---
title: "GET /api/v1/styles/compare"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/styles/compare"
tags: ["Composition"]
---

# GET /api/v1/styles/compare

`GET /api/v1/styles/compare`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://xquik.com`
- URL: `https://xquik.com/api/v1/styles/compare`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `x-api-key`
  - HTTP bearer

Compares language and engagement signals across 2 style profiles.

## Query parameters

- `username1` string, required
- `username2` string, required

## Response `200`

Style comparison

- object
  - `style1` StyleProfile, required: Style profile summary with tweet count and ownership flag.
    - `xUsername` string, required
    - `tweetCount` integer, required
    - `isOwnAccount` boolean, required
    - `fetchedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `tweets` object[], required
      - `id` string, required
      - `text` string, required
      - `createdAt` string
      - `authorUsername` string
  - `style2` StyleProfile, required: Style profile summary with tweet count and ownership flag.
    - `xUsername` string, required
    - `tweetCount` integer, required
    - `isOwnAccount` boolean, required
    - `fetchedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `tweets` object[], required
      - `id` string, required
      - `text` string, required
      - `createdAt` string
      - `authorUsername` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid input. A value past its maxLength gets this answer, & the message names the field & its limit.
- `401`: Unauthenticated
- `404`: Not found
- `429`: Too many requests right now. Each user gets 500 reads a second. Each minute allows 120 writes & 60 deletes. `x_api_rate_limited` means X limits this read for now. Neither answer costs anything. Wait for the seconds in `Retry-After`, then retry.
- `500`: Unexpected error.
- `default`: Unexpected error.

## Changes

- **2026-10-20** `45942c75fdc2`: 12 warning
  - added the new `topup_in_progress` enum value to the `allOf[#/components/schemas/Error]/error/oneOf[subschema #1: LegacyErrorCode]/` response property for the response status `429`
  - added the new `topup_in_progress` enum value to the `allOf[#/components/schemas/Error]/error/oneOf[subschema #2: StructuredError]/code` response property for the response status `429`
  - added the new `topup_in_progress` enum value to the `error/oneOf[subschema #1: LegacyErrorCode]/` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `topup_in_progress` enum value to the `error/oneOf[subschema #1: LegacyErrorCode]/` response property for the response status `401`
  - …8 more

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/xquik-dev/apis/xquik-api/changes/api/v1/styles/compare/get.md)

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