x-bookmarks-fetcher

X Bookmarks Fetcher

Download X/Twitter bookmarks via the official X API v2 (no scraping, no Chrome session). Saves tweet text, metadata, images, and videos to a local folder.

First-time setup

If scripts/.env does not yet exist, follow SETUP.md in this skill folder. It walks through:

1. Creating an X developer app with OAuth 2.0 enabled
2. Setting the callback URL to http://127.0.0.1:8765/callback
3. Copying client ID/secret into .env
4. Running npm run auth (one-time browser consent → saves refresh token)

Once scripts/.env and scripts/.tokens.json exist, fetching is pure API.

Quick Start

cd ~/.claude/skills/x-bookmarks-fetcher/scripts

# One-time auth (opens browser for consent, saves tokens)
node auth.mjs

# Fetch bookmarks from the last 48 hours (default)
node fetch.mjs

# Custom hours window
node fetch.mjs --hours 24

# Custom output folder
node fetch.mjs --hours 48 --out /tmp/my-bookmarks

# Specific time range (ISO timestamps)
node fetch.mjs --since 2026-05-19T00:00:00Z

Options for fetch.mjs

Option	Default	Description
--hours <N>	48	Filter to tweets created within last N hours
--since <iso>	derived from --hours	Lower bound (ISO 8601 timestamp). Overrides --hours
--out <dir>	/tmp/x-bookmarks-YYYYMMDD	Output directory
--max-pages <N>	20	Stop after N API pages (100 bookmarks each)
--no-media	off	Skip downloading images/videos

What gets saved

<out>/
├── bookmarks-raw.json    # Full API response (incl. includes for users, media, referenced tweets)
├── index.json            # Parsed/flattened items
├── index.md              # Human-readable summary
├── <handle>_<id>.txt     # One file per bookmark with text + URL + media list
└── media/
    ├── <media_key>.jpg   # Photos
    ├── <media_key>.mp4   # Highest-bitrate MP4 for videos/GIFs
    └── <media_key>_poster.jpg  # Video thumbnails

Filtering note

The X API returns bookmarks in bookmarking-order (most recently saved first), but doesn't expose the bookmark timestamp. The --hours / --since filter is applied to tweet created_at (when the post was published). For most uses this approximates "what I saved recently" — but if you bookmarked an old tweet today, it will be excluded.

API tier requirements

• Endpoint: GET /2/users/:id/bookmarks
• Auth: OAuth 2.0 User Context with bookmark.read scope
• Available on Free tier (rate limited — currently ~10 requests per 15 min)

Files in this skill

• SKILL.md — this file
• README.md — same content as SKILL.md, for non-Claude readers
• SETUP.md — first-time setup walkthrough
• scripts/auth.mjs — OAuth 2.0 PKCE flow (opens browser once)
• scripts/fetch.mjs — bookmark fetcher + media downloader
• scripts/.env.example — credential template
• scripts/.gitignore — ignores .env and .tokens.json