# X (Twitter) Post API

X

Returns a public X (formerly Twitter) post from its link or ID: full text, author, media, and exact view, like, repost, reply and bookmark counts. Long posts and X Articles come whole. It also has the quote count, the post it quotes or replies to with its own text and counts, its poll with exact votes, link card, hashtags, mentions, cashtags, community and edit history.

GET `/v1/x/post`

## Example

cURL:

```shell
curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/post' \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://x.com/NASA/status/2117633046002225363' \
  -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.post.get({ url: "https://x.com/NASA/status/2117633046002225363" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);
```

Node.js (fetch):

```javascript
const params = new URLSearchParams({
  url: "https://x.com/NASA/status/2117633046002225363",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/post?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);
```

Python (requests):

```python
import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/post",
    params={"url": "https://x.com/NASA/status/2117633046002225363"},
    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, meta = body["data"], 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("url", "https://x.com/NASA/status/2117633046002225363")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/post?"+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"`
		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": [],
    "author": {
      "avatar_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1321163587679784960/0ZxKlEKB.jpg",
      "display_name": "NASA",
      "id": "11348282",
      "is_verified": true,
      "url": "https://x.com/NASA",
      "username": "NASA"
    },
    "coauthors": [],
    "duration_ms": null,
    "hashtags": [],
    "id": "2117633046002225363",
    "is_nsfw": false,
    "is_pinned": null,
    "is_sponsored": null,
    "language": "en",
    "media": [
      {
        "alt_text": "An intricate cloud of white dust takes center stage in this photo, rising in a windy pillar. The background features rust-colored dust with dots of distant stars and galaxies shining through.",
        "duration_ms": null,
        "expires_at": null,
        "height": 1385,
        "thumbnail_url": null,
        "type": "image",
        "url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HWNYCEHWsAAO3PW.jpg?name=orig",
        "width": 2000
      }
    ],
    "mentions": [
      "NASAWebb"
    ],
    "metrics": {
      "comment_count": 181,
      "like_count": 2300,
      "quote_count": 42,
      "repost_count": 315,
      "save_count": 120,
      "share_count": null,
      "view_count": 490407
    },
    "platform": "x",
    "platform_specific": {
      "x": {
        "article": null,
        "author_metrics": {
          "follower_count": 92294019,
          "following_count": 115,
          "post_count": 74490,
          "total_like_count": null,
          "total_view_count": null
        },
        "author_verified_type": "government",
        "card": null,
        "cashtags": [],
        "community": null,
        "conversation_id": "2117633046002225363",
        "edit_post_ids": [
          "2117633046002225363"
        ],
        "is_author_blue_verified": true,
        "is_edited": false,
        "links": [],
        "media_variants": [],
        "poll": null,
        "quoted_post": null,
        "quoted_post_id": null,
        "reply_to_author": null,
        "reply_to_post_id": null,
        "reposted_post": null,
        "reposted_post_id": null,
        "source": null
      }
    },
    "platform_type": "post",
    "published_at": "2026-11-03T15:00:36Z",
    "text": "This smoky specter is the Cat’s Head Nebula, captured in intricate detail by @NASAWebb. Its name comes from its shape, which resembles a cosmic kitty sitting with its back toward the viewer. What do you see?",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HWNYCEHWsAAO3PW.jpg?name=orig",
    "title": null,
    "type": "image",
    "unknown_fields": [],
    "url": "https://x.com/NASA/status/2117633046002225363"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "x",
    "source": "api",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 272,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "post",
      "id": "2117633046002225363",
      "url": "https://x.com/NASA/status/2117633046002225363"
    },
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}
```

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Good to know**
>
> - metrics.comment_count is replies and metrics.save_count is bookmarks. metrics.share_count is always null, because X shows no such count.
> - metrics.view_count is null on older posts, which X has no view count for.
> - text is the whole post, with X's t.co links written out and without the trailing link to its own media or quoted post.
> - A repost (platform_type repost) keeps its own id, author and published_at, but its text, media and metrics are the reposted post's, also in platform_specific.x.reposted_post, because X counts nothing on a repost itself.
> - On an X Article, title and text are the article's and platform_type is article.
> - platform_type is post, reply, quote, repost or article. platform_specific.x.source is null on most recent posts, because X no longer says which client posted them.
> - When X's API fails, the post comes from its page, with conversation_id, source and the quoted post's save_count null.
> - When the page fails too, the post comes from the embed widget's API: repost, quote, view and save counts are null, a long post's text is cut and listed in approximate_fields, and a repost returns upstream_error, because that API returns the reposted post in its place.
> - Deleted posts and posts from suspended accounts return not_found. Posts from protected accounts and age-restricted posts return private_or_unavailable.

