TwexAPI C# SDK: Twitter API for search, followers, DMs & X automation

Use the TwexAPI C# SDK to search tweets, scrape Twitter followers, and read X profiles, timelines, replies, and threads. Send DMs, search communities, fetch lists, articles, hashtags, cashtags, and global trending tweets with typed request objects. Like, retweet, follow, and post through documented REST routes. It is a Twitter API alternative for C# services and agents.

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Common Twitter & X tasks

Task	REST Route	C# client
Search tweets without the X API	POST /twitter/advanced_search/page	sdk.Search.AdvancedAsync(...)
Search hashtags or cashtags	POST /twitter/hashtags, POST /twitter/cashtags	sdk.Search.HashtagsAsync(), sdk.Search.CashtagsAsync()
Read an X profile	GET /twitter/{screen_name}/about	sdk.Users.GetAboutAsync(...)
Read a profile timeline	GET /twitter/{screen_name}/timeline/page	sdk.Timelines.UserPageAsync(...)
Scrape Twitter followers	POST /v3/twitter/users/followers	sdk.Users.Followers.ListAsync(...)
Scrape following accounts	POST /v3/twitter/users/following	sdk.Users.Following.ListAsync(...)
Read tweet replies	POST /twitter/tweets/{tweet_id}/replies/page	sdk.Tweets.Replies.PageAsync(...)
Read a tweet thread	POST /twitter/tweets/thread_by_id	sdk.Tweets.ThreadAsync(...)
Send or read DMs	/v3/twitter/send-dm, /v3/twitter/dm-history	sdk.Dm
Search communities	POST /twitter/community/search	sdk.Communities.SearchAsync(...)
Get global trending tweets	GET /twitter/global-trending/tweets	sdk.Trending.TweetsAsync(...)
Post or reply	POST /twitter/tweets/create	sdk.Tweets.Actions.CreateAsync(...)

Package & registry trust

• Package: XapiScraper
• Source: twexapi-dev/x-api-scraper-csharp
• Docs: docs.twexapi.io
• License: MIT
• Dashboard: twexapi.io/dashboard

Summary

X API Scraper: Speakeasy-ready OpenAPI document for the x-api-scraper TypeScript SDK.

The SDK wraps TwexAPI's X/Twitter API surface with bearer-token authentication. Cookie/proxy based endpoints are excluded except tweet actions, follow/unfollow, and v3 DM operations. Paid engagement services, profile mutation, legacy-only operations, and non-v3 follower/following endpoints remain excluded.

Not affiliated with X Corp.

Table of Contents

• XapiScraper
  • SDK Installation
  • SDK Example Usage
  • Authentication
  • Available Resources and Operations
  • Retries
  • Error Handling
  • Server Selection
  • Custom HTTP Client
• Development
  • Maturity
  • Contributions

SDK Installation

dotnet add package XapiScraper --version 0.1.0

NuGet is not published yet. Install from GitHub source until it is:

git clone https://github.com/twexapi-dev/x-api-scraper-csharp.git
cd x-api-scraper-csharp
dotnet add reference src/XapiScraper/XapiScraper.csproj

SDK Example Usage

Example

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using XapiScraper;
using XapiScraper.Models.Components;

var sdk = new XapiScraperSDK(
    bearerAuth: Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("X_API_SCRAPER_KEY")
);

var req = new AdvancedSearchCursorQuery()
{
    SearchTerms = new List<string>() { "from:elonmusk" },
    SortBy = "Latest",
    NextCursor = "",
};

var res = await sdk.Search.AdvancedAsync(req);

Console.WriteLine(res);

Get an API key from the TwexAPI dashboard. Pass it as bearerAuth, or set X_API_SCRAPER_KEY.

Write actions (tweet, follow, like, DM send) also need a Twitter cookie or auth_token on the request. Pass them on the operation input.

Keep API keys out of source code, URLs, and logs.

