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GET
/
x
/
tweets
/
{id}
Get tweet
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.example.com/x/tweets/{id} \
  --header 'x-api-key: <x-api-key>'
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curl https://xquik.com/api/v1/x/tweets/1893456789012345678 \
  -H "x-api-key: xq_YOUR_KEY_HERE" | jq

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Path parameters

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id
string
required
The tweet ID to look up.

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Headers

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x-api-key
string
required
Your API key. Session cookie authentication is also supported.

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Response

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tweet
object
The tweet data.
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author
object
The tweet author. Omitted if author data is unavailable.
{
  "tweet": {
    "id": "1893456789012345678",
    "text": "Introducing our new extraction API. Ship faster.",
    "createdAt": "2026-02-24T14:30:00.000Z",
    "isNoteTweet": false,
    "isReply": false,
    "isQuoteStatus": true,
    "conversationId": "1893456789012345678",
    "source": "Twitter Web App",
    "entities": {
      "urls": [
        {
          "display_url": "xquik.com/blog/extracti...",
          "expanded_url": "https://xquik.com/blog/extraction-api",
          "url": "https://t.co/abc123"
        }
      ],
      "hashtags": [],
      "user_mentions": []
    },
    "quoted_tweet": {
      "id": "1893000000000000000",
      "text": "What API tools are you shipping this week?",
      "author": {
        "id": "111222333",
        "username": "devtools"
      }
    },
    "retweetCount": 320,
    "replyCount": 85,
    "likeCount": 1400,
    "quoteCount": 45,
    "viewCount": 250000,
    "bookmarkCount": 210,
    "media": [
      {
        "mediaUrl": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/example.jpg",
        "type": "photo",
        "url": "https://t.co/abc123"
      }
    ]
  },
  "author": {
    "id": "987654321",
    "username": "xquikcom",
    "followers": 10000,
    "verified": true,
    "profilePicture": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/xquik/photo.jpg"
  }
}
Next steps: Search Tweets to find tweets by query, or Get User to look up the author profile.