## Authorizations

`x-api-key`stringheaderrequired

Your API key. [Authentication](https://socialtap.dev/docs/authentication/index.md)

## Query parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `url` required | `string`<br>max 2,048 chars | X post: a link (x.com or twitter.com, /\<username>/status/\<id> with or without a view such as /photo/1 or a query such as ?s=20, /i/web/status/\<id>, /i/status/\<id>, /\<username>/article/\<id>, old /statuses/ and #! links, mobile.twitter.com) or a bare numeric post ID. | `https://x.com/NASA/status/2117633046002225363` |

`url` takes X post links; another kind of link, or another platform's, fails free with [`invalid_input`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_input). Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored ([Requests](https://socialtap.dev/docs/requests/index.md)).

**Parameters every endpoint accepts**

| Name | Type | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `max_age` optional | `integer`<br>min 0 | Accept a cached response up to this many seconds old. Cache hits cost 0 credits. Omit to always fetch fresh. The Cache-Control: max-age=N request header is equivalent; max_age wins when both are sent. | — |
| `fields` optional | `string` | Return only these fields of each item: comma-separated paths in the schema's notation (id,text,metrics.view_count,segments\[\].text; a parent path keeps the whole object). Unknown paths are rejected. Applied after the cache, so it changes neither the price nor cache hits; page and meta are always returned whole. | — |

