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Return a simple embed HTML for a X timeline specified by the timeline URL, in an oEmbed-compatible JSON format. User, list, likes, and collection timelines are supported. The timeline markup is meant to be cached on your servers for up to the suggested cache lifetime specified by the cache_age property.

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Resource URL

https://publish.x.com/oembed

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Resource Information

FeatureValue
Response formatsJSON
Requires authentication?No
Rate limitedNo

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Parameters

NameDescriptionExample
urlThe URL of the X timeline to be embeddedhttps://x.com/XDevelopers
https://x.com/XDevelopers/lists/national-parks
widget_typeCollection timelines only. Set to grid to display Posts in a grid layoutgrid
limitDisplay up to N items where N is a value between 1 and 20 inclusive6
maxwidthSet the maximum width of the widget. Must be between 180 and 1200 inclusive300
maxheightSet the maximum height of the widget. Must be greater than 200400
omit_scriptDo not include a <script> element in the response1
langA supported X language codees
relatedSuggest additional X screen names related to the widget as comma-separated values. X may suggest these accounts to follow after the user likes a displayed Post. You may provide a brief description of how the account relates to the Post with a URL-encoded comma and text after the screen namex%3AX%20News,xapi%3AX%20API%20News
themeWhen set to dark, the timeline is displayed with light text over a dark backgrounddark
border_colorSet the color of widget component borders, including the border between Posts, with a hexadecimal color value%23a80000
chromeRemove a timeline display component with space-separated tokens:
• noheader — hides the header
• nofooter — hides the footer, if visible
• noborders — removes all borders: around the widget, between Posts, and inside a Post
• noscrollbar — crop and hide the timeline scrollbar, if visible
• transparent — remove background color		noheader%20nofooter
aria_politeSet an assertive ARIA live region politeness value for Posts added to a timelineassertive
dntWhen set to true, the timeline and its embedded page on your site are not used for purposes that include personalized suggestions and personalized adstrue

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Example requests

GET https://publish.x.com/oembed?url=https://x.com/XDevelopers
twurl -H publish.x.com "/oembed?url=https://x.com/XDevelopers"

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Example Response

{
  "url": "https://x.com/XDevelopers",
  "title": "",
  "html": "<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" href=\"https://x.com/XDevelopers\">Posts by XDevelopers</a>\n<script async src=\"//platform.x.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>",
  "width": null,
  "height": null,
  "type": "rich",
  "cache_age": "3153600000",
  "provider_name": "X",
  "provider_url": "https://x.com",
  "version": "1.0"
}