# X (Twitter) Tweet Scraper (`automly/x-twitter-tweet-scraper`) Actor

Scrape X (Twitter) tweets by URL or ID: full text, views, likes, reposts, replies, quotes, bookmarks, media, links, quoted tweet and Community Notes. Any number of tweets, no minimum. No login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automly/x-twitter-tweet-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Automly](https://apify.com/automly) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.25 / 1,000 tweets

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## X (Twitter) Tweet Scraper

### What is X (Twitter) Tweet Scraper?

**X (Twitter) Tweet Scraper** is a tool that lets you **scrape X (Twitter) tweets by URL or ID**: full text, views, likes, reposts, replies, quotes, bookmarks, photos and videos, links, the quoted or reposted tweet, and the Community Note if there is one. Paste tweet links, click **Start**, and download the results as Excel, CSV or JSON.

- ⚡ **Speed:** about 900 tweets per minute (248 tweets in 17 seconds in our test)
- 🔢 **No minimum:** look up one tweet or ten thousand
- 📣 **Community Notes:** get the note X shows under a tweet
- 🔓 **No login:** no X account, cookies or API key needed

### What can X (Twitter) Tweet Scraper do?

- Get **full details of any public tweet** from its link or ID
- Get **view counts, likes, reposts, replies, quotes and bookmarks** for a list of tweets
- **Track tweet engagement over time** by scraping the same tweets on a schedule
- Download **photo and video links** (best-quality MP4) from tweets
- Get the **quoted tweet** and the **original tweet of a repost**
- See the **Community Note** attached to a tweet
- Get the **full text of long tweets**, not the cut-off preview
- Get results in seconds over the **real-time API**, without starting a run
- Export to Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML, or send them to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier and more

### What data can you extract from X (Twitter) tweets?

| | | |
|---|---|---|
| 📝 Full tweet text | 👁️ Views | ❤️ Likes |
| 🔁 Reposts | 💬 Replies | 🗨️ Quotes |
| 🔖 Bookmarks | 📅 Publish date and time | 🌐 Language |
| 🖼️ Photos and videos | #️⃣ Hashtags and mentions | 🔗 Links |
| 💭 Quoted tweet | ↪️ Reply-to tweet and user | 📣 Community Note |
| 👤 Author username and name | 👥 Author followers | ✅ Author checkmark |

### How to scrape X (Twitter) tweets

1. [Create a free Apify account](https://console.apify.com/sign-up) (no credit card needed).
2. Open **X (Twitter) Tweet Scraper**.
3. Paste one or more **tweet links or IDs**.
4. Click **Start**.
5. When the run finishes, download your tweets as Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML.

### ⬇️ Input

Tweets can be links from x.com or twitter.com (`https://x.com/NASA/status/2103243305685225779`, with or without `?s=20` and similar) or just the tweet ID (`2103243305685225779`).

| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Tweet URLs or IDs | The tweets to scrape, up to 10,000 per run |

Example:

```json
{
  "tweets": [
    "https://x.com/NASA/status/2103243305685225779",
    "https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/2100334792646549729",
    "2089386212691763632"
  ]
}
```

### ⬆️ Output

You get one row per tweet. You can view them as a table in Apify Console or download them as Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML. A real row:

```json
{
  "id": "2089386212691763632",
  "url": "https://x.com/NASA/status/2089386212691763632",
  "text": "Learn more about our CHAPEA missions that simulate year-long stays on the surface of Mars: https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/chapea/",
  "createdAt": "2026-08-17T16:17:46Z",
  "lang": "en",
  "authorUsername": "NASA",
  "authorName": "NASA",
  "authorFollowers": 92374533,
  "views": 1492341,
  "likes": 1390,
  "retweets": 182,
  "replies": 90,
  "quotes": 7,
  "bookmarks": 57,
  "isQuote": true,
  "links": ["https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/chapea/"],
  "communityNote": null,
  "quotedTweet": {
    "id": "2089369033082577006",
    "url": "https://x.com/NASAJohnson/status/2089369033082577006",
    "text": "Celebrating 300 days “on” Mars! 🔴 ...",
    "authorUsername": "NASAJohnson",
    "likes": 520,
    "views": 1724082
  },
  "source": "https://x.com/NASA/status/2089386212691763632",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-09-25T00:35:50Z"
}
```

`source` is the link or ID you entered, so you can match rows to your input. Each run also saves a short report listing any tweet it could not scrape and why (for example, a deleted tweet).

