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Fetch Twitter/X post content including long-form Articles with full images and metadata. Use when Claude needs to retrieve tweet/article content, author info, engagement metrics, and embedded media. Supports individual posts and X Articles (long-form content). Automatically downloads all images to local attachments folder and generates complete Markdown with proper image references. Preferred over Jina for X Articles with images.

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Twitter Reader

Fetch Twitter/X post and article content with full media support.

Quick Start (Recommended)

For X Articles with images, use the new fetch_article.py script:

uv run --with pyyaml python scripts/fetch_article.py <article_url> [output_dir]

Example:

uv run --with pyyaml python scripts/fetch_article.py \
  https://x.com/HiTw93/status/2040047268221608281 \
  ./Clippings

This will:

  • Fetch structured data via twitter-cli (likes, retweets, bookmarks)
  • Fetch content with images via jina.ai API
  • Download all images to attachments/YYYY-MM-DD-AUTHOR-TITLE/
  • Generate complete Markdown with embedded image references
  • Include YAML frontmatter with metadata

Example Output

Fetching: https://x.com/HiTw93/status/2040047268221608281
--------------------------------------------------
Getting metadata...
Title: 你不知道的大模型训练：原理、路径与新实践
Author: Tw93
Likes: 1648

Getting content and images...
Images: 15

Downloading 15 images...
  ✓ 01-image.jpg
  ✓ 02-image.jpg
  ...

✓ Saved: ./Clippings/2026-04-03-文章标题.md
✓ Images: ./Clippings/attachments/2026-04-03-HiTw93-.../ (15 downloaded)

Alternative: Jina API (Text-only)

For simple text-only fetching without authentication:

# Single tweet
curl "https://r.jina.ai/https://x.com/USER/status/TWEET_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${JINA_API_KEY}"

# Batch fetching
scripts/fetch_tweets.sh url1 url2 url3

Features

Full Article Mode (fetch_article.py)

  • ✅ Structured metadata (author, date, engagement metrics)
  • ✅ Automatic image download (all embedded media)
  • ✅ Complete Markdown with local image references
  • ✅ YAML frontmatter for PKM systems
  • ✅ Handles X Articles (long-form content)

Simple Mode (Jina API)

  • Text-only content
  • No authentication required beyond Jina API key
  • Good for quick text extraction

Prerequisites

For Full Article Mode

  • uv (Python package manager)
  • No additional setup (twitter-cli auto-installed)

For Simple Mode (Jina)

export JINA_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"
# Get from https://jina.ai/

Output Structure

output_dir/
├── YYYY-MM-DD-article-title.md       # Main Markdown file
└── attachments/
    └── YYYY-MM-DD-author-title/
        ├── 01-image.jpg
        ├── 02-image.jpg
        └── ...

What Gets Returned

Full Article Mode

  • YAML Frontmatter: source, author, date, likes, retweets, bookmarks
  • Markdown Content: Full article text with local image references
  • Attachments: All downloaded images in dedicated folder

Simple Mode

  • Title: Post author and content preview
  • URL Source: Original tweet link
  • Published Time: GMT timestamp
  • Markdown Content: Text with remote media URLs

URL Formats Supported

  • https://x.com/USER/status/ID (posts)
  • https://x.com/USER/article/ID (long-form articles)
  • https://twitter.com/USER/status/ID (legacy)

Scripts

fetch_article.py

Full-featured article fetcher with image download:

uv run --with pyyaml python scripts/fetch_article.py <url> [output_dir]

fetch_tweet.py

Simple text-only fetcher using Jina API:

python scripts/fetch_tweet.py <tweet_url> [output_file]

fetch_tweets.sh

Batch fetch multiple tweets (Jina API):

scripts/fetch_tweets.sh <url1> <url2> ...

Migration from Jina API

Old workflow:

curl "https://r.jina.ai/https://x.com/..."
# Manual image extraction and download

New workflow:

uv run --with pyyaml python scripts/fetch_article.py <url>
# Automatic image download, complete Markdown