## Response

### 200

`{data, meta}`. `data` is a [post](https://socialtap.dev/resources/post/index.md) object; `meta` describes the request ([meta](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/index.md#meta)). Fields only X has are under `platform_specific.x`.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `data.platform` | `string` | Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …). |
| `data.id` | `string` | Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix). |
| `data.url` | `string` (uri) | Canonical post URL. |
| `data.type` | `string` | Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.<br>One of `video`, `image`, `carousel`, `text`, `link`, `audio` |
| `data.platform_type` | `string` or `null` | The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …). |
| `data.title` | `string` or `null` | Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms. |
| `data.text` | `string` or `null` | Caption, description or body as plain text. |
| `data.language` | `string` or `null` | BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it. |
| `data.published_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When the post went public, RFC 3339 UTC. |
| `data.author` | `object` | The posting account. An account the platform no longer names (a deleted account) has a null id and username and the platform's label as display_name (Reddit: \[deleted\]). A post credited to what is no account of the platform's (an Apple Music radio episode's show) has a null id and username, and every other field null too when the platform doesn't name it. |
| `data.author.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. |
| `data.author.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. |
| `data.author.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. |
| `data.author.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. |
| `data.author.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. |
| `data.author.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. |
| `data.coauthors` | `object[]` | Other accounts credited as co-authors of the post (Instagram and Facebook collabs, YouTube collaborations), in the platform's order, author excluded; \[\] if none. |
| `data.coauthors[].id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. |
| `data.coauthors[].username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. |
| `data.coauthors[].display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. |
| `data.coauthors[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. |
| `data.coauthors[].avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. |
| `data.coauthors[].is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. |
| `data.duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Length of the primary video or audio in milliseconds; null for other posts. |
| `data.thumbnail_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Cover or poster image URL. |
| `data.media` | `object[]` | Attachments in display order (carousel items); \[\] for text posts. |
| `data.media[].type` | `string` | Kind of file. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.<br>One of `image`, `video`, `audio`, `gif` |
| `data.media[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Direct file URL; null when the platform withholds it, or when the link would only work from SocialTap's network or with a login. Often signed and expiring: see expires_at. |
| `data.media[].expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When url stops working, RFC 3339 UTC, read from the platform's signed URL; null when unknown or when it does not expire. |
| `data.media[].thumbnail_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Poster or preview image URL. |
| `data.media[].width` | `integer` or `null` | Width in pixels. |
| `data.media[].height` | `integer` or `null` | Height in pixels. |
| `data.media[].duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Duration in milliseconds (video and audio only). |
| `data.media[].alt_text` | `string` or `null` | Accessibility text provided by the author or platform. |
| `data.hashtags` | `string[]` | Hashtags without #, case kept; \[\] if none. |
| `data.mentions` | `string[]` | Mentioned or tagged usernames without @; \[\] if none. |
| `data.is_pinned` | `boolean` or `null` | Pinned to the author's profile. |
| `data.is_sponsored` | `boolean` or `null` | Labeled as a paid partnership or branded content. |
| `data.is_nsfw` | `boolean` or `null` | Marked adult or sensitive by the platform. |
| `data.metrics` | `object` | Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero. |
| `data.metrics.view_count` | `integer` or `null` | Views or plays. |
| `data.metrics.like_count` | `integer` or `null` | Likes, hearts, total reactions or upvotes; never negative. Null when hidden by the owner. |
| `data.metrics.comment_count` | `integer` or `null` | Comments and replies. |
| `data.metrics.share_count` | `integer` or `null` | Shares or sends (not reposts). |
| `data.metrics.repost_count` | `integer` or `null` | Reposts, retweets or reshares. |
| `data.metrics.quote_count` | `integer` or `null` | Quote posts. |
| `data.metrics.save_count` | `integer` or `null` | Saves, bookmarks or favorites. |
| `data.platform_specific` | `object` | Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.\<platform>); each null when unknown. |
| `data.platform_specific.x` | `object` or `null` | An X (formerly Twitter) post's own fields. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.author_metrics` | `object` or `null` | The author's counts at fetch time (followers, following, posts), which X answers with the post; null when the source does not show them. x.profile has the rest of the account. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.author_metrics.follower_count` | `integer` or `null` | Followers or subscribers. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.author_metrics.following_count` | `integer` or `null` | Accounts this profile follows. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.author_metrics.post_count` | `integer` or `null` | Posts or videos as the platform counts them on the profile (for a private account, posts the caller cannot see). |
| `data.platform_specific.x.author_metrics.total_like_count` | `integer` or `null` | Likes received across all of the profile's posts (not likes given). |
| `data.platform_specific.x.author_metrics.total_view_count` | `integer` or `null` | Lifetime views across all of the profile's posts. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.is_author_blue_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | True when the author has the blue check of an X Premium subscription; null when unknown. author.is_verified is true for any check. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.author_verified_type` | `string` or `null` | The kind of verified organization X says the author is (business: the gold check, government: the grey one); null when it is neither. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.<br>One of `business`, `government` |
| `data.platform_specific.x.conversation_id` | `string` or `null` | ID of the post that started the conversation (this post's own ID when it started one); null when the source does not show it. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reply_to_post_id` | `string` or `null` | ID of the post this one replies to; null when it is not a reply. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reply_to_author` | `object` or `null` | The author of the post this one replies to (ID and username, when X says); null when it is not a reply. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reply_to_author.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reply_to_author.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reply_to_author.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reply_to_author.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reply_to_author.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reply_to_author.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post_id` | `string` or `null` | ID of the post this one quotes; null when it quotes none. Stays set when the quoted post itself is gone. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post` | `object` or `null` | The post this one quotes, as X embeds it; null when it quotes none, or when the quoted post is no longer shown. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.id` | `string` or `null` | Its ID, as x.post takes it. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Its URL. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.text` | `string` or `null` | Its text, with the links written out. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.published_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When it was posted, RFC 3339 UTC. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.author` | `object` | Its author. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.author.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.author.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.author.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.author.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.author.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.author.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.media` | `object[]` | Its attachments; \[\] for a text post. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.media[].type` | `string` | Kind of file. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.<br>One of `image`, `video`, `audio`, `gif` |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.media[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Direct file URL; null when the platform withholds it, or when the link would only work from SocialTap's network or with a login. Often signed and expiring: see expires_at. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.media[].expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When url stops working, RFC 3339 UTC, read from the platform's signed URL; null when unknown or when it does not expire. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.media[].thumbnail_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Poster or preview image URL. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.media[].width` | `integer` or `null` | Width in pixels. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.media[].height` | `integer` or `null` | Height in pixels. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.media[].duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Duration in milliseconds (video and audio only). |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.media[].alt_text` | `string` or `null` | Accessibility text provided by the author or platform. