Twitter Replies API | Get Replies to a Tweet
Fetch the direct replies to a given tweet, cursor-paginated. Combine with Tweet Detail to reconstruct a discussion or measure reply sentiment. Cost: $0.0008 per call.
Tweet Replies fetches the direct replies to a tweet by its ID or URL, cursor-paginated as full tweet objects. Pair it with Tweet Detail to reconstruct a discussion or measure reply sentiment under a post. Each page is one $0.0008 read at roughly 20 replies per call.
Authorization
bearerAuth Pass your API key as a bearer token on every request: Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>.
In: header
Query Parameters
Numeric ID of the parent tweet. Provide either id or url.
Full status URL of the parent tweet. Provide either id or url.
Pagination cursor from a previous response.
Reply ordering: relevance (default), latest, or likes.
Comma-separated list of dotted field paths to keep in the response (one parameter, never repeated), applied to every object in the returned lists and to nested objects (for example fields=id,text,author.username; the list's own name may prefix a path, fields=tweets.id). A path prefix that lands on an array applies to each element (media.media_url_https). Pagination and envelope keys (next_cursor, cursor, has_more, count, partial, error, message, reason) are always kept. Unknown paths are ignored; up to 50 paths of up to 6 segments. Projection never changes status codes or billing, and applies to data reads only: account, feedback, session status, monitor (other than deliveries), webhook and stream-compat reads return their bodies unchanged.
Set to 1 (or true) to apply the built-in compact preset: ids, url, text, created_at, lang, the engagement counts, the is_retweet/is_reply/is_quote flags, conversation ids, the author's id/username/name/followers_count/verification, and the quoted or retweeted tweet's id/url/author username. The preset trims what it recognises and leaves alone what it would empty, so it never turns a body into {}. Combine with fields to add paths on top of the preset. Typically cuts a tweet page by 70 to 90 percent for LLM tool callers.
Filter this page's tweets by X's Paid partnership label: only keeps tweets whose is_paid_promotion is true, exclude keeps the rest. Omit it for every tweet. It filters the page X returned and does not fetch more, so a filtered page can hold fewer tweets than asked for, or none, while next_cursor still pages on. The response carries paid_promotion_filter { mode, kept, removed }, and count reflects what is returned. Any other value is a 400. Billing is the same as without it.
Response Body
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curl -X GET "https://example.com/tweet/replies?id=1759123456789012345&url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fnaval%2Fstatus%2F1759123456789012345&sort=latest&fields=id%2Ctext%2Ccreated_at%2Cauthor.username&compact=1&paid_promotion=only"{ "count": 1, "next_cursor": "DAABCgABF...", "tweets": [ { "id": "1759123999000111222", "text": "Congrats on the launch!", "created_at": "Tue Feb 20 14:30:02 +0000 2026", "author": { "id": "9921", "username": "devjane", "name": "Jane" }, "favorite_count": 12, "reply_count": 1 } ]}{ "error": "bad_request", "message": "Missing or malformed parameter. Fix the request before retrying."}{ "error": "unauthorized", "message": "The API key is missing, malformed, or revoked. Check the Authorization header."}{ "error": "insufficient_credits", "message": "Your balance is exhausted. Top up your credits to continue.", "top_up_url": "https://www.twitterapis.com/dashboard/buy-credits?utm_source=api&utm_medium=402"}{ "error": "forbidden", "message": "X refused this resource for the acting account: on a read, the account is not a participant in the DM thread, the target is protected or has blocked it, or the session was attestation-blocked for calling from a datacenter or rotating IP; on a write, the account is not authorized for the action or has no logged-in session. The credentials are still valid, so do not re-register."}{ "error": "not_found", "message": "The resource does not exist, for example a deleted tweet or a private account."}{ "error": "rate_limited", "message": "Too many requests. Back off and retry with exponential backoff."}{ "error": "server_error", "message": "Something failed on our side. Retry with backoff; if it persists, contact support."}Pricing
| Unit | Price |
|---|---|
| Per call | $0.0008 |
| Per 1,000 calls | $0.80 |
| Per 1,000 records (~20 per call) | ~$0.04 |
Each page of replies is one $0.0008 read, so a heavily-replied tweet costs one call per page. Stop paging once you have the replies you need.
When to use
Use it to read the conversation under a post, for example pulling every reply to a launch tweet to gauge sentiment.
Pagination
This endpoint is cursor-paginated and returns roughly 20 records per call. Pass the next_cursor from each response back as the cursor parameter to read the next page. Stop when the records array comes back empty: follower-graph endpoints return a non-null cursor even on the final page, so the empty array is the only reliable stop signal. See Pagination for the full loop.
Related endpoints
- Tweet Detail: Fetch a single tweet's full object by ID.
- Tweet Thread: Reconstruct a thread forward from its first tweet.
- Tweet Retweeters: List the users who retweeted a tweet.
- Tweet Quotes: Page through the tweets that quote a tweet.
FAQ
Does Tweet Replies return nested replies?
It returns the direct replies to the tweet you pass. To follow a sub-thread, take a reply's ID and call Tweet Replies again on it.
How do I page through every reply?
Send the next_cursor as the cursor parameter and repeat until the tweets array comes back empty, which is the stop signal.
Can I pass a tweet URL?
Yes. Provide either the numeric id or the full status url of the parent tweet.
Tweet Detail GET
Resolve a tweet ID into its complete object, including author, engagement counts, attached media, and any quoted tweet. The starting point for any single-tweet workflow. Cost: $0.0008 per call.
Tweet Retweeters GET
Fetch the users who retweeted a given tweet, cursor-paginated. Useful for amplification analysis and identifying the accounts that spread a post. Cost: $0.0008 per call.