Use BetterTwitFix free API to get data from tweet in x.com

[Fred-Vatin]

Hi,

Currently, it is hard to relevant data for the selected tweet and its quote. Video source link can be reached (currently) with:

article[tabindex="-1"][data-testid="tweet"] > .css-175oi2r.r-eqz5dr.r-16y2uox.r-1wbh5a2 > .css-175oi2r.r-16y2uox.r-1wbh5a2.r-1ny4l3l > [class="css-175oi2r"] > [class="css-175oi2r"] > .css-175oi2r.r-9aw3ui.r-1s2bzr4 > .css-175oi2r.r-9aw3ui [data-testid="tweetPhoto"] video > source

[tabindex="-1"] is required to the get the selected tweet if it is an answer.

Video source format is src="blob:https://x.com/56a5be7e-9007-4877-bdd2-58f5cf0e799f". Obsidian can not play it.

The solution could be the use of api.vxtwitter.com in extractors/twitter.ts.

Example with this tweet that has video and quote with video. The api url is: https://api.vxtwitter.com/sibusawaeiiti/status/1879171794495742015

{
    "allSameType": true,
    "article": null,
    "combinedMediaUrl": null,
    "communityNote": null,
    "conversationID": "1879171794495742015",
    "date": "Tue Jan 14 14:20:43 +0000 2025",
    "date_epoch": 1736864443,
    "hasMedia": true,
    "hashtags": [],
    "lang": "ja",
    "likes": 2127,
    "mediaURLs": [
        "https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1879171688824528896/pu/vid/avc1/720x1066/SbpTwbj519EZPLZs.mp4"
    ],
    "media_extended": [
        {
            "altText": null,
            "duration_millis": 58932,
            "size": {
                "height": 1066,
                "width": 720
            },
            "thumbnail_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1879171688824528896/pu/img/9BPAwwIDmt9NBPSC.jpg",
            "type": "video",
            "url": "https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1879171688824528896/pu/vid/avc1/720x1066/SbpTwbj519EZPLZs.mp4"
        }
    ],
    "pollData": null,
    "possibly_sensitive": false,
    "qrt": {
        "allSameType": true,
        "article": null,
        "combinedMediaUrl": null,
        "communityNote": null,
        "conversationID": "1879165445707866119",
        "date": "Tue Jan 14 14:07:10 +0000 2025",
        "date_epoch": 1736863630,
        "hasMedia": true,
        "hashtags": [],
        "lang": "ja",
        "likes": 88,
        "mediaURLs": [
            "https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1879168310392324096/pu/vid/avc1/576x1024/456wLvOLl6XrOGAL.mp4"
        ],
        "media_extended": [
            {
                "altText": null,
                "duration_millis": 83966,
                "size": {
                    "height": 1024,
                    "width": 576
                },
                "thumbnail_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1879168310392324096/pu/img/8GCBkgVEnvkJfBni.jpg",
                "type": "video",
                "url": "https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1879168310392324096/pu/vid/avc1/576x1024/456wLvOLl6XrOGAL.mp4"
            }
        ],
        "pollData": null,
        "possibly_sensitive": false,
        "qrtURL": null,
        "replies": 0,
        "retweets": 50,
        "text": "@sibusawaeiiti な〜るほど🫱🫱",
        "tweetID": "1879168383423496436",
        "tweetURL": "https://twitter.com/e_cqwz/status/1879168383423496436",
        "user_name": "レあ",
        "user_profile_image_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1827489158132293632/9SzNhVXE_normal.jpg",
        "user_screen_name": "e_cqwz"
    },
    "qrtURL": "https://twitter.com/i/status/1879168383423496436",
    "replies": 16,
    "retweets": 1118,
    "text": "な〜るホド🫱🫱",
    "tweetID": "1879171794495742015",
    "tweetURL": "https://twitter.com/sibusawaeiiti/status/1879171794495742015",
    "user_name": "渋沢 栄一郎🗣#NO SLIP NO LIFE",
    "user_profile_image_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1384111848933314574/WzZ464Q7_normal.jpg",
    "user_screen_name": "sibusawaeiiti"
}

We have all we need. This API downside is it only works on public tweet. Twitter made their tweets scrapping very hard, maybe to force the use of their own API.