X (Twitter) Search API
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Search tweets by keyword and get them as JSON. Each post has text, author, follower count and engagement counts. The query can use operators such as from: or since:. Top results come first by default. Latest posts may not come in strict time order.
Send POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with platform set to twitter and action set to search. Price $0.79 per 1,000 requests ($0.000792 per call). Failed calls and empty results are not charged. Synchronous. For slow jobs add "mode": "async" to the body, take the job_id and poll.
AI prompt
#Please help me write a data collection script with the EveryInfra X (Twitter) Search endpoint (twitter/search).
How the endpoint works:
- Request: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with the header Authorization: Bearer <API key>. Read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable and never hard-code it.
- In the request body, set platform to twitter and action to search, and put the parameters inside params.
- Required parameters:
- keyword: X post query string; it may include platform search operators such as from: or since:. For ordering, see sort.
- Optional parameters:
- sort: Ordering preference. latest asks for the newest posts first; X returns Top results by default, and latest does not guarantee strictly chronological results.
- limit: The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 200. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge. (default: 25)
- Returns a list of records. Main fields of each record: id, url, text, like_count, retweet_count, reply_count, view_count, posted_at, author_username, author_name, author_url, author_follower_count; 37 fields in total, full list at https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=twitter.
- Example request body:
{
"platform": "twitter",
"action": "search",
"params": {
"keyword": "open source"
}
}
- Price: $0.79 per 1,000 requests; failed and empty results are not charged.
- For dozens or hundreds of targets, add "mode": "async" to the body: you get a job_id at once and poll GET https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/jobs/{job_id} for the result.
- On 422, fix the request using the suggested parameter names and allowed values in the error; on 429 or 503, wait for Retry-After and try again.
Before writing code, ask me which targets I need, how many, which fields, and what output format I want; then confirm the plan and the rough cost with me.Request parameters
#| Name | In | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Authorization | header | string | Yes | - | Bearer followed by your API key. Create it in the console; never put it in a URL or a code repository. |
platform | body | string | Yes | twitter | Platform identifier, fixed value. |
action | body | string | Yes | search | Capability identifier, fixed value. |
keyword | body.params | string | Yes | - | X post query string; it may include platform search operators such as from: or since:. For ordering, see sort. |
sort | body.params | string | No | - | Ordering preference. latest asks for the newest posts first; X returns Top results by default, and latest does not guarantee strictly chronological results. |
limit | body.params | integer (1–200) | No | 25 | The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 200. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge. |
Code samples
#curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
"platform": "twitter",
"action": "search",
"params": {
"keyword": "open source"
}
}'OpenAPI definition (JSON)Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.
Response example
#{ "id": "req_…", "platform": "twitter", "action": "search", "results": [ { "id": "•••", "url": "https://x.com/steipete/status/2103491173927272531", "text": "Microsoft shipped a really compelling product on top of @••• today. We worked with them since March to make the codebase ready for large-scale deployments, they are a great partner and open-source contributor. 🙏🦞", "like_count": 2605, "retweet_count": 217, "reply_count": 131, "view_count": 383868, "posted_at": "Fri Sep 25 14:25:51 +0000 2026", "author_username": "•••", "author_name": "•••", "author_url": "https://x.com/•••", "author_follower_count": 592294, "platform": "twitter" }, { "id": "•••", "url": "https://x.com/muellerberndt/status/2103069347724116201", "text": "I put a Cadence patchnet into a virtual fruit fly. This creates an actual fly matrix in your browser that the fly experiences as a solid world (observation is substrate-independent). All open-source, Github link on the page.\n\nhttps://t.co/vImD21Si1x https://t.co/WAY3aIwq4v", "like_count": 3837, "retweet_count": 270, "reply_count": 80, "view_count": 2622193, "posted_at": "Thu Sep 24 10:29:40 +0000 2026", "author_username": "•••", "author_name": "•••", "author_url": "https://x.com/•••", "author_follower_count": 28591, "platform": "twitter" } ], "count": 39, "billing": { "charged": …, "charged_usd": …, "balance_after_usd": …, … }, "quota": { … }}
Response fields
#Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the platform does not show are never made up.
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
id | The record's unique ID on the platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms. |
url | Link to the record on the platform. |
text | Body text with HTML removed, returned in full and never cut short (on a few platforms the list results themselves carry only an excerpt; the platform's field notes say so). |
like_count | Likes. null means the platform or this capability does not disclose it; it is not 0. |
retweet_count | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
reply_count | Replies, usually replies to a comment. null means not disclosed. |
view_count | Views or plays. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
posted_at | Publish time in ISO 8601, UTC (for example 2026-08-07T12:34:56+00:00). Non-standard strings from the platform are passed through as is, so parse defensively. null means the platform does not disclose it. |
author_username | Author's username (@handle), usually usable in URLs. |
author_name | Author's display name. |
author_url | Link to the author's profile on the platform. |
author_follower_count | Author's follower count. null means not disclosed. |
quote_count | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
bookmark_count | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
language | Content language code (for example zh, en) as judged by the platform; it can be wrong. |
conversation_id | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
is_reply | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
is_quote | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
is_repost | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
is_pinned | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
reply_to_id | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
reply_to_user_id | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
reply_to | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
source | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
media | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
hashtags | Hashtags in the text, in order of appearance; absent when there are none. |
mentions | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
links | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_id | Author's unique ID on the platform. |
author_avatar_url | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_bio | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_is_verified | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_following_count | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_post_count | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_media_count | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_created_at | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_banner_url | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
platform | Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok). |
Errors and billing
#- 401
- Missing or invalid key.
- 402
- Insufficient balance. Top up first.
- 422
- Invalid parameter name or value. Fix it using the suggestions in the error. No charge.
- 429
- Per-minute request limit reached. Wait for Retry-After, then try again.
- 503
- Could not complete. The held charge is returned to your balance. If the outcome is unknown, verify it before you retry.
- 200 empty
- No data. No charge.