null,
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}
```

Long arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.

## One schema on 6 platforms.

The [response reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/x/search_communities/index.md#response) lists every field, its type and when it is `null`. [See the full schema](https://socialtap.dev/resources/web_result/index.md).

- ### Null means unknown

  A field X doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
- ### What it accepts

  Words to find X Communities by, as a web search reads them: a topic, a niche, a community's name (machine learning, build in public, "indie hackers").
- ### Write one parser

  X, TikTok, Instagram and 3 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

- **`platform`string**: Platform the item is on.
- **`type`string**: The kind of item the result names, as the resource that describes it: profile (an account), post, hashtag, sound, place or community. The item's summary is the field of that name, and a filled result's record is details.\<type>. A search that finds several kinds (a platform's top search) mixes them in one list. New values may be added as more kinds are searchable; treat unknown values as other.
- **`position`integer**: Zero-based rank of the result in the list, across pages: the search engine's order, counting only the results kept.
- **`url`string**: The item's canonical link on the platform (the account's page for a profile, the post's for a post).
- **`matched_url`string**: The page the index listed: the item's own page, or one of its pages that names it (a video of an account, for a profile found through it).
- **`title`string**: The page's title as the index shows it: often the item's name, but not the item's own field. Null when the index shows none.
- **`snippet`string**: The index's excerpt of the page: often the item's description and counts as the page stated them when it was indexed, days or weeks ago. Null when the index shows none.
- **`profile`object**: The account the result names (type profile): what its link and the index's text say of it, completed from details when the result is filled. Null for every other type.

Live data from 33 platforms.

[TikTok](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/index.md) · [Instagram](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/index.md) · [Facebook](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook/index.md) · [YouTube](https://socialtap.dev/apis/youtube/index.md) · [Reddit](https://socialtap.dev/apis/reddit/index.md) · [Threads](https://socialtap.dev/apis/threads/index.md) · [Spotify](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/index.md) · [Amazon](https://socialtap.dev/apis/amazon/index.md) · [Apple Music](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/index.md) · [Pinterest](https://socialtap.dev/apis/pinterest/index.md) · [Rumble](https://socialtap.dev/apis/rumble/index.md) · [X](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/index.md) · [Bluesky](https://socialtap.dev/apis/bluesky/index.md) · [Twitch](https://socialtap.dev/apis/twitch/index.md) · [LinkedIn](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/index.md) · [Telegram](https://socialtap.dev/apis/telegram/index.md) · [TikTok Shop](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktokshop/index.md) · [Kwai](https://socialtap.dev/apis/kwai/index.md) · [Snapchat](https://socialtap.dev/apis/snapchat/index.md) · [SoundCloud](https://socialtap.dev/apis/soundcloud/index.md) · [Truth Social](https://socialtap.dev/apis/truthsocial/index.md) · [Kick](https://socialtap.dev/apis/kick/index.md) · [Komi](https://socialtap.dev/apis/komi/index.md) · [Lnk.Bio](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkbio/index.md) · [Linkme](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkme/index.md) · [Linktree](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linktree/index.md) · [Pillar](https://socialtap.dev/apis/pillar/index.md) · [TikTok Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok-ad-library/index.md) · [Facebook Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-ad-library/index.md) · [Facebook Events](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-events/index.md) · [Facebook Marketplace](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-marketplace/index.md) · [Google Ads Transparency Center](https://socialtap.dev/apis/google-ads-transparency/index.md) · [LinkedIn Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin-ad-library/index.md)

## What teams build with the X (Twitter) Community Search API.

- ### Map the communities around a topic
- ### Find where a product's audience gathers
- ### Find a community's link from its name
- ### Build a list of communities to track

## Good to know before you build.

- X has no logged-out search, so results come from a web search engine's index of X's community pages, in the engine's order. A community the index hasn't crawled isn't found.
- Without fill, id, avatar_url and privacy are null, and title, description and member count are the index's copy of the page when it shows them (listed in approximate_fields).
- name is always null: X Communities have no vanity name, and their links use the ID.
- With fill=true, each result's details.community is the community's live record from the X (Twitter) Community API, and its summary is updated from it.
- A description can be a recent post of the community that the page was indexed with, when nothing marks it as a post. snippet always holds what the index showed.
- A result the community lookup can't fetch (a removed community) stays unfilled and costs nothing extra, and meta.warnings says how many.
- The index goes only so deep, so a search usually ends after a few pages (page.end_reason end).
- Case doesn't matter. The query's own site: operators are removed, and intitle:, inurl:, in: and similar operators are read as the plain words they name.

## From 1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.

Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform.

[Plans and packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md) · [How this endpoint is priced](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/x/search_communities/index.md#pricing) · [How credits work](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md)

| Source | Price per successful page | Per 1,000 pages |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Any source | 1 credit + 1 per result filled in<br>up to 51 credits (50 results filled in) | $0.75–$1.97 + $0.75–$1.97 per result filled in |

- Cache hits are free.
- Credits from packs and top-ups never expire.
- A monthly plan's credits are spent first, and what is left of them ends at each renewal.
- Prices exclude tax: sales tax is added at checkout where it applies.
- Outside the US, plans and packs are sold to businesses: checkout asks for your VAT, GST or other business tax ID.

## Questions about the X (Twitter) Community Search API.

More in the [API reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/x/search_communities/index.md).

**How much does the X (Twitter) Community Search API cost?**

A page of up to 50 communities costs 1 credit + 1 per result filled in, up to 51 credits (50 results filled in). Every successful page is charged, empty pages included. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000, depending on the plan or pack.

**How do I get the next page?**

Repeat the same request with cursor set to page.next_cursor from the previous response, keeping the other parameters. When page.has_more is false there are no more pages. Cursors expire after 24 hours.

Other platforms

## Web results on 5 more platforms.

- [TikTok Top Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/search_top/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/search_top`)
- [Instagram User Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/search_profiles/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/search_profiles`)
- [Facebook Post Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook/search_posts/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/facebook/search_posts`)
- [LinkedIn Post Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/search_posts/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/linkedin/search_posts`)
- [Telegram Channel Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/telegram/search_channels/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/telegram/search_channels`)

More X

## X API. 7 endpoints, one key.

- [X (Twitter) Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/x/post`)
- [X (Twitter) Profile API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/profile/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/x/profile`)
- [X (Twitter) Post Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/search_posts/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/x/search_posts`)
- [X (Twitter) User Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/search_profiles/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/x/search_profiles`)
- [X (Twitter) Hashtag Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/search_hashtags/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/x/search_hashtags`)
- [X (Twitter) Community API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/community/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/x/community`)

## Try it with your own search.

Type it in the playground, or copy the request into your code.

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- No credit card
- Failed requests are free
- Works on all 218 endpoints

[Start for free](https://socialtap.dev/signup/) [Read the docs](https://socialtap.dev/docs/index.md)

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