Fetch a tweet by ID
Retrieve detailed metadata for a specific tweet by ID including full text, media, engagement stats, and thread context.
POST
/tweet-detail Content https://api.fetchlayer.dev/twitter/tweet-detail Headers
Authorization string required Bearer token — your FetchLayer API key.
Parameters
tweetId string required Tweet ID.
screenName string optional Optional screen name context for URL construction.
Response Fields
tweet-detail
Fetch a tweet by ID
id string Unique tweet identifier.
text string Full tweet text.
author.handle string Author handle.
author.displayName string Author display name.
author.isVerified boolean Verified status.
author.followersCount number Author follower count.
createdAt string ISO 8601 timestamp.
likeCount number Like count.
retweetCount number Retweet/repost count.
replyCount number Reply count.
quoteCount number Quote tweet count.
viewCount number Impression count.
url string Canonical tweet URL.
lang string BCP 47 language code.
media[] array Attached media (photos, videos, cards).
Request
curl -X POST "https://api.fetchlayer.dev/twitter/tweet-detail" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ss-your-key" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"tweetId":"1942939879222220800"}'Response
{
"id": "1942939879222220800",
"text": "Just tried the new GPT-4o vision features on the OpenAI playground — it correctly described a screenshot of our dashboard in one prompt. Incredible.",
"author": {
"handle": "devuser",
"displayName": "Dev User",
"isVerified": false,
"followersCount": 3200
},
"createdAt": "2026-07-01T18:42:00.000Z",
"likeCount": 142,
"retweetCount": 31,
"replyCount": 23,
"quoteCount": 4,
"viewCount": 8200,
"url": "https://x.com/devuser/status/1942939879222220800",
"lang": "en",
"media": []
}