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App Vendor: X

App Category: IT Services, Messaging

Connector Version: 2.0.0

API Version: API - 2.0

Note

It is recommended to verify playbook compatibility before updating to a major app version.

About App

The X app (formerly Twitter) helps security teams monitor public conversations for threats and emerging risks. It enables analysts to search tweets and review user activity to support investigations and situational awareness.

The X app is configured with Cyware Orchestrate to perform the following actions:

Action Name

Description

Generic Action

This is a generic action used to make requests to any X endpoint.

Multiple Tweet Lookup

This action retrieves details of multiple Tweets.

Search User By ID

This action searches for a user by ID.

Search User By Name

This action retrieves details of a user by username.

Tweet Lookup

This action retrieves details of a Tweet.

Tweet Search

This action searches for a query on Twitter.

User Timeline Lookup

This action retrieves tweets from a user's timeline.

Configuration Parameters

The following configuration parameters are required for the X app to communicate with the X enterprise application. The parameters can be configured by creating instances in the app.

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

API Token

Enter the bearer token of your X Developer account to authenticate API requests.

Password

Required

Timeout

Enter the timeout value in seconds. This is the number of seconds that requests will wait to establish a connection with X.

Integer

Optional

Allowed range:

15-120

Default timeout:

15

Verify

Choose your preference to verify SSL or TLS while making requests. It is recommended to set this option to yes. Passing no may result in connection errors.

Boolean

Optional

By default, verification is enabled.

Action: Multiple Tweet Lookup

This action retrieves details of multiple tweets

Action Input Parameters

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Tweet IDs

Enter the ID of the Tweet to search in a comma-separated format.

Text

Required

Example Request

{
  "loop_keys": [],
  "tweet_ids": "1346889436626259968,2008010564954714240"
}

Action: Search User By ID

This action searches for a user by ID.

Action Input Parameters

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

User ID

Enter the user ID to search.

Text

Required

Example Request

{
  "loop_keys": [],
  "user_id": "29873662"
}

Action: Search User By Name

This action retrieves details of a user by username.

Action Input Parameters

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Username

Enter the name of the user to search.

Text

Required

Example Request

{
  "loop_keys": [],
  "username": "JOHNDOE"
}

Action: Tweet Lookup

This action retrieves details of a Tweet

Action Input Parameters

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Tweet ID

Enter the ID of the Tweet to search.

Text

Required

Example Request

{
  "loop_keys": [],
  "tweet_id": "1946253037745705035"
}

Action: User Timeline Lookup

This action retrieves tweets from a user's timeline.

Action Input Parameters

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

User ID

Enter the ID of the tweet to search.

Text

Required

Max Results

Specifies the number of Tweets to try and retrieve, up to a maximum of 100 per distinct request.

Integer

Optional

Start Time

YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ (ISO 8601/RFC 3339). The oldest or earliest UTC timestamp from which the Tweets will be provided.

Text

Optional

End Time

YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ (ISO 8601/RFC 3339). The oldest or earliest UTC timestamp from which the Tweets will be provided.

Text

Optional

Since ID

Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID.

Text

Optional

Until ID

Returns results with an ID less than (that is, older than) the specified ID.

Text

Optional

Pagination Token

Enter the token to paginate with.

Text

Optional

Example Request

{
  "loop_keys": [],
  "user_id": "1720665183188922368"
}

Action: Generic Action

This is a generic action used to make requests to any X endpoint.

Action Input Parameters

Parameter

Description

Field Type

Required/Optional

Comments

Method

Enter the HTTP method to make the request.

Text

Required

Allowed values:

GET, PUT, POST, DELETE

Endpoint

Enter the endpoint to make the request to.

Example:

tweets/search/recent

Text

Required

Query Params

Enter the query parameters to pass to the API.

Key Value

Optional

Payload

Enter the payload to pass to the API.

Any

Optional

Extra Fields

Enter the extra fields to pass to the API.

Key Value

Optional

Allowed keys:

headers, payload_data, custom_output, download, filename, files, retry_wait, retry_count, and response_type

Example Request

{
  "endpoint": "users/by/username/x",
  "extra_fields": {
    "__loop_keys__": []
  },
  "loop_keys": [],
  "method": "GET",
  "query_params": {
    "__loop_keys__": []
  }
}

Changelog

The following table shows the changelog for each app version:

Version

Changes

v2.0.0

  • Updated the app name to align with the official branding.

  • Introduced Generic Action action.

  • Added Timeout and Verify parameters for instance configuration.