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Read X/Twitter posts and articles — no API key, no auth, no browser needed. Uses FxTwitter API to fetch full tweet content, media, engagement stats, and long-form articles.

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Added on2026-03-19

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Read X

Fetch full content from X/Twitter posts and articles — no API key, no auth, no browser needed.

How It Works

Use the FxTwitter API — a public, no-auth API that returns full tweet JSON including embedded articles, media, and engagement stats.

Endpoint

https://api.fxtwitter.com/{username}/status/{tweet_id}

When to Use

User shares an x.com or twitter.com URL
User asks to read/summarize an X post or article
User shares a thread or long-form X article

When NOT to Use

User just wants to post/reply on X (this is read-only)
URL is not a post (e.g., x.com/username profile page)

How to Fetch

Use

web_fetch

on the fxtwitter URL:

web_fetch: https://api.fxtwitter.com/{username}/status/{tweet_id}

Extracting from the URL

Given:

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1234567890

username:
```
elonmusk
```
tweet_id:
```
1234567890
```

API URL:

https://api.fxtwitter.com/elonmusk/status/1234567890

Response Structure

The API returns JSON with:

```
tweet.text
```
— tweet text
```
tweet.author
```
— author info (name, handle, followers, bio)
```
tweet.likes
```
,
```
tweet.retweets
```
,
```
tweet.views
```
— engagement
```
tweet.article
```
— full long-form article content (if present)
- ```
tweet.article.title
```
  — article title
- ```
tweet.article.content.blocks[]
```
  — article body (block-based, like Draft.js)
  - Each block has
    text
    ,
    type
    (unstyled, header-two, blockquote, atomic), and
    inlineStyleRanges
    (Bold, Italic)
```
tweet.media
```
— attached images/videos
```
tweet.replying_to
```
— if it's a reply, who it's replying to

Rendering Articles

When

tweet.article

exists, render it as clean markdown:

```
header-two
```
→
```
## heading
```
```
blockquote
```
→
```
> quote
```
```
Bold
```
inline style →
```
**bold**
```
```
Italic
```
inline style →
```
*italic*
```
```
atomic
```
with DIVIDER entity →
```
---
```
Links in
```
entityMap
```
→
```
[text](url)
```

Limitations

Read-only (no posting, liking, replying)
Some tweets may be unavailable (deleted, protected accounts)
Rate limits exist but are generous for casual use
Threads: each tweet is a separate request (follow
```
replying_to
```
chain)