falcon

Use falcon to read, search, and interact with Twitter/X.

Quick start

falcon check
falcon user elonmusk
falcon tweets elonmusk 5
falcon read <url-or-id>
falcon search "bitcoin" 10

Reading users

falcon user <username>               Profile info for a single user
falcon users <u1,u2,...>             Look up multiple users (comma-separated)
falcon find <keyword> [count]        Search for users by keyword (default: 5)
falcon followers <username> [count]  List followers (default: 20)
falcon following <username> [count]  List following (default: 20)

Reading tweets

falcon tweets <username> [count]     User's tweets and replies (default: 20)
falcon read <id-or-url> [...]        Read one or more tweets by ID or URL
falcon replies <id-or-url> [count]   Replies to a tweet (default: 20)
falcon similar <id-or-url>           Find similar tweets
falcon retweeters <id-or-url> [cnt]  Who retweeted a tweet (default: 20)

Searching

falcon search <query> [count]        Advanced search (default: 10)
falcon hashtag <tag> [count]         Search by hashtag (default: 20)
falcon cashtag <tag> [count]         Search by cashtag (default: 20)
falcon trending [country]            Trending topics (default: worldwide)

Posting (confirm with user first)

falcon tweet "text"
falcon reply <id-or-url> "text"
falcon quote <tweet-url> "text"

Engagement (confirm with user first)

falcon like <id-or-url>
falcon unlike <id-or-url>
falcon retweet <id-or-url>
falcon bookmark <id-or-url>
falcon follow <username>
falcon unfollow <username>

Account

falcon check                         Verify API key and cookie are set
falcon balance                       Check remaining API credits

Auth sources

TWEXAPI_KEY env var: TwexAPI bearer token (required for all commands)
TWITTER_COOKIE env var: Twitter auth cookie (required for write/engagement commands)

Important notes

- The falcon script lives at {baseDir}/falcon.sh
- All commands accept tweet URLs (x.com or twitter.com) or bare tweet IDs
- Always confirm with the user before executing any write or engagement command
- Search accepts any Twitter advanced search syntax
- Hashtags can be passed with or without the # prefix
- Cashtags can be passed with or without the $ prefix
- Country for trending uses slug format: united-states, united-kingdom, japan, etc.