How to Get Tweet ID - Complete Guide to Finding Twitter IDs

Example 1: Finding a Tweet ID from the URL

The easiest method — the tweet ID is always in the URL.

Tweet URL format:
https://twitter.com/[username]/status/[TWEET_ID]

Example:
https://twitter.com/user/status/1382350606417817604
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                 Tweet ID: 1382350606417817604

Steps:
1. Open the tweet in your browser
2. Look at the address bar
3. Copy the number after "/status/"

Or: Right-click the tweet → "Copy link to Tweet"
The copied URL contains the tweet ID at the end.

Example 2: Finding Tweet IDs via Twitter API v2

// Fetch a user's recent tweets and extract IDs
// Using Twitter API v2 with Bearer Token

const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id/tweets?max_results=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.TWITTER_BEARER_TOKEN}`
    }
  }
);

const data = await response.json();

// Each tweet object contains:
// id: "1382350606417817604"  ← always use the string version
// text: "Tweet content..."

data.data.forEach(tweet => {
  console.log(`ID: ${tweet.id}`);
  console.log(`Text: ${tweet.text}`);
  console.log(`URL: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/${tweet.id}`);
});

Example 3: Search Tweets and Get IDs

// Twitter API v2 — Recent Search
const searchUrl = 'https://api.twitter.com/2/tweets/search/recent';
const params = new URLSearchParams({
  query: 'from:username -is:retweet',
  max_results: '10',
  'tweet.fields': 'created_at,author_id'
});

const response = await fetch(`${searchUrl}?${params}`, {
  headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}` }
});

const { data } = await response.json();

// data is an array of tweet objects
// Each has: id, text, created_at, author_id
data.forEach(tweet => {
  console.log(tweet.id);        // "1382350606417817604"
  console.log(tweet.created_at); // "2021-04-14T17:05:00.000Z"
});