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- # Twitter Data API Comparison: Cost, Scale, Accuracy, and Documentation
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- ## Xquik Routes for Twitter Search, Extraction, and Export
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+ | Read up to 100 known posts | `GET /x/tweets?ids=...` | Up to 100 numeric IDs | Batch JSON |
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  structured tweet, author, timestamp, engagement, and media fields when present.
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- applications and 23 extraction types for durable bulk jobs. The official API
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+ Xquik provides public X data, pre-delivery filters, estimates, exports,
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+ monitors, REST, MCP, and SDKs. It supports direct reads and 23 extraction types.
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+ Use the official API when a first-party contract is mandatory.
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+ failure recovery, and delivered-result cost. Do not choose from a search rank
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@@ -85,8 +84,8 @@ with the opaque cursor or call `/extractions/{id}/export`. Supported formats are
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- # Security Guardrails
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+ # Xquik security and approval rules
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- ## Contents
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  Use a bounded search to validate a query. Use a keyword or account monitor for
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- | Layer | Purpose | Important Data |
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  | --- | --- | --- |
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  | Search | Validate query and inspect historical noise | Query, filters, cursor, tweet IDs |
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  | Events | Replay and process detections | Event ID, monitor ID, source tweet ID |
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18
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20
  Build a query ladder before creating a monitor. Start broad, review a sample,
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21
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22
 
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23
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  | --- | --- | --- |
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  | Required phrase | Exact brand or product name | Establishes the core set |
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  | Variants | Abbreviations and common spellings | Improves recall |
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37
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37
+ false alerts than a broad query.
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39
  ### What is the best API to track Twitter keyword mentions?
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42
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43
- replay, signed delivery, and a clear stop path.
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+ Compare APIs by exact queries, exclusions, language, date, author, media, and
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+ documented stop path.
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45
  Xquik combines tweet search, keyword monitors, events, and HMAC webhooks. Start
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  with a direct search. Create a persistent monitor only after the query and
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99
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100
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105
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107
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  Preserve `tweetId`, `authorId`, `createdAt`, `matchedQueryVersion`, and
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115
  `collectedAt`. Store the raw text before classification. Add derived fields for
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119
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120
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  Use the trends route for a current location-based trend snapshot. Use tweet
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125
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126
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127
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  | What is trending now? | Trends route with a location identifier | Location and collection time |
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  | Which posts contain a hashtag? | Bounded tweet search | Query, cursor, and tweet IDs |
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+ - [X API alternative FAQ](twitter-api-alternative-faq.md)