#Read Twitter / X without API

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untold jackal
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I'm trying to monitor a twitter account. So is should scan for new tweets each 2 hours for example. But I'm not able to do this without the X API. How can I do this? (so without the usage of the API)

cinder oasisBOT
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shell blazeBOT
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I wouldn’t scrape X directly. X’s current developer rules explicitly prohibit scraping/browser automation/non-API access, and it’s brittle anyway. (docs.x.com)

Practical options:

  1. Best/stable: use the official X API.
  2. No X API: monitor another source the account publishes to — RSS/newsletter/Mastodon/Bluesky/site/blog.
  3. Semi-workaround: use a third-party RSS/X monitoring service only if you’re okay with their terms/reliability. Nitter-style feeds have been unreliable since X broke guest access. (en.wikipedia.org)
  4. If it’s your own notifications: enable X email/push notifications and have OpenClaw monitor your email/notification source instead of scraping X.

For OpenClaw, the clean pattern is a cron job every 2h that checks an allowed feed/source and only reports new items:

openclaw cron add \
  --name "Watch feed" \
  --every 2h \
  --session isolated \
Nitter

Nitter is a free and open source alternative frontend for Twitter, focusing on privacy and performance. Nitter is designed to allow access to Twitter without tracking, advertisements, or the need for an account. It only supports browsing, and cannot be used to sign in or interact with the Twitter community. Users can view user profiles, replies,...