Twitter API, get Tweet as Image

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I understand you can get the specific url of a tweet using the Twitter API by creating a url like this

https://twitter.com/username/status/tweet-id

However, is it possible to get an image of a tweet? I can get media images, but those are just images that people posted in the tweet. I want to know if it is possible to get an image of the tweet itself.

There are lots of screenshot API services - have you tried any of them? — Terence Eden, Oct 22 '15 at 17:14

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '15 at 16:37

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Twitter's API includes the ability to do this with oembed.

https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/statuses/oembed

answered Oct 25 '15 at 16:37

applecrusher

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Nice info. But this only gets the oEmbed (HTML), not an image. I've tried setting `widget_type=photo` but no effect. – Hendy Irawan Dec 07 '16 at 05:24
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I don't think there is any way to get a true image, only just the html. But if you have the html of the tweet, you could use a library like HTML2Canvas see link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10721884/render-html-to-an-image to convert that HTML to the image you want. Make sure you include the CSS in your html as well. Good Luck with your endeavor! – applecrusher Dec 07 '16 at 06:46
Any solution for this – Jamsheer Dec 16 '16 at 12:02
Take the html and make it an image is really the only thing I can think of at this point but I haven't worked on this project in some time. – applecrusher Dec 17 '16 at 17:46

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 19 '22 at 15:54

See https://opensourcelibs.com/lib/tweets-as-an-image

This project provides an API for downloading tweets as images: https://tweets-as-an-image.herokuapp.com/tweet?twitterHandle={your_twitter_handle}&id={your_tweet_id}&theme={light_or_dark}&maxwidth={max_width_of_your_tweet_image}&height={height_of_the_image}&lang={language}

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 15 '23 at 13:40

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Fast forward to 2023 - none of the one above seems to be available anymore.

This library worked flawlessly for me. It is not an web API but works well and has good options: https://github.com/Xacnio/tweetcapture

answered Jan 15 '23 at 13:40

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 07 '19 at 13:12

You can now get images or screenshots of tweets using the @aissistant handle on twitter.

Retweet any tweet with the comment "@aissistant #image" to get an image.
Retweet any tweet with the comment "@aissistant #screenshot" to get a screenshot.

For other options like converting to memes and jokes check out the handle.

Full disclosure: I am creator of the bot behind the handle.

Twitter API, get Tweet as Image

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