twitter-reader

Twitter Reader

Fetch Twitter/X post content without needing JavaScript or authentication.

Prerequisites

You need a Jina API key to use this skill:

1. Visit https://jina.ai/ to sign up (free tier available)
2. Get your API key from the dashboard
3. 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/ID
• https://twitter.com/USER/status/ID
• https://x.com/... (redirects work automatically)

Environment Variables

• JINA_API_KEY: Required. Your Jina.ai API key for accessing the reader API