levalencia Twitter Reader
Fetch Twitter/X post content without needing JavaScript or authentication.
Prerequisites
You need a Jina API key to use this skill:
- Visit https://jina.ai/ to sign up (free tier available)
- Get your API key from the dashboard
- Set the environment variable:
export JINA_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"
Quick Start
For a single tweet, use curl directly:
curl "https://r.jina.ai/https://x.com/USER/status/TWEET_ID" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${JINA_API_KEY}"
For multiple tweets, use the bundled script:
scripts/fetch_tweets.sh url1 url2 url3
What Gets Returned
- Title: Post author and content preview
- URL Source: Original tweet link
- Published Time: GMT timestamp
- Markdown Content: Full post text with media descriptions
Bundled Scripts
fetch_tweet.py
Python script for fetching individual tweets.
python scripts/fetch_tweet.py https://x.com/user/status/123 output.md
fetch_tweets.sh
Bash script for batch fetching multiple tweets.
scripts/fetch_tweets.sh \
"https://x.com/user/status/123" \
"https://x.com/user/status/456"
URL Formats Supported
https://x.com/USER/status/IDhttps://twitter.com/USER/status/IDhttps://x.com/...(redirects work automatically)
Environment Variables
JINA_API_KEY: Required. Your Jina.ai API key for accessing the reader API