Real-Time Monitoring and Webhook Alerts
TweetAPI returns data when your application sends a request. For continuous monitoring, either schedule those requests yourself or use TweetNotify to detect new posts and deliver alerts.
Choose an approach
| Responsibility | TweetAPI scheduled polling | TweetNotify managed monitoring |
|---|---|---|
| Data collection | Your application requests JSON on a schedule. | TweetNotify monitors selected public accounts or keywords. |
| What you manage | Scheduling, pagination, deduplication, storage, and delivery. | Monitor settings and alert destinations. |
| Delivery | Destinations defined by your application. | Discord, Telegram, or signed HTTPS webhooks. |
| Best fit | Custom processing, storage, or application logic. | Alerts without operating a polling job. |
Build with TweetAPI
Use TweetAPI when monitoring is part of a larger application or data pipeline. Your code decides when to call Search, how many cursor pages to fetch, which post IDs are new, where to store the results, and when to send an alert.
Use TweetNotify for managed alerts
Choose TweetNotify when you want account or keyword alerts without maintaining a polling job. TweetNotify delivers detected posts through Discord, Telegram, or signed HTTPS webhooks.
TweetNotify is a separate product with separate access and pricing.