Authentication

Per-Client Security Schemes

This SDK supports the following security scheme globally:

Name	Type	Scheme
BearerAuth	http	HTTP Bearer

To authenticate with the API the BearerAuth parameter must be set when initializing the SDK client instance. For example:

using System.Collections.Generic;
using XapiScraper;
using XapiScraper.Models.Components;

var sdk = new XapiScraperSDK(bearerAuth: "<YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN_HERE>");

AdvancedSearchCursorQuery req = new AdvancedSearchCursorQuery() {
    SearchTerms = new List<string>() {
        "<value 1>",
        "<value 2>",
        "<value 3>",
    },
    SortBy = "<value>",
    NextCursor = "",
};

var res = await sdk.Search.AdvancedAsync(req);

// handle response

Available Resources and Operations

Available methods

Account

• Balance - Get Balance

Analysis

• Sentiment - Sentiment Analysis

Articles

• Fetch - Batch Fetch X Articles
• Markdown - Fetch Article as Markdown

Communities

• Members - Get Community Members
• MembersPage - Get Community Members by Page
• Tweets - Get Community Tweets
• TweetsPage - Get Community Tweets by Page
• Search - Search Community
• Get - Get Community
• SearchTweets - Search Community Tweets

Dm

• Status - Check DM Permissions
• Send - Send DM
• History - Get DM History
• Media - Get DM Media
• Conversations - Get Conversations

Lists

• Tweets - Get List Tweets
• TweetsPage - Get List Tweets by Page
• Subscribers - Get List Subscribers
• Members - Get List Members
• MembersPage - Get List Members by Page
• Search - Search List

Search

• Advanced - Advanced Twitter Search by Page
• Cashtags - Search Cashtags
• Hashtags - Search Hashtags

Timelines

• TweetsAndReplies - Get All Tweets and Replies by User
• UserPage - Get User Timeline by Page
• User - Get User Timeline and Fill Count
• TweetsAndRepliesPage - Get All Tweets and Replies by User by Page

Trending

• Countries - List Global Trend Countries
• Topics - List Global Trend Topics
• Contents - List Global Trend Content Tags
• Tweets - Get Global Trending Tweets
• ByCountry - Get Trending Topics

Tweets

• Detail - Get Tweet Detail
• Thread - Get Tweet Thread by ID
• Lookup - Batch Get Tweets by ID
• Similar - Get Similar Tweets

Tweets.Actions

• Like - Like a Tweet
• Unlike - Unlike a Tweet
• Retweet - Retweet a Tweet
• Unretweet - Delete Retweet
• CreateThread - Create a Tweet Thread
• Create - Create a Tweet or Reply
• Quote - Create a Quote Tweet
• CreateWithoutCookie - Post Tweet (Auto Cookie)
• Bookmark - Bookmark a Tweet
• Unbookmark - Delete Bookmark
• DeleteBatch - Delete One or More Tweets

Tweets.Engagement

• Retweeters - Get Retweeters
• RetweetersPage - Get Retweeters by Page
• Quotes - Get Quote Tweets
• QuotesPage - Get Quote Tweets by Page

Tweets.Replies

• Page - Get Replies by Page

Users

• GetByUsernames - Get Multiple Users by Usernames
• GetByIds - Users Details by ID
• VerifyAccount - Verify Account Status
• GetStatuses - Batch Get User account status
• Search - Search User
• Follow - Follow User
• Unfollow - Unfollow User
• GetAccountBased - Get Twitter Account Based in
• GetAbout - Get Twitter User About by Screen Name

Users.Followers

• List - Get Followers (v3)
• Verified - Get Verified Followers

Users.Following

• List - Get Following (v3)

Retries

Some of the endpoints in this SDK support retries. If you use the SDK without any configuration, it will fall back to the default retry strategy provided by the API. However, the default retry strategy can be overridden on a per-operation basis, or across the entire SDK.

To change the default retry strategy for a single API call, simply pass a RetryConfig to the call:

using System.Collections.Generic;
using XapiScraper;
using XapiScraper.Models.Components;

var sdk = new XapiScraperSDK(bearerAuth: "<YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN_HERE>");

AdvancedSearchCursorQuery req = new AdvancedSearchCursorQuery() {
    SearchTerms = new List<string>() {
        "<value 1>",
        "<value 2>",
        "<value 3>",
    },
    SortBy = "<value>",
    NextCursor = "",
};

var res = await sdk.Search.AdvancedAsync(
    retryConfig: new RetryConfig(
        strategy: RetryConfig.RetryStrategy.BACKOFF,
        backoff: new BackoffStrategy(
            initialIntervalMs: 1L,
            maxIntervalMs: 50L,
            maxElapsedTimeMs: 100L,
            exponent: 1.1
        ),
        retryConnectionErrors: false
    ),
    request: req
);

