X API

What it does

Analytics

The API provides public engagement metrics and private metrics such as impressions and clicks for your own posts.checked 8 Oct 2026

API version

X API v2 is the recommended current version; v1.1 is legacy and has limited support.checked 8 Oct 2026

Incident reporting

X Developer Platform users must notify X within 48 hours after suspecting a security incident.checked 8 Oct 2026

Other data

Available resources include users, Spaces, Direct Messages, Lists, and location-based trends.checked 8 Oct 2026

Owned Reads

Eligible requests for the app owner’s own data cost $0.001 per resource when the authenticated user owns the developer app.checked 8 Oct 2026

Post capabilities

The API can search, look up, stream, create, and delete posts, and access timelines, threads, and quote posts.checked 8 Oct 2026

Purpose

The X API provides programmatic access to X’s public conversation to retrieve posts, analyze trends, build integrations, and create platform experiences.checked 8 Oct 2026

Rate limits

X API v2 has endpoint-specific limits, most limits reset every 15 minutes, and requests exceeding a limit receive a 429 response.checked 8 Oct 2026

SDKs

The developer overview lists official Python and TypeScript SDKs.checked 8 Oct 2026

Security

API requests must use HTTPS, and the security guidance says not to expose keys or tokens in client-side code, logs, or repositories.checked 8 Oct 2026

Support

The developer overview directs users to the Developer Forum for help from the community and X team.checked 8 Oct 2026

Usage pricing

Pay-per-use pricing has no subscriptions, contracts, or minimum spend, and usage and costs can be monitored in the Developer Console.checked 8 Oct 2026

Use restrictions

The developer guidelines prohibit scraping or browser automation and state that X data may not be used to train AI or machine-learning models, except for Grok.checked 8 Oct 2026