📊 Extract and merge Twitter (X) threads using TwitterAPI.io
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💡 Pro Tip — Twitter’s API is paid now, which makes simple data pulls expensive. ScraperNode is a community node that scrapes Twitter profiles and posts without needing API access.
Description
Twitter (X) Thread Fetcher: Extract and Merge Tweets from Threads
What it does
- Thread Detection: Automatically detects whether the provided Twitter link is a single tweet or a thread.
- Tweet Extraction: Fetches and returns the content of a single tweet, or gathers all tweets in a thread by retrieving the first tweet and all connected replies.
- Thread Merging: Merges all tweets in the correct order to reconstruct the complete thread, filtering out any empty results.
- Seamless Integration: Easily trigger this workflow from other n8n workflows to automate Twitter thread extraction from various sources.
How it works
- Accepts a Twitter link as input-either a single tweet or a thread.
- If the link is for a single tweet, fetches and returns the tweet content.
- If the link is for a thread, fetches the first tweet, then iteratively retrieves all connected replies that form the thread, ensuring only relevant tweets are included.
- Merges the first tweet and all subsequent thread tweets in order, filters out any empty results, and returns the complete thread.
- Uses twitterapi.io for all Twitter API requests.
Set up steps
- Setup typically takes just a few minutes. You’ll need to configure your Twitter API credentials for twitterapi.io.
- You can trigger this workflow manually for testing or call it from another workflow to automate thread fetching from sources like Notion, spreadsheets, or other platforms.
- For best results, create a separate workflow to gather Twitter links from your preferred source, then trigger this workflow to fetch and return the full thread.
> Detailed configuration instructions and node explanations are included as sticky notes within the workflow canvas.
Benefits
- Light speed: Fetches a 15-tweet thread in just 3 seconds for rapid results.
- Cost effective: Processes a 15-tweet thread for only $0.0027, making it highly affordable. (Cost may vary depending on the density of replies in the thread.)
🔗 Nodes Used
Function, HTTP Request, Execute Workflow Trigger, Filter
📥 Import
Download workflow.json and import into n8n:
Workflow menu → Import from File