X Post, Reply & Profile Lookup by Link or ID

X Post, Reply & Profile Lookup by Link or ID

Give this actor a post link, a bare post ID, or a profile handle and it returns structured public data: the post's full text, author, media, poll, quoted and parent posts, engagement counts and replies — or that account's public profile. Optional quote collection turns a single post into the conversation around it. No login at any point.

What this actor does

• Posts by link or ID: accepts x.com and twitter.com links, x.com/i/web/status links, bare post IDs, profile links and bare handles
• Replies: walks the replies X exposes to logged-out visitors, starting from the post's publication time, and de-duplicates them by reply ID
• Quotes: optionally collects the posts that quote the requested post, each with its text, author and metrics (off by default)
• Retweeters: optionally collects the handles of accounts that reposted the requested post (off by default; X exposes only a search-index sample of visible reposts)
• Rich nested data: optional parent post, quoted post, poll, link-preview card, photo/video variants and the author's public profile on every row
• Profile input: a profile link or handle returns one profile row with that account's public bio and counters
• Honest rows: every row carries a type (post, reply, quote, profile, status); deleted, protected or rate-limited links produce a status row with a message instead of failing the run
• Empty fields are omitted — the dataset never contains null, "", [] or {}

Output per post or reply

Each row describes one post. type is post for requested posts and reply for replies collected from the conversation.

• id — post ID
• url — direct post URL
• text — full post text, multi-line and links intact
• createdAt — ISO 8601 post time
• language — post language code when X provides it
• replyCount, retweetCount, likeCount, quoteCount, bookmarkCount, viewCount — engagement metrics (views when X exposes them)
• engagementRate — derived (likes + retweets + replies + quotes) / followers; present only when the author's follower count is known and greater than zero
• isReply, isQuote, isRetweet, isNoteTweet — post type flags
• conversationId — the thread root of the post
• threadRootId, threadPosition — position of the row inside the collected thread
• inReplyToTweetId, inReplyToUserId, inReplyToUsername — where a reply points
• hashtags, mentions, urls, cashtags — entities found in the text
• media — photo/video/GIF objects
• poll — poll choices and status
• card — link-preview card (title, description, domain, url, thumbnail)
• quotedTweet, quotedTweetId — the quoted post when the input post quotes another (removed, together with isQuote, when includeQuotedTweet is off)
• parentTweet — the post being replied to when the input post is a reply
• threadAncestors — the chain of posts above a reply, root first (when includeThreadAncestors is on)
• author — author profile snapshot
• authorProfile — fuller author profile attached to every row
• possiblySensitive, place, postedFrom — extra labels when X exposes them
• type, collectedAt

Media item: type (photo / video / gif), url, previewImageUrl, width, height, durationSeconds, viewCount, altText, variants (each variant has url, contentType, bitrate).

Poll: choices (label + votes), countsAreFinal, endsAt, durationMinutes.

Author: id, username, name, bio, bioLinks, bioEmails, website, location, followers, following, postCount, mediaCount, likesGiven, listedCount, isBlueVerified, verified, verifiedType, label, isProtected, profileImageUrl, bannerUrl, createdAt. The last five counters are included when X publishes them for the account.

Sample record

{
  "type": "post",
  "id": "1519480761749016577",
  "url": "https://x.com/i/status/1519480761749016577",
  "text": "Next I'm buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in",
  "createdAt": "2022-04-28T00:56:58+00:00",
  "language": "en",
  "replyCount": 4056,
  "retweetCount": 4151,
  "likeCount": 91599,
  "quoteCount": 762,
  "viewCount": 246037082,
  "isReply": false,
  "isRetweet": false,
  "isQuote": false,
  "conversationId": "1519480761749016577",
  "threadRootId": "1519480761749016577",
  "threadPosition": 1,
  "author": { "username": "elonmusk", "name": "Elon Musk", "followers": 241741247 },
  "collectedAt": "2026-10-06T00:00:00+00:00"
}

Output per quote row

When quote collection is on, each post that quotes the requested post is emitted as its own row with type: "quote" and the same fields as a post row. quotedTweetId points at the requested post, so quote rows are easy to separate from replies.

