CLI

Use the TwexAPI CLI for tweet search, follower exports, and terminal public reads.

Use the CLI when you want deterministic terminal commands, JSON output, and saved API-key profiles for TwexAPI REST workflows without writing application code.

twexapi-dev/x-api-scraper-cliCommand-line client for TwexAPI public social data and approved account workflows. Independent third-party service.00

CLI task	Command	Save
Search tweets	`x-api-scraper search tweets`	cursor
Read profile	`x-api-scraper about`	`screen_name`
List followers	`x-api-scraper followers`	cursor

Install

npm install -g @twexapi-dev/x-api-scraper-cli
x-api-scraper --help

Requires Node.js 18 or newer.

Source: twexapi-dev/x-api-scraper-cli

Authenticate

Get your API key from the TwexAPI dashboard.

export X_API_SCRAPER_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

x-api-scraper auth apps add --name prod --api-key "YOUR_API_KEY"
x-api-scraper auth apps use prod
x-api-scraper --app prod about elonmusk

Basic example

# Lookup users
x-api-scraper --app prod users elonmusk sama

# Search tweets
x-api-scraper --app prod search tweets "founder" "ai" --sort Latest

# List followers (v3)
x-api-scraper --app prod followers elonmusk

# Global trending tweets
x-api-scraper --app prod trending tweets --country "United States" --topic "Sports" --count 50

Raw API requests

Call any TwexAPI path directly:

x-api-scraper --app prod /twitter/elonmusk/about
x-api-scraper --app prod -X POST -d '["elonmusk","sama"]' /twitter/users

Use as a skill

Install from a GitHub skill installer:

npx skills add twexapi-dev/x-api-scraper-cli

Or install from ClawHub:

npx clawhub@latest install x-api-scraper-cli

Security notes

The CLI reads X_API_SCRAPER_KEY, X_API_SCRAPER_BASE_URL, and X_API_SCRAPER_CONFIG_DIR from the environment.
Saved app configs are stored as plain JSON in ~/.x-api-scraper/config.json by default.
Never paste API keys into public chat, logs, or repositories.

CLI