### How can I use X (Twitter) tweet data?

- **Campaign reporting:** collect views, likes and reposts for every tweet in a campaign
- **Engagement tracking:** run the same list every day and chart how each tweet grows
- **Social listening:** enrich tweet links you found elsewhere with full text and author details
- **Fact-checking and research:** see which tweets carry a Community Note
- **Media collection:** get the photo and video links of tweets you need

### Real-time X (Twitter) tweet API

Need tweet details right away inside your app? Call the actor's API and get the rows back in the response, without starting a run:

```
GET https://<your-actor-standby-url>/tweet?url=https://x.com/NASA/status/2103243305685225779&url=2089386212691763632
Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>
```

You can also run the actor from your own code with the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2) or the Python and JavaScript clients:

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("automly/x-twitter-tweet-scraper").call(run_input={
    "tweets": ["https://x.com/NASA/status/2103243305685225779"],
})
for tweet in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(tweet["views"], tweet["likes"], tweet["text"][:80])
```

### ❓FAQ

#### How much does it cost to scrape X (Twitter) tweets?

You pay only for the tweets you get, per 1,000 tweets. See the **Pricing** tab for the current price. Every Apify account gets $5 of free usage each month, so you can try it at no cost.

#### Is there a minimum number of tweets?

No. You can look up a single tweet. You only pay for the tweets you get.

#### Can I get the replies to a tweet?

No. X does not show the replies to a tweet to visitors who are not logged in, beyond the first few. You get the reply count of each tweet.

#### Why is a tweet missing from my results?

Deleted tweets, tweets from protected accounts, and tweets X marks as sensitive (which it only shows to logged-in users) can't be scraped. They are listed in the run report with the reason.

#### Do I need an X account?

No. You don't need an X account, cookies or an API key.

#### Is it legal to scrape X (Twitter)?

This scraper only collects tweets that people chose to make public. It does not collect private data such as email addresses or phone numbers. Tweets can still contain personal data, which may be protected by laws such as GDPR, so only scrape it for a legitimate reason and ask a lawyer if you are unsure. You can read more in [Is web scraping legal?](https://blog.apify.com/is-web-scraping-legal/)

X (Twitter) Tweet Scraper is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by X Corp.

#### Something isn't working. What should I do?

Open the **Issues** tab and tell us the tweet link and what you expected. We usually reply within a day.

### Scrape more X (Twitter) data

| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| [X (Twitter) Profile Tweets Scraper](https://apify.com/automly/x-twitter-profile-tweets-scraper) | The latest tweets of any public account, with profile info |
| [X (Twitter) User Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/automly/x-twitter-user-profile-scraper) | Profile info for thousands of accounts at once |

# Actor input Schema

## `tweets` (type: `array`):

Tweet links (x.com or twitter.com) or tweet IDs, e.g. https://x.com/NASA/status/2103243305685225779.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. The default works for most runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "tweets": [
    "https://x.com/NASA/status/2103243305685225779"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `tweets` (type: `string`):

No description

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `report` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "tweets": [
        "https://x.com/NASA/status/2103243305685225779"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("automly/x-twitter-tweet-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "tweets": ["https://x.com/NASA/status/2103243305685225779"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("automly/x-twitter-tweet-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "tweets": [
    "https://x.com/NASA/status/2103243305685225779"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call automly/x-twitter-tweet-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,automly/x-twitter-tweet-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/w5YeXQxhUrY0LKTQT/builds/ubOfIOUIVkuRyqAMc/openapi.json