Output per retweet row

When retweeter collection is on, each reposting account is emitted as a row with type: "retweet". The row carries the retweeter's id, url, createdAt and author (with the public profile snapshot), and retweetedTweetId points at the post you requested. This list is an approximation: X only exposes a search-index sample of recent, visible reposts, so a post with many reposts can return far fewer handles than its repost count.

Output per profile row

When you pass a profile link or handle instead of a post, the actor emits one profile row:

• id, username, name, bio, bioLinks, bioEmails, location, website
• joinedAt, birthDate — when public
• followers, following, postCount, mediaCount, listedCount, likesGiven — the last three when X publishes them
• isBlueVerified, verified, verifiedType, isProtected
• avatarUrl, bannerUrl
• url — profile URL
• type: "profile", collectedAt

Output per status row

A status row is emitted instead of data when a link cannot be collected. It always has a message:

• type: "status"
• status — noInput, invalidLink, notFound, rateLimited or error
• tweetUrl and tweetId (post inputs) or profileUrl (profile inputs)
• collectedAt

Input

Example: one post with its replies

{
  "tweetUrls": ["https://x.com/NASA/status/2107095768821576019"],
  "includeReplies": true,
  "maxReplies": 100
}

Example: quotes and retweeters of a post

{
  "tweetUrls": ["https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1519480761749016577"],
  "includeReplies": false,
  "includeQuotes": true,
  "maxQuotes": 100,
  "includeRetweeters": true,
  "maxRetweeters": 100
}

Example: quotes of a post, no replies

{
  "tweetUrls": ["https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1519480761749016577"],
  "includeReplies": false,
  "includeQuotes": true,
  "maxQuotes": 100
}

Example: exact reply cap and no media

{
  "tweetUrls": ["2106665276758491194"],
  "includeReplies": true,
  "maxReplies": 500,
  "includeMedia": false,
  "includeAuthorProfile": false
}

Example: mix posts, IDs and a profile

{
  "tweetUrls": [
    "https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1519480761749016577",
    "2106665276758491194"
  ],
  "includeParentTweet": true
}

Use cases

• Brand and crisis monitoring — collect a post, its replies and the posts quoting it to follow a conversation
• Journalism and research — archive exact text, timestamps, authors and metrics for citations
• Social listening — feed post, reply and quote text into sentiment or topic models
• Customer support — pull replies to your own posts for response triage
• Dataset enrichment — resolve a list of post IDs into structured records with author profiles
• Compliance — keep immutable evidence rows for posts you may need to reference later

FAQ

What data does this actor read? The same public post, profile and thread data any visitor sees on X without signing in. Nothing private is accessed.

Do I need an X account, login or developer key? No. There is no login step and no credential input at all.

Why do I get fewer replies than maxReplies or fewer than the post's reply counter? X only exposes part of a conversation to logged-out visitors, and some replies are deleted, protected or hidden. The actor collects everything public it can find, de-duplicated by reply ID, and never invents replies to fill the cap. Setting a larger cap and running again later can pick up more.

Do quote rows include the post that was quoted? Yes. Each quote row is a normal post row, and its quotedTweetId points at the post you requested, so you can group quotes by target.

Why are some profile counters missing? X does not publish every counter for every account on the logged-out profile view. The actor merges media, like and list counters from X's public profile widget when they are available; anything the source still omits stays absent rather than being filled with zero.

Can I get the list of accounts that reposted or liked a post? Reposts: yes, approximately. With includeRetweeters the actor searches X for visible reposts of the post and returns their handles; X exposes only a recent search-index sample, so the list can be much shorter than the repost count. Likers: no — X does not publish who liked a post to logged-out visitors; the like count is returned instead.

What happens with deleted, protected or hidden posts? You get a status row with "status": "notFound" and a message instead of data. The rest of the input is still processed.

How fresh is the data? Live — every run reads X at request time. Schedule the actor for hourly or daily refreshes.

Is this affiliated with X? No. This is a third-party actor that reads publicly available post and profile pages.