// handle response

If you'd like to override the default retry strategy for all operations that support retries, you can use the RetryConfig optional parameter when intitializing the SDK:

using System.Collections.Generic;
using XapiScraper;
using XapiScraper.Models.Components;

var sdk = new XapiScraperSDK(
    retryConfig: new RetryConfig(
        strategy: RetryConfig.RetryStrategy.BACKOFF,
        backoff: new BackoffStrategy(
            initialIntervalMs: 1L,
            maxIntervalMs: 50L,
            maxElapsedTimeMs: 100L,
            exponent: 1.1
        ),
        retryConnectionErrors: false
    ),
    bearerAuth: "<YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN_HERE>"
);

AdvancedSearchCursorQuery req = new AdvancedSearchCursorQuery() {
    SearchTerms = new List<string>() {
        "<value 1>",
        "<value 2>",
        "<value 3>",
    },
    SortBy = "<value>",
    NextCursor = "",
};

var res = await sdk.Search.AdvancedAsync(req);

// handle response

Error Handling

XapiScraperException is the base exception class for all HTTP error responses. It has the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
Message	string	Error message
Request	HttpRequestMessage	HTTP request object
Response	HttpResponseMessage	HTTP response object

Some exceptions in this SDK include an additional Payload field, which will contain deserialized custom error data when present. Possible exceptions are listed in the Error Classes section.

Example

using System.Collections.Generic;
using XapiScraper;
using XapiScraper.Models.Components;
using XapiScraper.Models.Errors;

var sdk = new XapiScraperSDK(bearerAuth: "<YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN_HERE>");

try
{
    AdvancedSearchCursorQuery req = new AdvancedSearchCursorQuery() {
        SearchTerms = new List<string>() {
            "<value 1>",
            "<value 2>",
            "<value 3>",
        },
        SortBy = "<value>",
        NextCursor = "",
    };

    var res = await sdk.Search.AdvancedAsync(req);

    // handle response
}
catch (XapiScraperException ex) // all SDK exceptions inherit from XapiScraperException
{
    // ex.ToString() provides a detailed error message
    System.Console.WriteLine(ex);

    // Base exception fields
    HttpRequestMessage request = ex.Request;
    HttpResponseMessage response = ex.Response;
    var statusCode = (int)response.StatusCode;
    var responseBody = ex.Body;

    if (ex is HTTPValidationError) // different exceptions may be thrown depending on the method
    {
        // Check error data fields
        HTTPValidationErrorPayload payload = ex.Payload;
        List<ValidationError> Detail = payload.Detail;
        HTTPMetadata HttpMeta = payload.HttpMeta;
    }

    // An underlying cause may be provided
    if (ex.InnerException != null)
    {
        Exception cause = ex.InnerException;
    }
}
catch (OperationCanceledException ex)
{
    // CancellationToken was cancelled
}
catch (System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException ex)
{
    // Check ex.InnerException for Network connectivity errors
}

Error Classes

Primary exceptions:

• XapiScraperException: The base class for HTTP error responses.
  • HTTPValidationError: Validation Error. Status code 422. *

Less common exceptions (2)

• System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: Network connectivity error. For more details about the underlying cause, inspect the ex.InnerException.

• Inheriting from XapiScraperException:

  • ResponseValidationError: Thrown when the response data could not be deserialized into the expected type.

* Refer to the relevant documentation to determine whether an exception applies to a specific operation.

Server Selection

Select Server by Name

You can override the default server globally by passing a server name to the server: string optional parameter when initializing the SDK client instance. The selected server will then be used as the default on the operations that use it. This table lists the names associated with the available servers:

Name	Server	Description
production	https://api.twexapi.io	TwexAPI production API

Example

using System.Collections.Generic;
using XapiScraper;
using XapiScraper.Models.Components;

var sdk = new XapiScraperSDK(
    server: SDKConfig.Server.Production,
    bearerAuth: "<YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN_HERE>"
);

AdvancedSearchCursorQuery req = new AdvancedSearchCursorQuery() {
    SearchTerms = new List<string>() {
        "<value 1>",
        "<value 2>",
        "<value 3>",
    },
    SortBy = "<value>",
    NextCursor = "",
};

var res = await sdk.Search.AdvancedAsync(req);

// handle response

Override Server URL Per-Client

The default server can also be overridden globally by passing a URL to the serverUrl: string optional parameter when initializing the SDK client instance. For example:

using System.Collections.Generic;
using XapiScraper;
using XapiScraper.Models.Components;

var sdk = new XapiScraperSDK(
    serverUrl: "https://api.twexapi.io",
    bearerAuth: "<YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN_HERE>"
);

