# pxTwitter (Twittpr) [](https://github.com/dangeredwolf/pxtwitter/actions/workflows/webpack.yml) ## A TwitFix-like service that _does more_ with better privacy in mind. Written in TypeScript for Cloudflare Workers! ### Embed videos, polls, and more on Discord, Telegram, and others! ### On Discord, send a Twitter link and type `s/e/p` to make `twittpr.com`. ### Otherwise, just add `px` before `twitter` to make `pxtwitter.com`  :heavy_check_mark: **Embed Videos** (Including Twitter videos and compatible external providers, such as YouTube) :heavy_check_mark: **Embed Poll results** :heavy_check_mark: **Embed Quote Tweets** (Including their media, if it doesn't conflict with the linked tweet) :heavy_check_mark: **Replace embedded t.co shortener with original links** :heavy_check_mark: **Creates media/profile picture color-matching theme-color** (looks great on Discord!) :heavy_check_mark: **Better privacy: We don't save tweets or their media** (Outside of temporary Cloudflare caching for speed) --- ## Advanced features ### Direct media links Want to link directly to a Tweet's media without the embed? You can do that with pxTwitter.  There's a few supported ways to do this: - Add `d.` or `dl.` before the domain (so, `d.twittpr.com` or `dl.pxtwitter.com`) - Add `.mp4` to the end of videos or `.jpg` to the end of images, after the tweet ID - Add `/dl` or `/dir` between the domain and the username Examples from above: - `https://d.twittpr.com/dangeredwolf/status/1548119328498728960` - `https://pxtwitter.com/dangeredwolf/status/1548117889437208581.jpg` - `https://pxtwitter.com/dl/dangeredwolf/status/1548117889437208581` Tweets with multiple images are supported, so you can do something like this and it will pick the correct one: `https://d.twittpr.com/dangeredwolf/status/1547514042146865153/photo/3` Otherwise, it will default to the first image. --- ## Why use pxTwitter? In many ways, pxTwitter has richer embeds and does more. Here's a table comparing some of pxTwitter's features compared to Twitter default embeds as well as other embedding services | | pxTwitter | Twitter default | vxTwitter (BetterTwitFix) | Twxtter (sixFix) | | --------------------------------------- | :--------------------: | :------------------------------: | :-----------------------------------: | :-----------------------------------: | | