On the recordRead 8 Oct 202613 facts
X API
Plans and prices
X API — Enterprise
Priced on request
High-volume endpoints · Dedicated account management · Custom rate limits
Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.x.com
X API — Pay-per-use
Priced on request
No subscription or minimum spend · Pay-per-use plans capped at 3 million Post reads per monthly billing cycle
Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.x.com
On the record
- Analytics
- The API provides public engagement metrics and private metrics such as impressions and clicks for your own posts.docs.x.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- API version
- X API v2 is the recommended current version; v1.1 is legacy and has limited support.docs.x.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Incident reporting
- X Developer Platform users must notify X within 48 hours after suspecting a security incident.docs.x.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Other data
- Available resources include users, Spaces, Direct Messages, Lists, and location-based trends.docs.x.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Owned Reads
- Eligible requests for the app owner’s own data cost $0.001 per resource when the authenticated user owns the developer app.docs.x.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Post capabilities
- The API can search, look up, stream, create, and delete posts, and access timelines, threads, and quote posts.docs.x.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- The X API provides programmatic access to X’s public conversation to retrieve posts, analyze trends, build integrations, and create platform experiences.docs.x.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Rate limits
- X API v2 has endpoint-specific limits, most limits reset every 15 minutes, and requests exceeding a limit receive a 429 response.docs.x.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- SDKs
- The developer overview lists official Python and TypeScript SDKs.docs.x.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- API requests must use HTTPS, and the security guidance says not to expose keys or tokens in client-side code, logs, or repositories.docs.x.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The developer overview directs users to the Developer Forum for help from the community and X team.docs.x.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Usage pricing
- Pay-per-use pricing has no subscriptions, contracts, or minimum spend, and usage and costs can be monitored in the Developer Console.docs.x.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Use restrictions
- The developer guidelines prohibit scraping or browser automation and state that X data may not be used to train AI or machine-learning models, except for Grok.docs.x.com · read 8 Oct 2026
