# TwitterAPI.io, free, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline: X post API

> Get an X user's tweet timeline by user ID, in the same order as their profile in the X app, up to 20 tweets per page with cursor pagination.

TwitterAPI.io's X post API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. It returns 5 of the 6 key fields we check: Text, Engagement, Analytics, Author, Audience.
We rank 148 plans by price. [TweetAPI's $417 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/tweetapi/417-monthly-giga-get-tw-v2-user-photos/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 posts: $0.0042. TweetAPI charges for each page of results. We count 20 posts on each page to get the $0.0042 price.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/free-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline
- Get it: https://twitterapi.io/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.twitterapi.io/twitter/user/tweet_timeline`
- API key: with the plan, on https://twitterapi.io/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.twitterapi.io/api-reference/endpoint/get_user_timeline
- Sold by: TwitterAPI.io (https://twitterapi.io)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 83%
- Text: ✓
- Engagement: ✓
- Analytics: ✓
- Author: ✓
- Audience: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: result
- Billing: free

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get an X user's tweet timeline by user ID, in the same order as their profile in the X app, up to 20 tweets per page with cursor pagination.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: The Service is intended for research, brand monitoring, compliance, and other legitimate business purposes. You may not use the Service to: Collect, sell, or distribute personal data for harassment, stalking, doxxing, or discriminatory targeting. Interfere with or disrupt the Service or its infrastructure. Violate any applicable laws, regulations, or third-party rights. Circumvent access controls or attempt to retrieve data beyond publicly available content. [...] You agree that you will [...] Ensure that your use of the Service does not violate the rights of third parties, including X/Twitter's terms of service. [...] Acceptable Use Policy: You may not use the Service to [...] Attempt to deanonymize or re-identify individuals from aggregated or public data. Use the Service to build or sell "personal dossiers" or surveillance tools. Circumvent access controls, rate limits, or authentication requirements of X/Twitter or any other third-party platform. Scrape, store, or redistribute data in violation of X/Twitter's terms of service. Use the Service for election interference, political manipulation, or spreading misinformation. Use the Service for law enforcement, intelligence, or military surveillance without proper legal authorization. Target minors or process sensitive categories of data (health, financial, biometric, etc.). The Service may not be used from, or on behalf of persons/entities located in, embargoed or sanctioned regions, including but not limited to: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100,000 credits
- Enough for: about 6,666 results, once
- Expires: 31 days

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: userId. Optional: includeReplies, includeParentTweet, cursor
- Method: GET
- Path: /twitter/user/tweet_timeline

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: new accounts, one per person or network, at least 18 years old and legally capable of entering into binding contracts

## The 60 fields the plan's answer can hold

status, post ID, type, post URL, text, posted from, repost count, reply count, like count, quote count, view count, created at, language, bookmark count, is reply, in reply to post ID, conversation ID, display text range, in reply to user ID, in reply to username, author ID, author type, author username, author URL, author name, author blue verified, author protected, author verified type, author profile picture, author banner image, author bio, author location, author followers, author following, author can DM, author account created, author likes count, author has custom timelines, author is translator, author media count, author posts count, author withheld in countries, author affiliation, author possibly sensitive, author pinned post IDs, author is automated, author automated by, author unavailable, author unavailable reason, author unavailable message, author bio links, author website, hashtags, URLs, user mentions, quoted post, reposted post, is limited reply, has more, next cursor

## TwitterAPI.io's plans (15)

- [TwitterAPI.io, free, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/free-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $10 pack, $10 recharge, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/10-pack-10-recharge-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt): $0.15 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $20 pack, $20 recharge, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/20-pack-20-recharge-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt): $0.15 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $50 pack, $50 recharge, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/50-pack-50-recharge-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt): $0.148 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $100 pack, $100 recharge, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/100-pack-100-recharge-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt): $0.147 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $200 pack, $200 recharge, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/200-pack-200-recharge-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt): $0.146 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $500 pack, $500 recharge, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/500-pack-500-recharge-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt): $0.144 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $1,000 pack, $1,000 recharge, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/1000-pack-1000-recharge-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt): $0.143 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $2,500 pack, $2,500 recharge, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/2500-pack-2500-recharge-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt): $0.14 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $5,000 pack, $5,000 recharge, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/5000-pack-5000-recharge-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt): $0.136 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $29 monthly, Starter, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/29-monthly-starter-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt): $0.139 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $99 monthly, Builder, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/99-monthly-builder-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt): $0.132 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $199 monthly, Pro, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/199-monthly-pro-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt): $0.119 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $499 monthly, Scale, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/499-monthly-scale-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt): $0.107 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [TwitterAPI.io, $1,499 monthly, Business, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/1499-monthly-business-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt): $0.10 per 1,000, 83% complete, live

## TwitterAPI.io's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /twitter/user/last_tweets`: [TwitterAPI.io, free, GET /twitter/user/last_tweets](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/free-get-twitter-user-last-tweets/llms.txt)
- `GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline`: [TwitterAPI.io, free, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/free-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt)

## TwitterAPI.io's APIs (2)

- [TwitterAPI.io: X profile API pricing, 15 plans, GET /twitter/user/batch_info_by_ids](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/free-get-twitter-user-batch-info-by-ids/llms.txt)
- [TwitterAPI.io: X profile API pricing, 15 plans, GET /twitter/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/twitterapi-io/free-get-twitter-user-info/llms.txt)
- [TwitterAPI.io: X post API pricing, 15 plans, GET /twitter/user/tweet_timeline](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/twitterapi-io/free-get-twitter-user-tweet-timeline/llms.txt)

## TwitterAPI.io: X post API alternatives

- [ScrapeBadger, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/scrapebadger/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.082 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [GetXAPI, $5 pack, Starter, GET /twitter/user/tweets/complete](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/getxapi/5-pack-starter-get-twitter-user-tweets-complete/llms.txt): $0.083 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Sorsa, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/sorsa/199-monthly/llms.txt): $0.10 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Anysite, $200 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/anysite/200-monthly/llms.txt): $0.10 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

- https://docs.twitterapi.io/api-reference/endpoint/get_user_timeline
- https://docs.twitterapi.io/api-reference/openapi.json
- https://docs.twitterapi.io/errors
- https://docs.twitterapi.io/pricing
- https://docs.twitterapi.io/rate-limits
- https://twitterapi.io/
- https://twitterapi.io/acceptable-use
- https://twitterapi.io/pricing
- https://twitterapi.io/pricing/details
- https://twitterapi.io/qps-limits
- https://twitterapi.io/terms
- https://twitterapi.io/x-api