Twitter/X API blog: prices, limits and how-tos

What the X API costs, how rate limits work, how the alternatives compare and how to get Twitter data without a developer account. Every external number links to its source.

Export followers to CSV — Diagram of an account's followers as a network of nodes, paged from the followers endpoint into the rows of a CSV file.

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Export Twitter/X followers to CSV

Download the follower list of any public X account to a CSV file with handle, name, bio, follower counts and join date. Python and Node.js scripts, costs and the limits X sets.

October 11, 20264 min read

Get an account's tweets with Python — Stylized API request with its JSON response.

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Get tweets from a Twitter/X account with Python (2026)

Python code that downloads every tweet an X account still shows: one page, all pages, a CSV file and a daily update that only fetches new tweets. Node.js version included.

October 11, 20264 min read

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Search Twitter/X without a developer account

Run X searches from code without an X developer account or app: query operators, filters, date ranges, pagination and polling for new tweets, with Python and Node.js examples.

October 11, 20265 min read

Tweets in Google Sheets with Apps Script — A spreadsheet filling with tweets (date, text, likes, link) from an hourly Apps Script trigger.

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Pull tweets into Google Sheets with Apps Script

An Apps Script that imports tweets from an X search or account into Google Sheets every hour, without duplicates and without an X developer account. Python and Node.js versions included.

October 11, 20265 min read

Scrape X data without getting blocked — The TwittrAPI # mark with data packets flowing into lines of JSON.

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How to scrape Twitter (X) data in 2026 without getting blocked, and when to use an API instead

What X allows, why Twitter scrapers get blocked in 2026, which open-source tools still work, and when an API is the simpler way to get public X data.

October 10, 20268 min read

Twitter API rate limits, explained — Bar chart of requests per second you can use without talking to sales: TwittrAPI 30–1,000/s, twitterapi.io 20–500/s, SocialData 2/s, X API (search) 0.5/s.

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Twitter API rate limits explained: the official X API vs alternatives

How X API rate limits work in 2026: 15-minute windows, per-app and per-user limits, 429 errors and backoff, and the published limits of alternatives.

October 10, 20267 min read

Pricing

The cheapest Twitter API in 2026, compared on published prices

The cheapest Twitter API in 2026, compared on published prices: the official X API, twitterapi.io, SocialData and TwittrAPI, per call and per tweet.

October 12, 20267 min read

twitterapi.io alternative: per call, from $0.065 per 1,000 — Bar chart, 1M tweets: TwittrAPI $3.25, twitterapi.io $150; 1M profiles: TwittrAPI $65, twitterapi.io $180. Published prices as of October 2026.

Pricing

twitterapi.io alternative: per-call pricing from $0.065 per 1,000 calls

A twitterapi.io alternative priced per call, from $0.065 per 1,000. Where per-call beats per-tweet pricing, and how to test and migrate.

October 12, 20266 min read

An X API key without a developer account — Stylized API request with its JSON response.

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How to get an X (Twitter) API key without a developer account

Every official X API key needs console.x.com. A third-party key for public X data does not. What the difference means and how to get a key in minutes.

October 11, 20266 min read

Pricing

X API pricing in 2026: what reads and posts cost

X API pricing in 2026: $0.005 per post read, $0.010 per user read and a 3 million post-read monthly cap. Rates, worked examples and promotions.

October 11, 20266 min read

Migration guides and comparisons

Moving from another Twitter/X API: endpoint mappings, before-and-after code and what changes on the bill.

Migrate from the X API endpoint by endpoint — Endpoint mapping from X API v2 to TwittrAPI: /2/users/by/username/{username} becomes /user/by/username/{username}; /2/users/{id}/tweets becomes /user/{userId}/tweets; /2/tweets/search/recent becomes /search?category=Latest; /2/users/{id}/followers becomes /user/{userId}/followers.

Migration guide

Migrate read calls from the official X API to TwittrAPI

Move data reads from X API v2 to TwittrAPI: endpoint mapping, Bearer token to API key, pagination_token to cursor, data/includes to X's GraphQL JSON, with Python and Node.js code.

$Migrate from SocialData endpoint by endpoint — Endpoint mapping from SocialData to TwittrAPI: /twitter/user/{username} becomes /user/by/username/{username}; /twitter/user/{user_id}/tweets becomes /user/{userId}/tweets; /twitter/search?type=Latest becomes /search?category=Latest; POST /twitter/users-by-ids becomes /user/users/by/ids?ids=.$

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Migrate from SocialData to TwittrAPI

Move a SocialData integration to TwittrAPI: endpoint mapping, auth header, cursor pagination, the legacy fields you already know, and before/after code in Python and Node.js.

$Migrate from twitterapi.io endpoint by endpoint — Endpoint mapping from twitterapi.io to TwittrAPI: /twitter/user/info?userName= becomes /user/by/username/{username}; /twitter/user/last_tweets becomes /user/{userId}/tweets; /twitter/tweet/advanced_search becomes /search?category=Latest; /twitter/user/followers becomes /user/{userId}/followers.$