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.metrics` | `object` | Its counts at fetch time. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.metrics.view_count` | `integer` or `null` | Views or plays. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.metrics.like_count` | `integer` or `null` | Likes, hearts, total reactions or upvotes; never negative. Null when hidden by the owner. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.metrics.comment_count` | `integer` or `null` | Comments and replies. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.metrics.share_count` | `integer` or `null` | Shares or sends (not reposts). |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.metrics.repost_count` | `integer` or `null` | Reposts, retweets or reshares. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.metrics.quote_count` | `integer` or `null` | Quote posts. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.quoted_post.metrics.save_count` | `integer` or `null` | Saves, bookmarks or favorites. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post_id` | `string` or `null` | ID of the post this repost shows; null when this is no repost. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post` | `object` or `null` | The post this repost shows, with its own author and counts; null when this is no repost. text, media and metrics are that post's. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.id` | `string` or `null` | Its ID, as x.post takes it. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Its URL. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.text` | `string` or `null` | Its text, with the links written out. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.published_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When it was posted, RFC 3339 UTC. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.author` | `object` | Its author. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.author.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.author.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.author.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.author.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.author.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.author.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.media` | `object[]` | Its attachments; \[\] for a text post. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.media[].type` | `string` | Kind of file. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.<br>One of `image`, `video`, `audio`, `gif` |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.media[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Direct file URL; null when the platform withholds it, or when the link would only work from SocialTap's network or with a login. Often signed and expiring: see expires_at. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.media[].expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When url stops working, RFC 3339 UTC, read from the platform's signed URL; null when unknown or when it does not expire. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.media[].thumbnail_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Poster or preview image URL. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.media[].width` | `integer` or `null` | Width in pixels. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.media[].height` | `integer` or `null` | Height in pixels. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.media[].duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Duration in milliseconds (video and audio only). |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.media[].alt_text` | `string` or `null` | Accessibility text provided by the author or platform. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.metrics` | `object` | Its counts at fetch time. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.metrics.view_count` | `integer` or `null` | Views or plays. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.metrics.like_count` | `integer` or `null` | Likes, hearts, total reactions or upvotes; never negative. Null when hidden by the owner. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.metrics.comment_count` | `integer` or `null` | Comments and replies. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.metrics.share_count` | `integer` or `null` | Shares or sends (not reposts). |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.metrics.repost_count` | `integer` or `null` | Reposts, retweets or reshares. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.metrics.quote_count` | `integer` or `null` | Quote posts. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.reposted_post.metrics.save_count` | `integer` or `null` | Saves, bookmarks or favorites. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.edit_post_ids` | `string[]` | IDs of every version of this post, oldest first, the last one current; one ID when it was never edited, \[\] when the source does not show them. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.is_edited` | `boolean` or `null` | True when the post has more than one version; null when the source does not show them. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.source` | `string` or `null` | The client the post was sent from, as X labels it (Twitter Web Client, Twitter for iPhone, …); null when X does not say, as on most recent posts. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.cashtags` | `string[]` | Cashtags in the text, without the $, case kept; \[\] if none. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.links` | `object[]` | The links in the text, written out from X's t.co short links, each once, titled as the post shows them; \[\] if none. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.links[].url` | `string` (uri) | Link target, absolute (https:// is added where the platform stores the link without a scheme). |
| `data.platform_specific.x.links[].title` | `string` or `null` | Link label shown by the platform. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.media_variants` | `object[]` | Every rendition X offers of the post's videos and GIFs (MP4s by bitrate, the HLS playlist); media\[\].url is the best MP4. \[\] when the post has none. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.media_variants[].media_index` | `integer` | Which item of media this is a rendition of, from 0. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.media_variants[].url` | `string` (uri) | The file or playlist. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.media_variants[].content_type` | `string` or `null` | Its type (video/mp4, application/x-mpegURL). |
| `data.platform_specific.x.media_variants[].bitrate` | `integer` or `null` | Bits per second; null for a playlist, which holds several. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.poll` | `object` or `null` | The poll in the post, with exact vote counts; null when it has none. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.poll.choices` | `object[]` | The choices, in the post's order. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.poll.choices[].label` | `string` or `null` | The choice's text. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.poll.choices[].vote_count` | `integer` or `null` | Exact votes for it; null when X does not show them. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.poll.total_votes` | `integer` or `null` | Votes across every choice; null when a choice's count is hidden. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.poll.ends_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When voting ends or ended, RFC 3339 UTC. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.poll.duration_minutes` | `integer` or `null` | How long voting runs, in minutes. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.poll.is_final` | `boolean` or `null` | True when voting is over and the counts are final. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.card` | `object` or `null` | The preview card the post shows for a link or a broadcast; null when it has none, or when X answers the card without its content. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.card.type` | `string` or `null` | X's name for the card (summary, summary_large_image, player, broadcast, …). New values may be added. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.card.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Where the card leads, when X says. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.card.title` | `string` or `null` | Its headline. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.card.description` | `string` or `null` | Its description. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.card.domain` | `string` or `null` | The domain of the linked page. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.card.image_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Its largest image. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.article` | `object` or `null` | The X Article this post publishes (its title is in title, its body in text); null when it is an ordinary post. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.article.id` | `string` or `null` | The article's own ID (x.com/i/article/\<id>), not the post's. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.article.preview_text` | `string` or `null` | The short preview X shows of the body. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.article.cover_image_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Its cover image. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.article.modified_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When it was last changed, RFC 3339 UTC; null when the source does not show it. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.community` | `object` or `null` | The community the post was posted to; null when none. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.community.id` | `string` or `null` | The community's ID, as x.com/i/communities/\<id> shows it. |
| `data.platform_specific.x.community.name` | `string` or `null` | Its name; null when the source does not show it. |
| `data.approximate_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of values rounded by the platform or parsed from display text. A list path (external_links) means the list may be incomplete. \[\] when all exact. |
| `data.unknown_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of lists whose \[\] means unknown rather than none (a source that cannot see them); null already means unknown for every other field. \[\] when every list is known. |

