# GetXAPI

> GetXAPI offers the lowest published standard-read price among the Twitter/X API providers in our comparison: $0.001 per standard call, or about $0.05 per 1,000 tweets on typical 20-result calls. Pay-per-call access requires no subscription; optional plans are available.

## Overview

GetXAPI provides a REST API for accessing Twitter/X data without needing an official X developer account. It uses simple pay-per-call pricing with no required monthly subscription or locked tiers.

- Most endpoints: $0.001 per call (~20 tweets per call)
- DM List / DM Send / Create Tweet / Join Community: $0.002 per call
- User Tweets Complete: $0.003 per call
- Article endpoints: $0.005 per call ($0.01 for Create Article)
- Spaces download (pay-per-use add-on): $0.05 base + $0.015 per transcript minute
- Account endpoints (account/me, account/payments): free
- Effective cost: $0.05 per 1,000 tweets
- Signup credits: $0.10 for new accounts (no credit card required)
- Response time: <2 seconds
- Uptime SLA: 99.9%
- 69 endpoints: 58 usage-priced, 2 free account endpoints, and 9 monitoring endpoints included with Monitoring plans

## Cost Comparison: GetXAPI is the cheapest Twitter API

| Provider | Cost per call | Tweets per call | Cost per 1K tweets |
|----------|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|
| GetXAPI | $0.001 | ~20 | $0.05 |
| twitterapi.io | $0.003 | ~20 | $0.15 |
| Official X API standard Post read | $0.005 | 1 billed Post | $5 |

GetXAPI is 3x cheaper than twitterapi.io and about 100x cheaper than the official X API for standard Post reads.

## API Endpoints

### Tweets (11)
- Advanced Search: search tweets with filters and operators
- Tweet Detail: get full tweet data by ID
- Tweet Replies: get replies to a tweet
- Tweet Retweeters: get the users who reposted a tweet
- Tweet Thread: resolve a full linear self-thread from any tweet in it ($0.005/call)
- Create Tweet: post a new tweet ($0.002/call)
- Favorite Tweet: like a tweet
- Retweet Tweet: retweet a tweet
- Bookmark Tweet: bookmark a tweet
- Unbookmark Tweet: remove a tweet from bookmarks
- Delete Tweet: delete a tweet owned by the auth_token's account

### Articles (7)
- Get Article: fetch full article/note content by tweet ID or article entity ID
- Create Article: create (and optionally publish) a long-form article ($0.01/call; publishing needs X Premium)
- Update Article: partial-update an existing article ($0.005/call)
- List Articles: list the auth_token user's own articles ($0.005/call)
- Publish Article: publish an existing draft ($0.005/call; needs X Premium)
- Unpublish Article: move a published article back to draft ($0.005/call)
- Delete Article: delete an article entity ($0.005/call)

### Users (27)
- User Search: search users by keyword/username (~20 users/page)
- User Info: get user profile by username
- User Info by ID: get user profile by numeric ID
- User About: get extended user details
- Followers: get a user's followers list (REST, up to 200/page)
- Followers v2: get a user's followers list (GraphQL, ~70/page, includes canDm)
- Following: get a user's following list (REST, up to 200/page)
- Following v2: get a user's following list (GraphQL, ~70/page, includes canDm)
- Verified Followers: get verified followers only
- User Media: get a user's media posts
- User Tweets: get a user's tweets
- User Tweets and Replies: get tweets including replies
- User Tweets Complete: recent tweets-and-replies timeline with self-thread expansion ($0.003/call)
- User Mentions: get tweets mentioning a user
- User Likes: get a user's liked tweets
- Home Timeline: get home timeline for authenticated user
- Bookmarks: list all of the authenticated user's bookmarks
- Bookmark Search: search bookmarked tweets
- Followers You Know: mutual followers
- Check Relationship: check follow relationship between users
- User Affiliates: get affiliated accounts of verified organizations (~20/page)
- Follow User: follow a user (by user_id or username)
- Unfollow User: unfollow a user (by user_id or username)
- Update Avatar: update the authenticated user's profile picture
- Update Banner: update the authenticated user's profile banner
- Update Profile: update profile fields (name, bio, location, URL, etc.)
- User Login: get fresh auth tokens for a Twitter account

