# Read any public X account's recent posts through one independent API

Name a public X account and get its recent posts as JSON: text, likes, replies, reposts, views, date and link, retweets included. RouterGrowth is an independent API, not X's own, so there is no developer app, bearer token from X or access tier to apply for.

HTML page: https://www.routergrowth.com/tools/x-twitter/api
Part of: [X (Twitter) tools](https://www.routergrowth.com/tools/x-twitter.md)

## The call

[`social.posts`](https://www.routergrowth.com/catalog/social.posts): Recent public posts for a social handle.

Price on this network: $0.0007 per post, $0.002 minimum a call. The exact quote is shown before every run.

## What a real run returned

Run on 2026-10-19: 10 records in 5.3 s for $0.007. Personal fields are masked. The ten latest posts on @stripe, a mix of product news and retweets, with views between about 1,500 and 219,000.

| text | likes | views | posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now available for @atlas companies, coming soon for eligible C corporations. | 96 | 11573 | 2026-10-15 |
| You can now use Underdog, an AI assistant running privately on your device, to make purchases with @link at any online business. | 87 | 15271 | 2026-10-14 |

## How to do it

1. **One key.** Use a RouterGrowth key over REST or the MCP connector in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Codex.
2. **Name the account.** social.posts takes platform x and the handle with or without @.
3. **Parse the JSON.** posts is a list with text, engagement (likes, replies, reposts, views), created_at, url and author_url.
4. **Combine.** Add the account's profile with social.profile, or search the topic across X with social.search.

## Ask it like this

- Pull the last 20 posts from @stripe and list the product launches among them. (`social.posts`)
- Compare the last ten posts of three fintech brands on X: topics, views and how often they retweet. (`social.posts`, `social.profile`)

## Connect

MCP server: `https://api.routergrowth.com/mcp`

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http routergrowth https://api.routergrowth.com/mcp
```

```bash
npm install -g routergrowth && routergrowth setup
routergrowth run -c social.posts -i '{"platform": "x", "handle": "@stripe", "limit": 10}'
```

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.routergrowth.com/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ROUTERGROWTH_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"capability": "social.posts", "input": {"platform": "x", "handle": "@stripe", "limit": 10}}'
```

## Worth knowing

- **Independent of X.** RouterGrowth is not affiliated with X and does not resell X's developer API. It returns public data through its own providers.
- **Retweets are included.** Rows starting with RT are reposts of other accounts. Filter them out if you only want original posts.
- **No posting.** The call reads posts. It cannot publish, like or follow.

## Questions

### Is this the official Twitter API?

No. It is an independent API for public X data. X's own terms and tiers do not cover it.

### Do I need X credentials?

No. Only your RouterGrowth key.

### How many posts can I get?

Set the limit; the quote scales with it and the charge follows the posts returned.

### Does it return replies to a post?

Not this call. Use social.comments with the post URL.

## Related

- [An API that searches X posts by keyword and returns them with their numbers](https://www.routergrowth.com/tools/x-twitter/search-tweets-api.md)
- [Scrape a public X (Twitter) profile: followers, bio, website and category](https://www.routergrowth.com/tools/x-twitter/profile-scraper.md)
- [How X (Twitter) data is priced on RouterGrowth: per post, no plan](https://www.routergrowth.com/tools/x-twitter/api-prices.md)
- [Search X (Twitter) from Python with one HTTP request and one key](https://www.routergrowth.com/tools/x-twitter/api-python.md)
- [Scrape X (Twitter) posts that match a keyword, in one call](https://www.routergrowth.com/tools/x-twitter/scraper.md)