---
title: "X/Twitter Communities"
method: POST
path: "/api/tools/x_communities"
tags: ["Social"]
---

# X/Twitter Communities

`POST /api/tools/x_communities`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://twitr.sh`
- URL: `https://twitr.sh/api/tools/x_communities`
- Auth: none declared

Read an X/Twitter Community: profile info, member and moderator rosters, the community's tweets, or keyword search inside the community. Fixed price for info; billed per item for rosters, tweets, and search.

## Request body

- object
  - `kind` 'info' | 'members' | 'moderators' | 'tweets' | 'search', required: What to read.
  - `id` string, required: Community ID.
  - `q` string: search: query within the community.
  - `resultsLimit` integer: Mandatory for members/moderators/tweets/search: max items, billed per item.

## Response `200`

Result dataset.

- object
  - `items` object[], required: Array of returned items. Shape varies per tool — see each tool's documentation.
  - `runId` string: Run ID for debugging/audit.
  - `duration` integer: Run duration in seconds.

## Other responses

- `202`: Async extraction accepted — body carries {snapshot_id, status_url} (x_extract only).
- `400`: Bad request — missing resultsLimit or Idempotency-Key where required. Body is a Problem with `retryable:false` and a `hint`; never charged.
- `402`: Payment Required. Per-result reads require x402 upto on Base: authorize the maximum and pay only for delivered records, with a $0.0024 non-empty minimum and zero for empty results. Fixed-price operations may additionally offer exact x402 and MPP.
- `403`: Acting handle not connected to this wallet — connect it via /api/x-accounts/start first; never charged.
- `404`: Unknown tool path — GET /openapi.json for the valid list; never charged.
- `429`: Rate limited — `retryable:true`; retry unchanged after the Retry-After header; never charged.
- `500`: Unexpected handler error — inspect payment receipt before retrying.
- `502`: Upstream provider error — `retryable:true`; inspect payment receipt before retrying; prepaid operations may already be charged.
- `503`: Service capacity temporarily unavailable — `retryable:true`; retry later; never charged.

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