Twitter Tweet Quotes

Get the quote tweets for a specific tweet. Returns the full content and engagement metrics for each quote tweet. Supports pagination.

Endpoint

GET /v1/twitter/tweet/quotes

Price: $0.006 per page Free tier: 50 requests/month

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
`tweet_id`	Yes	Numeric tweet ID
`pages`	No	Number of pages to fetch, 1-10 (default: 1)
`get_sentiment`	No	Set to `true` to add AI emotion analysis (Plutchik’s Wheel) to each result. Adds +$0.001 per page to the cost. Returns emotion scores, dominant emotion, intensity, and polarity.

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`quotes`	array	Array of quote tweets
`quotes[].title`	string	Tweet title (format: `@username on X`)
`quotes[].url`	string	Direct link to the quote tweet
`quotes[].date`	string	Publication date and time
`quotes[].author`	string	Twitter username of the quoter
`quotes[].source`	string	`"Twitter (X)"`
`quotes[].domain`	string	`"x.com"`
`quotes[].snippet`	string	Quote tweet content
`quotes[].likes`	integer	Number of likes
`quotes[].retweets`	integer	Number of retweets
`quotes[].replies`	integer	Number of replies
`quotes[].quotes`	integer	Number of quote tweets
`quotes[].bookmarks`	integer	Number of bookmarks
`quotes[].views`	integer/null	Number of views
`quotes[].author_followers`	integer	Quoter’s follower count
`quotes[].author_verified`	boolean	Whether the quoter is verified
`quotes[].lang`	string	Tweet language code
`quotes[].is_reply`	boolean	Whether it is also a reply
`quotes[].is_quote`	boolean	Always `true` for this endpoint
`quotes[].hashtags`	string[]	Hashtags used
`quotes[].user_mentions`	string[]	Usernames mentioned
`quotes[].sentiment`	object/null	Emotion analysis results. Only present when `get_sentiment=true`. Returns `null` if analysis fails.
`quotes[].sentiment.emotions`	object	Plutchik emotion scores (0-100) for: `joy`, `trust`, `fear`, `surprise`, `sadness`, `disgust`, `anger`, `anticipation`.
`quotes[].sentiment.dominant_emotion`	string	The emotion with the highest score.
`quotes[].sentiment.emotional_intensity`	integer	Overall emotional intensity on a scale of 0-10.
`quotes[].sentiment.polarity`	string	Overall sentiment polarity: `positive`, `negative`, or `neutral`.
`tweet_id`	string	Requested tweet ID
`pages`	integer	Number of pages fetched
`count`	integer	Total results returned

Example Request

cURL

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/twitter/tweet/quotes?tweet_id=1631781099415257088&pages=1" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/twitter/tweet/quotes",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={"tweet_id": "1631781099415257088", "pages": 1}
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "quotes": [
    {
      "title": "@quoter on X",
      "url": "https://twitter.com/quoter/status/...",
      "date": "2024-01-16 10:00:00",
      "author": "quoter",
      "source": "Twitter (X)",
      "domain": "x.com",
      "snippet": "This is so true! Great point here.",
      "likes": 200,
      "retweets": 50,
      "replies": 10,
      "quotes": 2,
      "bookmarks": 30,
      "views": 15000,
      "author_followers": 8000,
      "author_verified": false,
      "lang": "en",
      "is_reply": false,
      "is_quote": true,
      "hashtags": [],
      "user_mentions": [],
      "sentiment": {
        "emotions": {
          "joy": 40,
          "trust": 55,
          "fear": 0,
          "surprise": 10,
          "sadness": 0,
          "disgust": 0,
          "anger": 0,
          "anticipation": 30
        },
        "dominant_emotion": "trust",
        "emotional_intensity": 5,
        "polarity": "positive"
      }
    }
  ],
  "tweet_id": "1631781099415257088",
  "pages": 1,
  "count": 20
}