---
title: "Create New User Tweets Monitor - API Reference"
description: "Create a monitor that sends a webhook whenever a target Twitter/X user posts a new tweet or retweet, with the full tweet payload included."
source: "https://docs.socialdata.tools/monitoring/create-user-tweets-monitor/"
---
Creates a new monitor to receive alerts when the target Twitter user posts a new tweet or makes a retweet.
Delivery is not real-time — events typically arrive within 30 seconds of the change. See [Delivery timing](https://docs.socialdata.tools/monitoring/introduction/#delivery-timing).
When adding a new monitor, SocialData will attempt to fetch user details and return `HTTP Status 422` in case the user timeline is protected or the user is not found.
POST https://api.socialdata.tools/monitors/user-tweets
## Headers
**Authorization** `string` — required
Authorization Bearer header containing your SocialData API key
Example: Bearer YOUR\_API\_KEY
## Body
**user\_id** `integer` — required
User ID of the target user. Required if `user_screen_name` not provided
Example: 1493446837214187523
**user\_screen\_name** `string` — required
Username of the target user without @. Required if `user_id` not provided
Example: elonmusk
**webhook\_url** `string` — optional
Monitor-specific webhook URL that will override your [global webhook URL](https://docs.socialdata.tools/monitoring/set-global-webhook-url/). Not required.
If you want to send events to Discord or Telegram, please read the [following section](#receiving-events-in-telegram-or-discord)
Example: https://my-website.com/webhook
## Code Examples
#### curl
```shellscript
curl -X POST "https://api.socialdata.tools/monitors/user-tweets" \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-d '{"user_id": 1493446837214187523}'
```
#### JavaScript
```js
const API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE';
const userId = 1493446837214187523;
fetch('https://api.socialdata.tools/monitors/user-tweets', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Authorization': `Bearer ${API_KEY}`,
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Accept': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({ user_id: userId })
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(response => console.log(response))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
```
#### Python
```python
import requests
API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
user_id = 1493446837214187523
url = 'https://api.socialdata.tools/monitors/user-tweets'
headers = {
'Authorization': f'Bearer {API_KEY}',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Accept': 'application/json'
}
payload = {'user_id': user_id}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
if response.status_code == 200:
data = response.json()
print(data)
else:
print(f"Error: {response.status_code}")
print(response.text)
```
#### PHP
```php
$API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE';
$user_id = 1493446837214187523;
$url = "https://api.socialdata.tools/monitors/user-tweets";
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_URL => $url,
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_POST => true,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode(['user_id' => $user_id]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY",
"Content-Type: application/json",
"Accept: application/json"
]
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
print_r($data);
curl_close($ch);
```
## Example Responses
#### 200
```json
{
"status": "success",
"data": {
"id": "01jm2569nf8jnn50zd8302vnpr",
"created_at": "2025-02-14T11:58:33.000000Z",
"monitor_type": "user_tweets",
"status": "active",
"webhook_url": null,
"parameters": {
"user_screen_name": "MarioNawfal",
"user_name": "Mario Nawfal",
"user_id_str": "1319287761048723458"
}
}
}
```
#### 402
```json
{
"status": "error",
"message": "Insufficient balance"
}
```
#### 404
```json
{
"status": "error",
"message": "Not found"
}
```
#### 500
```json
{
"status": "error",
"message": "Failed to fetch data from Twitter"
}
```
## Response Codes
- **200 OK** - request succeeded
- **402 Payment Required** - not enough credits to perform this request
- **422 Unprocessable Content** - validation failed (e.g. one of the required parameters was not provided)
- **500 Internal Error** - API internal error, typically means that SocialData API failed to obtain the requested information and you should try again later
## Webhook Payload Example
When a monitor detects a new tweet posted by the target user, the API will make a `POST` request to your webhook URL with the following payload:
#### json
```json
{
"event": "new_tweet",
"data": {
"tweet_created_at": "2025-02-12T02:43:10.000000Z",
"id": 1889505498761703504,
"id_str": "1889505498761703504",
"conversation_id_str": "1889505498761703504",
"text": null,
"full_text": "Assange is right!",
"source": "Twitter for iPhone<\/a>",
"truncated": false,
"in_reply_to_status_id": null,
"in_reply_to_status_id_str": null,
"in_reply_to_user_id": null,
"in_reply_to_user_id_str": null,
"in_reply_to_screen_name": null,
"user": {
"id": 44196397,
"id_str": "44196397",
"name": "Elon Musk",
"screen_name": "elonmusk",
"location": "",
"url": null,
"description": "",
"protected": false,
"verified": true,
"followers_count": 217258406,
"friends_count": 1013,
"listed_count": 159662,
"favourites_count": 122139,
"statuses_count": 70054,
"created_at": "2009-06-02T20:12:29.000000Z",
"profile_banner_url": "https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_banners\/44196397\/1726163678",
