X (Twitter) Post Search API. Posts matching your search.

Posts by keyword, hashtag or @mention. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.

Returns the X (Twitter) posts a web search finds for your words, a #hashtag or an @handle, each with its link, author and exact publish time. The text and the author's name are the search index's copy. Add fill=true to get each post's full record from X in the same response: full text, media, views, likes, reposts, replies and the author's verification. Filter by date with since and until, and page through results with the cursor.

GET /v1/x/search_posts

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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 posts per page, the search engine's ranking (most relevant first)
query is all it needs, e.g. coffee roaster

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$ npm install socialtap

query = coffee roaster

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GET /v1/x/search_postsTry in

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

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/search_posts",
    params={"query": "coffee roaster"},
    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"])

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/search_posts")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('query' => 'coffee roaster')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]

<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'query' => 'coffee roaster',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/search_posts?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;

package main

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

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("query", "coffee roaster")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/search_posts?"+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"])
}

curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/search_posts' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=coffee roaster' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": [
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "post.author.display_name"
      ],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://x.com/StPeteRising/status/1765465672597774460",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "x",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 0,
      "post": {
        "author": {
          "avatar_url": null,
          "display_name": "St. Pete Rising",
          "id": null,
          "is_verified": null,
          "url": "https://x.com/StPeteRising",
          "username": "StPeteRising"
        },
        "id": "1765465672597774460",
        "metrics": {
          "comment_count": null,
          "like_count": null,
          "quote_count": null,
          "repost_count": null,
          "save_count": null,
          "share_count": null,
          "view_count": null
        },
        "published_at": "2024-03-06T19:53:11Z",
        "text": null,
        "thumbnail_url": null,
        "title": null,
        "url": "https://x.com/StPeteRising/status/1765465672597774460"
      },
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "A new coffee roaster that focuses on specialty coffees is up and running at 1920 ½ 1st Avenue South , behind Spitfire Comedy House, in St. Petersburg’s Grand Central District.",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "St. Pete Rising (@StPeteRising) on X",
      "type": "post",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://x.com/StPeteRising/status/1765465672597774460"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "post.author.display_name",
        "post.text"
      ],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://x.com/nimbusroasters/status/1326892799434821634",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "x",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 1,
      "post": {
        "author": {
          "avatar_url": null,
          "display_name": "Nimbus Roasters",
          "id": null,
          "is_verified": null,
          "url": "https://x.com/nimbusroasters",
          "username": "nimbusroasters"
        },
        "id": "1326892799434821634",
        "metrics": {
          "comment_count": null,
          "like_count": null,
          "quote_count": null,
          "repost_count": null,
          "save_count": null,
          "share_count": null,
          "view_count": null
        },
        "published_at": "2020-11-12T14:21:10Z",
        "text": "Fresh locally roasted coffee + free delivery ...",
        "thumbnail_url": null,
        "title": null,
        "url": "https://x.com/nimbusroasters/status/1326892799434821634"
      },
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "We are an independent, specialty coffee roaster dedicated to the craft of curating a unique coffee experience.",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "Nimbus Roasters on X: \"Fresh locally roasted coffee + free delivery ...",
      "type": "post",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://x.com/nimbusroasters/status/1326892799434821634"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "post.author.display_name",
        "post.text"
      ],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://x.com/TODDCastPodcast/status/2117307249693536434",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "x",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 2,
      "post": {
        "author": {
          "avatar_url": null,
          "display_name": "Todd Hancock",
          "id": null,
          "is_verified": null,
          "url": "https://x.com/TODDCastPodcast",
          "username": "TODDCastPodcast"
        },
        "id": "2117307249693536434",
        "metrics": {
          "comment_count": null,
          "like_count": null,
          "quote_count": null,
          "repost_count": null,
          "save_count": null,
          "share_count": null,
          "view_count": null
        },
        "published_at": "2026-11-02T17:26:00Z",
        "text": "☕ Why settle for average coffee? @Milano...",
        "thumbnail_url": null,
        "title": null,
        "url": "https://x.com/TODDCastPodcast/status/2117307249693536434"
      },
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "Milano Coffee Roasters is a Vancouver based artisan roastery with legacy and tradition dating back three generations of Italian Coffee Heritage blended with over thirty years of West Coast Culture.",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "Todd Hancock on X: \"☕ Why settle for average coffee? @Milano...",
      "type": "post",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://x.com/TODDCastPodcast/status/2117307249693536434"
    }
  ],
  "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": 1265,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": null,
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

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

const res = await client.x.searchPosts.list({ query: "coffee roaster" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String query = "query=" + encode("coffee roaster");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/search_posts?" + query))
            .header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
            .GET()
            .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        // An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
        if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }

    static String encode(String value) {
        return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }
}

using System.Text.Json;

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));

var query = string.Join("&",
    "query=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("coffee roaster"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/search_posts?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
    throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));

// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
        .get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/search_posts")
        .query(&[("query", "coffee roaster")])
        .header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
        .send()?;
    let ok = res.status().is_success();
    let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
    if !ok {
        return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
    }
    println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
    Ok(())
}

200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/search_postsLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 6 platforms.

The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.

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 posts by, as a web search reads them: a topic, a product, a phrase (coffee roaster, "blue bottle" review), or one #hashtag or @handle to find posts that show it.
Write one parser
X, TikTok, Instagram and 3 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform the item is on.
typestring: 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.
positioninteger: Zero-based rank of the result in the list, across pages: the search engine's order, counting only the results kept.
urlstring: The item's canonical link on the platform (the account's page for a profile, the post's for a post).
matched_urlstring: 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).
titlestring: 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.
snippetstring: 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.
profileobject: 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.

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

Monitor what people say about a brand
Find posts with a hashtag or mention
Collect dated posts on a topic for research
Find sources and quotes for a story

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 post pages, in the engine's order. A post the index hasn't crawled isn't found.
There is no latest or top order: results come in the engine's ranking, which favors older posts when no date is set.
published_at is exact, read from the post's ID, and since and until filter by it. A post from before X's IDs carried a time (November 2010) has published_at null without fill.
A window of a day or a week can be thin or empty even for a common word, because the index holds only part of each day's posts.
since: and until: in the query are read as the since and until params. X's other operators (from:, lang:, min_faves:, filter: and similar) are refused rather than ignored, because a web search can't apply them.
Without fill, id and media are null, and text is the index's copy, often cut short (listed in approximate_fields).
text is null when the index's excerpt can't be told apart from the author's bio or a linked page's description, which is common on business and brand searches. snippet keeps the excerpt.
Without fill, views, likes and replies appear only where the index states them, and are approximate. With fill=true, each result's details.post is the post's live record from the X (Twitter) Post API, and its summary is updated from it.
A #hashtag or @handle alone is a weak fit next to X's own search: a popular tag's first page mostly shows it and later pages less, a rare or non-Latin tag can find little or nothing, and the tag's word without the # also matches.
An @handle finds posts that name the account, mixed with the account's own posts.
A result the post lookup can't fetch (a deleted post, a suspended account) stays unfilled and costs nothing extra, and meta.warnings says how many.
The index goes only so deep, so a search usually ends after two or three 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.

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

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X (Twitter) Post Search API. Posts matching your search.

X (Twitter) Post Search API at a glance

Send one request. Get up to 50 posts back.

One schema on 6 platforms.

Null means unknown

What it accepts

Write one parser

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

Monitor what people say about a brand

Find posts with a hashtag or mention

Collect dated posts on a topic for research

Find sources and quotes for a story

Good to know before you build.

From 1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.

Questions about the X (Twitter) Post Search API.

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