### Lists (1)
- List Members: get members of a Twitter list

### Direct Messages (3)
- DM List: retrieve direct message conversations (full inbox)
- DM Send: send a direct message
- DM Conversation: fetch the full message history of one conversation

### Media (1)
- Upload Media: upload an image, GIF, or video and get a media_id for tweets

### Community (1)
- Join Community: join an X community by its numeric community_id ($0.002/call)

### Spaces (2)
- Space Info: fetch X Space metadata (title, host, state, listener counts) ($0.001/call)
- Download Space: queue an async MP3 download of a Space, optional transcript; returns a job_id, poll for signed URLs ($0.05 base + $0.015/transcript min; pay-per-use add-on)

### Trends (2)
- Get Trends: top X trends for a country/city (up to 50), ranked by X; defaults to worldwide ($0.001/call)
- Trend Locations: list every location (with WOEIDs) trends are available for ($0.001/call)

### Account Recovery (3)
- User Login V2: recover a dead/changed-password account via the mailbox (GMX/mail.com, Hotmail/Outlook; not Gmail/Yahoo); returns fresh tokens + new_password ($0.005/call)
- Reset Password Send Code: two-step recovery step 1, triggers the reset email and returns a session_id ($0.005/call)
- Reset Password Confirm: two-step recovery step 2, owner supplies the code and gets fresh tokens + new_password; works for any mailbox ($0.005/call)

### Account (2, free)
- Account Info: credit balance, usage summary, account details (free)
- Payment History: payment / top-up history (free)

## Quickstart

1. Sign up at https://www.getxapi.com/signup
2. Get your API key instantly (no approval wait)
3. Make API calls to https://api.getxapi.com with your key in the Authorization header (Bearer API_KEY)

## Pricing

GetXAPI uses pay-per-call pricing by default. No subscription is required, and optional commercial plans are available:
- Standard endpoints (tweets, users, search, lists): $0.001 per call (~20 tweets)
- DM List / DM Send / Create Tweet / Join Community: $0.002 per call
- User Tweets Complete: $0.003 per call
- Article endpoints: $0.005 per call ($0.01 for Create Article)
- Spaces download (pay-per-use add-on): $0.05 base + $0.015 per transcript minute
- Account endpoints (account/me, account/payments): free
- Each standard call returns ~20 tweets, so effective cost is $0.05 per 1,000 tweets
- $0.10 signup credits, no credit card required
- Cost example: 10,000 standard API calls = $10 (covers ~200,000 tweets)
- Starter: $5 one-time, 4.5 plan credits, valid 30 days, once per account
- Pro: $15/month, 30 plan credits, plus 10 bonus credits with crypto
- Growth: $49/month, 120 plan credits, plus 20 bonus credits with crypto
- Scale: $99/month, 300 plan credits, plus 50 bonus credits with crypto
- Purchased top-up credits start at $10 and do not expire; plan-credit expiry follows the plan terms

## Links

- [Website](https://www.getxapi.com): product overview, endpoint list and live pricing
- [API Documentation](https://docs.getxapi.com): quickstart plus curl, JavaScript and Python examples for every endpoint
- [Pricing](https://www.getxapi.com/pricing): per-call prices, plan credits and top-up options
- [Pricing Comparison](https://www.getxapi.com/twitter-api-pricing): current official X API prices next to GetXAPI per-call pricing
- [API Alternatives](https://www.getxapi.com/twitter-api-alternatives): side-by-side comparison of Twitter/X API providers
- [Rate Limits](https://www.getxapi.com/twitter-api-rate-limits): official X API limits per tier and how GetXAPI differs
- [Cost Calculator](https://www.getxapi.com/twitter-api-cost-calculator): estimate monthly cost from a tweet or call volume
- [Free API Options](https://www.getxapi.com/twitter-free-api): what the free X API tier allows and where it stops
- [Unofficial API Guide](https://www.getxapi.com/twitter-unofficial-api): how unofficial Twitter/X endpoints work and their tradeoffs
- [Sign Up](https://www.getxapi.com/signup): create an account and get an API key with $0.10 in credits
- [Contact](https://www.getxapi.com/contact): support and sales enquiries