"profile_image_url_https": "https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1874558173962481664\/8HSTqIlD_normal.jpg",
"can_dm": false
},
"quoted_status_id": null,
"quoted_status_id_str": "1889494636323885155",
"is_quote_status": true,
"quoted_status": {
"tweet_created_at": "2025-02-12T02:00:01.000000Z",
"id": 1889494636323885155,
"id_str": "1889494636323885155",
"conversation_id_str": "1889494636323885155",
"text": null,
"full_text": "\ud83d\udea8ASSANGE ON USAID: \u2018CIVIL SOCIETY IS A FABLE\u2019\n\nAssange exposed how NGOs have been co-opted into political weapons, arguing that civil society is no longer independent but a \u201cbuyer\u2019s market\u201d for influence:\n\n\u201cThe last forty years have seen a huge proliferation of think tanks and political NGOs whose purpose, beneath all the verbiage, is to execute political agendas by proxy.\u201d\n\nHe singled out USAID, Freedom House, and \u2018civil society\u2019 events as vehicles for Western political interests masquerading as grassroots activism.\n\nSource: @WikiLeaks",
"source": "Twitter Web Client<\/a>",
"truncated": false,
"in_reply_to_status_id": null,
"in_reply_to_status_id_str": null,
"in_reply_to_user_id": null,
"in_reply_to_user_id_str": null,
"in_reply_to_screen_name": null,
"user": {
"id": 1319287761048723458,
"id_str": "1319287761048723458",
"name": "Mario Nawfal",
"screen_name": "MarioNawfal",
"location": "",
"url": "https:\/\/roundtable.live",
"description": "Largest Show on X | Founder @ibcgroupio",
"protected": false,
"verified": true,
"followers_count": 2030538,
"friends_count": 44251,
"listed_count": 8614,
"favourites_count": 144210,
"statuses_count": 109900,
"created_at": "2020-10-22T14:42:25.000000Z",
"profile_banner_url": "https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_banners\/1319287761048723458\/1736691634",
"profile_image_url_https": "https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1670905743619268609\/pYItlWat_normal.jpg",
"can_dm": true
},
"quoted_status_id": null,
"quoted_status_id_str": null,
"is_quote_status": false,
"quoted_status": null,
"retweeted_status": null,
"quote_count": 16,
"reply_count": 51,
"retweet_count": 350,
"favorite_count": 871,
"views_count": 26067,
"bookmark_count": 54,
"lang": "en",
"entities": {
"user_mentions": [
{
"id_str": "16589206",
"name": "WikiLeaks",
"screen_name": "WikiLeaks",
"indices": [
532,
542
]
}
],
"urls": [],
"hashtags": [],
"symbols": []
},
"is_pinned": false
},
"retweeted_status": null,
"quote_count": 0,
"reply_count": 7,
"retweet_count": 0,
"favorite_count": 1,
"views_count": null,
"bookmark_count": 2,
"lang": "en",
"entities": {
"user_mentions": [],
"urls": [],
"hashtags": [],
"symbols": []
},
"is_pinned": false
},
"meta": {
"monitor_id": "01jkt060zcz108b78fke6hm1g4",
"monitor_type": "user_tweets",
"monitored_id_str": "44196397",
"monitored_username": "elonmusk"
}
}
```
#### TypeScript
```js
interface NewTweetEvent {
event: string;
data: Tweet;
meta: {
monitor_id: string;
monitor_type: string;
monitored_id_str: string;
monitored_username: string;
};
}
interface Tweet {
tweet_created_at: string;
id: number;
id_str: string;
conversation_id_str: string | null;
text: string | null;
full_text: string;
source: string;
truncated: boolean;
in_reply_to_status_id: number | null;
in_reply_to_status_id_str: string | null;
in_reply_to_user_id: number | null;
in_reply_to_user_id_str: string | null;
in_reply_to_screen_name: string | null;
user: User;
quoted_status_id: number | null;
quoted_status_id_str: string | null;
is_quote_status: boolean;
quoted_status: Tweet | null;
retweeted_status: Tweet | null;
quote_count: number;
reply_count: number;
retweet_count: number;
favorite_count: number;
views_count: number | null;
bookmark_count: number;
lang: string;
entities: any;
is_pinned: boolean;
}
interface User {
id: number;
id_str: string;
name: string;
screen_name: string;
location: string;
url: string | null;
description: string;
protected: boolean;
verified: boolean;
followers_count: number;
friends_count: number;
listed_count: number;
favourites_count: number;
statuses_count: number;
created_at: string;
profile_banner_url: string;
profile_image_url_https: string;
can_dm: boolean;
}
```
## Receiving Events in Telegram or Discord
The SocialData Monitor event schema differs from what Discord or Telegram expect. If you would like to receive notifications in your Discord channel or Telegram bot, we provide pre-built webhook handlers hosted on [Val Town](https://val.town), eliminating the need to develop your own custom application.
Simply copy the following webhook handler to your own Val Town account and configure your monitor’s `webhook_url` to direct events to your webhook handler: [**Tweet event webhook handler**](https://www.val.town/v/socialdata/twitterNewTweetAlert)
## Related endpoints
- [Create user following monitor](https://docs.socialdata.tools/monitoring/create-user-following-monitor/)
- [Create user profile monitor](https://docs.socialdata.tools/monitoring/create-user-profile-monitor/)
- [Create search monitor](https://docs.socialdata.tools/monitoring/create-search-query-monitor/)
## Before you integrate
- [Authentication](https://docs.socialdata.tools/getting-started/authentication/)
- [Rate limits](https://docs.socialdata.tools/getting-started/rate-limits/)
- [Errors](https://docs.socialdata.tools/getting-started/errors/)
- [Monitoring API pricing](https://docs.socialdata.tools/monitoring/pricing/)
- [Processing webhook events](https://docs.socialdata.tools/monitoring/processing-webhooks/)