x-reader

name: x-reader description: Read X (Twitter) posts without official API. Supports both Nitter (free) and RapidAPI (detailed) methods. version: 1.0.0 author: Dohoon Kim license: MIT tags: [twitter, x, social-media, scraper, api] requirements:

Python 3.8+
requests library
Optional: RapidAPI key for detailed results install: | pip install requests

Optional: For better results, get RapidAPI key

1. Visit https://rapidapi.com/alexanderxbx/api/twitter-api45

2. Sign up and get free tier (100 requests/month)

3. Set environment variable: export RAPIDAPI_KEY="your_key"

Read X (Twitter) posts without official API key.

Features

Nitter Mode (Default): Free, no API key required
RapidAPI Mode: Detailed tweet info with API key
Simple CLI interface
JSON output for easy integration

Usage

Basic (Nitter - Free)

python3 x-reader.py "https://x.com/username/status/1234567890"

Advanced (RapidAPI - Detailed)

export RAPIDAPI_KEY="your_rapidapi_key"
python3 x-reader.py "https://x.com/username/status/1234567890"

Output Format

{
  "id": "1234567890",
  "text": "Tweet content...",
  "author": "Display Name",
  "username": "username",
  "created_at": "2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "likes": 100,
  "retweets": 50,
  "replies": 25,
  "url": "https://x.com/username/status/1234567890"
}

Notes

Nitter mode may have rate limits
RapidAPI free tier: 100 requests/month
For production use, consider RapidAPI paid tier