Twitter Text Extractor API

What is this?

This is a simple API service that extracts text content from Twitter/X posts. It provides:

• Easy access to tweet content through a simple GET request
• Clean text extraction without requiring Twitter API credentials
• Support for both twitter.com and x.com URLs
• Lightweight and fast response times

Implementation

This API is built upon the following references:

• Twitter's CDN API: https://cdn.syndication.twimg.com/tweet-result?id=[tweet_id]&token=[token]
• React-Tweet Project - A wrapper for Twitter's CDN API
• Jina AI API - Supports content retrieval from Twitter and other platforms
• For more details, see this reference tweet

Usage

Example

curl 'https://xreader.vercel.app/x?url=https://x.com/EllenDeGeneres/status/440322224407314432'

Response Format

{
    "text": "If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars http://t.co/C9U5NOtGap",
    "status": "success"
}

Error Handling

Source Code

This is an open-source project. You can deploy your own instance or contribute to the codebase: View on GitHub

Contact

For questions or support, reach out on Twitter: @slippertopia