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X API user lookup: six routes and a $1 request
Six routes return an X user profile, the live spec exposes 27 user fields, and X's own integration guide documents 11 of them with three dead parameter names.
·→Article·10 min readX API webhooks: the CRC the tools cannot sign
X's webhook docs recommend signing the CRC with the OAuth 2.0 client secret. The tool the same page tells you to test with still cannot do it.
·→Article·11 min readX Livestream API: your source id was the stream key
The X Livestream API moved to /2/sources and /2/broadcasts on 5 November 2026. What the new routes change, what returns 404 on 1 January 2027, and what the SDK still lacks.
·→Article·10 min readX scheduled broadcast API: one stream at a time
X documents recurring livestream schedules with a worked example. The live API contract says those requests are rejected. What the six endpoints actually accept in 2026.
·→Article·8 min readPost photo on X: who actually gets paid
X's Post photo button reshares someone else's image with a credit overlay and splits the reward. X's own originality policy still says copies do not count.
·→Article·9 min readX API Articles: the block type that returns a 503
The X API Articles endpoints in 2026: a documented heading X confirmed is broken, a DraftJS body with two span conventions, and no price on the rate card.
·→Article·10 min readX API bookmarks: the two caps that are not in the docs
The bookmarks endpoints in 2026: a staff-acknowledged 199-result window on the flat list, a hard 20 on folders, and the batch write that costs a fifth of a cent.
·→Article·9 min readX API Communities: the permission you cannot check
The X API Communities endpoints in 2026: two paths that were never announced, a documented field that does not exist, and a 403 X tells you to debug blind.
·→Article·11 min readX API Community Notes: the mode you cannot turn off
The X API Community Notes endpoints in 2026: five paths, test_mode forced on until an automated evaluator admits you, and the one path X's own changelog got wrong.
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