X (Twitter)

Connecting a developer account

Due to API restrictions from Twitter, you will need to create and connect a twitter developer account to start the connection process. You can create a new account or access your existing twitter developer account here

Next, access the project and navigate to the Keys and tokens section (example shown below):

Twitter developer portal showing project dashboard with Keys and tokens section highlighted

When you click on the Keys and tokens button for your project, you should land in a page that looks like the following. Regenerate and save the API key, API secret, and Oauth client ID and secret as we will need to enter these into Relay.app:

Twitter developer project Keys and tokens page showing API key, API secret, and OAuth client credentials that need to be saved for Relay.app connection

Next, navigate to the "settings" tab, and from there, click on the "User authentication set up" settings:

Twitter developer project settings tab with User authentication setup option to configure OAuth permissions

Lastly, in this page, enable "read and write" permissions, as a "web app", and enter https://run.relay.app/connect/callback/twitter as the callback URL

Twitter OAuth authentication setup page showing read and write permissions configuration and callback URL field for Relay.app integration

Lastly, in Relay.app, enter the API keys and OAuth client secret into the step connection dialog to complete the connection.

Action Rate Limits

Twitter rate-limits actions aggressively through their API. Relay.app is not able to circumvent those rate-limits. For convenience these are the published limits for the actions we provide. If you encounter an error posting on twitter, then you may need to either stagger your requests to occur less frequently, or upgrade to a higher tier of paid twitter developer account (Note that a developer account is distinct from X premium or other paid twitter offerings)

Action
Twitter Free Tier Limit
Twitter Basic Tier Limit
Twitter Pro Tier Limit

Post tweet, reply to tweet, quote tweet

17 posts / day

100 posts / day

100 posts / 15 minutes

Retweet

1 post / 15 minutes

5 posts / 15 minutes

50 posts / 15 minutes

Follow user

1 follow / 15 minutes

5 follows / 15 minutes

50 follows / 15 minutes

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