not_found and private_or_unavailable are item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned.

### 400

400 Bad Request: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `invalid_input` | 400 | No | A parameter is missing or malformed, or the link is not one this endpoint takes. | Fix the parameter named in param as the message says. For a link of the wrong kind, call an endpoint listed in details.endpoints, when there is one. |

### 401

401 Unauthorized: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `unauthorized` | 401 | No | The x-api-key header is missing, or its key is unknown or revoked. On the dashboard's routes: the session cookie is missing or expired. | Send a valid API key in the x-api-key header. No key yet? A person gets one at details.signup_url; an AI agent follows details.agent_auth_url. |

### 402

402 Payment Required: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `insufficient_credits` | 402 | No | The account does not have enough credits for this request. | Have a person buy credits at details.purchase_url (or make them a checkout link with details.checkout), then repeat the request. Do not retry automatically. |
| `spend_limit_reached` | 402 | No | The API key reached its spend limit for this period. The account may still have credits. | Wait until details.resets_at, or raise the key's spend limit (PATCH /v1/api_keys/{id}). Do not retry automatically. |

### 403

403 Forbidden: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `forbidden` | 403 | No | The API key is valid but may not make this request, and details.reason says why: the account is suspended, the key lacks the route's scope, waits for its owner to confirm it by email, has expired, or was used from an IP outside its allowlist, or a rotated key's previous secret was used for a call that needs the admin scope. A running job stops with it too when its account is suspended or the key that created it is revoked or expires. It is about the key, never the item: a private item is private_or_unavailable, also 403, so branch on the code. | Act on details.reason. suspended: contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev). scope: use a key with details.required_scope. previous_secret: use the new secret. key_pending: have the owner open the emailed link. key_expired or key_revoked: create a new key. ip_not_allowed: call from an allowed IP. |
| `private_or_unavailable` | 403 | No | The item exists but is not public: it is private, age- or region-restricted, or needs a login to view. It shares 403 with forbidden (which is about the key), so branch on the code. | Only public items can be fetched. Do not retry. |

### 404

404 Not Found: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `not_found` | 404 | No | The item does not exist or was deleted. On GET /v1/requests/{id}/response: the response was not kept (details.reason says why). | Check the link or ID. Do not retry. |

### 429

429 Too Many Requests: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `rate_limited` | 429 | Yes, later | The account passed its runaway-protection ceiling: a high per-account limit that stops a broken client loop (plans have no rate limit). Requests without an API key (signup, the MCP server's tool listing and find_endpoint) are limited per IP address instead. It also stops an account whose failed requests in the last hour cost far more than its successful ones paid for: failures are free within a limit (the message says so), and successes raise it. | Wait the seconds in the retry-after header, then retry. If your steady traffic needs more, ask [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one. |

### 500

500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `internal` | 500 | Yes, later | An unexpected error on SocialTap's side. | Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) with the request_id. |

### 502

502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `upstream_error` | 502 | Yes, later | The platform failed, or answered with something we could not read. | Retry with backoff. Failed requests are free. |

### 503

503 Unavailable: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `upstream_blocked` | 503 | Yes, later | The platform refused every attempt, our own retries included. | Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free. |
| `overloaded` | 503 | Yes, later | SocialTap was at capacity, or paused by its operators, and did not start the request. Nothing was fetched or charged. | Retry after the seconds in the retry-after header. Failed requests are free. |

## Pricing

From **1 credit** per request. Charged only for successful requests. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as `meta.source`; sources are tried cheapest first: Platform API → Public page.

| Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Any source | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 |

**Balance, sources and what you were charged**

Your balance must be at least **1 credit** to start a request; with less, it is refused with [`insufficient_credits`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#insufficient_credits) (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts.

| meta.source | Source | What it means |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `api` | Platform API | The platform's public, logged-out API. |
| `page` | Public page | Data embedded in the platform's public web page. |

`meta.credits_charged` and the `x-credits-charged` header show what you paid. [How credits work](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) · [Packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md)

Endpoint ID `x.post` · operationId `x.post.get` · [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/post/index.md)

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