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xurl X API CLI: install, auth, app choice, shortcuts, raw endpoints.

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xurl

Official CLI for the X API.

Primary upstream: https://github.com/xdevplatform/xurl

Install

Homebrew:

brew install --cask xdevplatform/tap/xurl

npm:

npm install -g @xdevplatform/xurl

Shell script:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdevplatform/xurl/main/install.sh | bash

Go:

go install github.com/xdevplatform/xurl@latest

Safety

  • Never read, print, summarize, upload, or paste ~/.xurl into LLM context.
  • Never ask the user to paste client secrets, bearer tokens, or OAuth tokens into chat.
  • Never use --verbose in agent runs; it can expose auth headers.
  • Do not run auth commands with inline secret flags in an agent session.
  • The user must register app credentials manually on their machine outside the agent session.

Auth

Check current state:

xurl auth status

If an app is already registered, complete OAuth 2.0:

xurl auth oauth2

Multi-app:

xurl auth apps list
xurl auth default my-app
xurl auth default my-app alice
xurl --app dev-app /2/users/me

Notes:

  • xurl stores app config and tokens in ~/.xurl.
  • OAuth 2.0 redirect URI in the X developer portal should be http://localhost:8080/callback.
  • App registration examples with inline secrets are intentionally omitted here. Do that outside the agent session.

Common shortcuts

xurl post "Hello world!"
xurl reply 1234567890 "Nice post"
xurl quote 1234567890 "My take"
xurl delete 1234567890

xurl read 1234567890
xurl search "from:elonmusk" -n 10
xurl whoami
xurl user @XDevelopers
xurl timeline -n 20
xurl mentions -n 10

xurl like 1234567890
xurl unlike 1234567890
xurl repost 1234567890
xurl unrepost 1234567890

xurl bookmark 1234567890
xurl unbookmark 1234567890
xurl bookmarks -n 10
xurl likes -n 10

xurl follow @handle
xurl unfollow @handle
xurl following -n 20
xurl followers -n 20

xurl dm @handle "message"
xurl dms -n 10

xurl media upload path/to/file.mp4
xurl media status MEDIA_ID

POST_ID can also be a full X status URL.

Raw endpoint mode

GET:

xurl /2/users/me

POST JSON:

xurl -X POST /2/tweets -d '{"text":"Hello world!"}'

Headers:

xurl -H "Content-Type: application/json" /2/tweets

Choose auth type:

xurl --auth oauth2 /2/users/me
xurl --auth oauth1 /2/tweets
xurl --auth app /2/users/me

Choose OAuth2 account:

xurl --username alice /2/users/me

Streaming:

xurl /2/tweets/search/stream
xurl -s /2/users/me

Quick checks

Install:

xurl version

Auth:

xurl auth status

Live request after auth:

xurl whoami