Home Timeline Quickstart

This guide walks you through making your first request to the reverse chronological home. Reference for the X API v2 standard tier covering quickstart.

This guide walks you through making your first request to the reverse chronological home timeline endpoint.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you’ll need:

• A developer account with an approved App
• User Access Tokens (this endpoint requires user authentication)

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Step 1: Get the user ID

You need the user ID for the account whose home timeline you want to retrieve. Find it using the username lookup endpoint:

cURL

shellscript

curl "https://api.x.com/2/users/by/username/XDevelopers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BEARER_TOKEN"

from xdk import Client

client = Client(bearer_token="YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN")

response = client.users.get_by_username("XDevelopers")
print(f"User ID: {response.data.id}")

import { Client } from "@xdevplatform/xdk";

const client = new Client({ bearerToken: "YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN" });

const response = await client.users.getByUsername("XDevelopers");
console.log(`User ID: ${response.data?.id}`);

The response includes the user ID:

{
  "data": {
    "id": "2244994945",
    "name": "X Developers",
    "username": "XDevelopers"
  }
}

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Step 2: Request the home timeline

Make a GET request with the user ID and User Access Token:

cURL

shellscript

curl "https://api.x.com/2/users/2244994945/timelines/reverse_chronological" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $USER_ACCESS_TOKEN"

from xdk import Client

client = Client(bearer_token="YOUR_USER_ACCESS_TOKEN")

# Get home timeline with pagination
for page in client.posts.get_home_timeline("2244994945"):
    for post in page.data:
        print(post.text)

import { Client } from "@xdevplatform/xdk";

const client = new Client({ accessToken: "YOUR_USER_ACCESS_TOKEN" });

// Get home timeline with pagination
const paginator = client.posts.getHomeTimeline("2244994945");

for await (const page of paginator) {
  page.data?.forEach((post) => {
    console.log(post.text);
  });
}

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Step 3: Review the response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "1524796546306478083",
      "text": "Today marks the launch of Devs in the Details...",
      "edit_history_tweet_ids": ["1524796546306478083"]
    },
    {
      "id": "1524468552404668416",
      "text": "Join us tomorrow for a discussion about bots...",
      "edit_history_tweet_ids": ["1524468552404668416"]
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "result_count": 2,
    "newest_id": "1524796546306478083",
    "oldest_id": "1524468552404668416",
    "next_token": "7140dibdnow9c7btw421dyz6jism75z99gyxd8egarsc4"
  }
}

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Step 4: Add fields and expansions

Request additional data with query parameters:

cURL

shellscript

curl "https://api.x.com/2/users/2244994945/timelines/reverse_chronological?\
tweet.fields=created_at,public_metrics,author_id&\
expansions=author_id&\
user.fields=username,verified&\
max_results=10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $USER_ACCESS_TOKEN"

from xdk import Client

client = Client(bearer_token="YOUR_USER_ACCESS_TOKEN")

# Get home timeline with fields and expansions
for page in client.posts.get_home_timeline(
    "2244994945",
    tweet_fields=["created_at", "public_metrics", "author_id"],
    expansions=["author_id"],
    user_fields=["username", "verified"],
    max_results=10
):
    for post in page.data:
        print(f"{post.text[:50]}... - Likes: {post.public_metrics.like_count}")

import { Client } from "@xdevplatform/xdk";

const client = new Client({ accessToken: "YOUR_USER_ACCESS_TOKEN" });

// Get home timeline with fields and expansions
const paginator = client.posts.getHomeTimeline("2244994945", {
  tweetFields: ["created_at", "public_metrics", "author_id"],
  expansions: ["author_id"],
  userFields: ["username", "verified"],
  maxResults: 10,
});

for await (const page of paginator) {
  page.data?.forEach((post) => {
    console.log(`${post.text?.slice(0, 50)}... - Likes: ${post.public_metrics?.like_count}`);
  });
}

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Step 5: Paginate through results

The SDKs handle pagination automatically. For cURL, use the next_token from the response to get more results:

curl "https://api.x.com/2/users/2244994945/timelines/reverse_chronological?\
max_results=10&\
pagination_token=7140dibdnow9c7btw421dyz6jism75z99gyxd8egarsc4" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $USER_ACCESS_TOKEN"

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Common parameters

Parameter	Description	Default
max_results	Results per page (1-100)	10
start_time	Oldest Post timestamp (ISO 8601)	—
end_time	Newest Post timestamp (ISO 8601)	—
since_id	Return Posts after this ID	—
until_id	Return Posts before this ID	—
exclude	Exclude retweets, replies, or both	—

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Next steps

User mentions

Get Posts mentioning a user

Integration guide

Key concepts and best practices

API Reference

Full endpoint documentation

Pagination guide

Navigate large result sets