AdvancedSearchCursorQuery req = new AdvancedSearchCursorQuery() {
    SearchTerms = new List<string>() {
        "<value 1>",
        "<value 2>",
        "<value 3>",
    },
    SortBy = "<value>",
    NextCursor = "",
};

var res = await sdk.Search.AdvancedAsync(req);

// handle response

Custom HTTP Client

The C# SDK makes API calls using an ISpeakeasyHttpClient that wraps the native HttpClient. This client provides the ability to attach hooks around the request lifecycle that can be used to modify the request or handle errors and response.

The ISpeakeasyHttpClient interface allows you to either use the default SpeakeasyHttpClient that comes with the SDK, or provide your own custom implementation with customized configuration such as custom message handlers, timeouts, connection pooling, and other HTTP client settings.

The following example shows how to create a custom HTTP client with request modification and error handling:

using XapiScraper;
using XapiScraper.Utils;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

// Create a custom HTTP client
public class CustomHttpClient : ISpeakeasyHttpClient
{
    private readonly ISpeakeasyHttpClient _defaultClient;

    public CustomHttpClient()
    {
        _defaultClient = new SpeakeasyHttpClient();
    }

    public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken? cancellationToken = null)
    {
        // Add custom header and timeout
        request.Headers.Add("x-custom-header", "custom value");
        request.Headers.Add("x-request-timeout", "30");
        
        try
        {
            var response = await _defaultClient.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
            // Log successful response
            Console.WriteLine($"Request successful: {response.StatusCode}");
            return response;
        }
        catch (Exception error)
        {
            // Log error
            Console.WriteLine($"Request failed: {error.Message}");
            throw;
        }
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
        _httpClient?.Dispose();
        _defaultClient?.Dispose();
    }
}

// Use the custom HTTP client with the SDK
var customHttpClient = new CustomHttpClient();
var sdk = new XapiScraper(client: customHttpClient);

You can also provide a completely custom HTTP client with your own configuration:

using XapiScraper.Utils;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

// Custom HTTP client with custom configuration
public class AdvancedHttpClient : ISpeakeasyHttpClient
{
    private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;

    public AdvancedHttpClient()
    {
        var handler = new HttpClientHandler()
        {
            MaxConnectionsPerServer = 10,
            // ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = customCertValidation, // Custom SSL validation if needed
        };

        _httpClient = new HttpClient(handler)
        {
            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30)
        };
    }

    public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken? cancellationToken = null)
    {
        return await _httpClient.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken ?? CancellationToken.None);
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
        _httpClient?.Dispose();
    }
}

var sdk = XapiScraper.Builder()
    .WithClient(new AdvancedHttpClient())
    .Build();

For simple debugging, you can enable request/response logging by implementing a custom client:

public class LoggingHttpClient : ISpeakeasyHttpClient
{
    private readonly ISpeakeasyHttpClient _innerClient;

    public LoggingHttpClient(ISpeakeasyHttpClient innerClient = null)
    {
        _innerClient = innerClient ?? new SpeakeasyHttpClient();
    }

    public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken? cancellationToken = null)
    {
        // Log request
        Console.WriteLine($"Sending {request.Method} request to {request.RequestUri}");
        
        var response = await _innerClient.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
        
        // Log response
        Console.WriteLine($"Received {response.StatusCode} response");
        
        return response;
    }

    public void Dispose() => _innerClient?.Dispose();
}

var sdk = new XapiScraper(client: new LoggingHttpClient());

The SDK also provides built-in hook support through the SDKConfiguration.Hooks system, which automatically handles BeforeRequestAsync, AfterSuccessAsync, and AfterErrorAsync hooks for advanced request lifecycle management.

Development

Maturity

This SDK is in beta, and there may be breaking changes between versions without a major version update. Therefore, we recommend pinning usage to a specific package version. This way, you can install the same version each time without breaking changes unless you are intentionally looking for the latest version.

Contributions

While we value open-source contributions to this SDK, this library is generated programmatically. Any manual changes added to internal files will be overwritten on the next generation. We look forward to hearing your feedback. Feel free to open a PR or an issue with a proof of concept and we'll do our best to include it in a future release.

SDK Created by Speakeasy