Twitter/X Poster

Social Media Automation

This actor automates posting to social media platforms. You'll need API credentials from the respective platform.

Important: Always follow the platform's terms of service and rate limits to avoid account suspension.

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Social Media Automation

This actor automates posting to social media platforms. You'll need API credentials from the respective platform.

Important: Always follow the platform's terms of service and rate limits to avoid account suspension.

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Twitter/X Automation - Post tweets, create threads, and send replies without expensive API access. Browser automation bypasses Twitter API costs ($100/mo Basic tier). Perfect for social media marketing, brand management, and automated engagement. Supports single tweets, multi-tweet threads, and targeted replies. Built by John Rippy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnrippy/ | https://johnrippy.link/).

Features

• Single Tweets - Post text updates
• Threads - Create multi-tweet threads
• Replies - Reply to specific tweets
• Images - Attach photos (coming soon)

Quick Start

{
  "input": "your input here"
}

Demo Mode

Set demoMode: true to test with sample data (no charges). When you're ready for real results, set demoMode: false or omit it.

{
  "demoMode": true,
  ...
}

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
See input schema

Output Format

{
  "success": true,
  "tweetUrl": "https://x.com/yourhandle/status/..."
}

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Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event billing: This actor uses pay-per-event pricing:

Event	Description	Price
apify-actor-start	Base cost per run	$0.10
tweet_posted	Per tweet posted	$0.05

Example costs:

• Single tweet: $0.10 + $0.05 = $0.15
• Thread of 5 tweets: $0.10 + (5 × $0.05) = $0.35

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Common Problems & Solutions

"Invalid API key" error

Cause: Your API key is wrong, expired, or doesn't have the right permissions. Fix: Double-check your API key. Make sure you copied it exactly without extra spaces.

"Rate limit exceeded" error

Cause: You've hit the API's rate limits. Fix: Wait a few minutes, then try again. Consider reducing the number of concurrent requests.

Empty or incomplete results

Cause: The target may have anti-scraping protection or the data doesn't exist. Fix:

• Check if the URL/search query is correct
• Try with different parameters
• Some sites may block automated access

Demo data showing instead of real results

Cause: demoMode is still set to true. Fix: Set demoMode: false and provide your API key(s).

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Cookie Manager Integration

Instead of manually pasting cookies into every run, use the Cookie Manager actor to capture and store session cookies in a shared Key-Value store. Then reference them by key:

{
  "cookieStorageKey": "twitter-myaccount",
  "cookieKvStoreName": "cookie-sessions",
  "tweet": "Hello from automation!"
}

How it works:

1. Run the Cookie Manager actor to capture your Twitter/X session cookies
2. It stores them in a named KV store (default: cookie-sessions) under your chosen key
3. Pass cookieStorageKey to this actor -- cookies load automatically
4. No need to re-export cookies from Cookie-Editor every time they expire

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
cookieStorageKey	string	-	Key in the KV store to load cookies from
cookieKvStoreName	string	cookie-sessions	Name of the KV store holding cookie sessions

Note: If both cookies and cookieStorageKey are provided, manual cookies take priority.

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