Introduction

The X Activity API (XAA) endpoint group allows developers to tap in to activity events happening on the X Platform.

A developer can subscribe to events they are interested in such as ProfileBioUpdate, ProfilePictureUpdate etc. and filter for the User ID whose events they want. The matching events for that User ID will be delivered to your app with sub-second latency.

The X Activity API is available as an open beta. While in open beta, please expect potential bugs, breaking changes, or incomplete features.

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Delivery Mechanisms

The X Activity API currently supports the following delivery mechanisms to send events to your app:

• Persistent HTTP stream
• Webhook

Supported Event Types

Currently, X Activity API supports the following event types, organized by category:

Profile Events

Profile events are triggered when a user makes changes to their profile information.

Event Name	Description	Filters
ProfileBioUpdate	Fired when a user updates their profile bio	user_id
ProfilePictureUpdate	Fired when a user updates their profile picture	user_id
ProfileBannerUpdate	Fired when a user updates their profile banner	user_id
ProfileGeoUpdate	Fired when a user updates their profile location	user_id
ProfileUrlUpdate	Fired when a user updates their profile website URL	user_id
ProfileScreennameUpdate	Fired when a user updates their display name	user_id
ProfileVerifiedBadgeUpdate	Fired when a user updates their verified badge	user_id

Trends Events

Trends events provide updates on trending topics and headlines curated by Grok.

Event Name	Description	Filters
TrendsNew	New grok-curated trends and headlines	keyword

Enterprise Only: The TrendsNew event is only available to Enterprise and Partner tier accounts at this time.

In future releases, XAA will expand to support additional event types including social interactions, content engagement, monetization features, and more. We will continue to update our docs when new event types become available.

Note: XAA does not deliver posts. For real-time post delivery, see our Filtered Stream endpoint, which allows developers to filter for and stream posts in real-time.

Event Privacy and Authentication

The X Activity API distinguishes between public events and private events as at parity with the X app as explained below.

Public Events

Public events are activities that a public user account perform publicly that are visible to all X users. These events are visible to all users on the X platform and don’t require OAuth authentication from the user in order to view.

Current public events:

• Profile updates (bio, picture, banner, location, URL, username changes)

For these public events, you can create subscriptions by specifying the user ID in your filter and receive them via XAA.

Private Events

Private events are activities that require explicit user consent through OAuth authentication. A User has to authenticate via X and give explicit permission to a developer app to access these events.

Authentication requirements for private events:

• The user must authenticate your application via OAuth 2.0
• Your application must obtain appropriate OAuth scopes
• The user must explicitly grant permission for your app to access these events
• Subscriptions for private events can only be created for users who have authorized your application

Subscription Limits

The X Activity API has different subscription limits based on your account tier:

Package Tier	Maximum Subscriptions
Free	Not Available
Basic	50
Pro	2500
Enterprise	50,000
Partner	100,000

Account setup

To access these endpoints, you will need:

• An approved developer account.
• To authenticate using the keys and tokens from a developer App that is located within a Project.

Learn more about getting access to the X API v2 endpoints in our getting started guide.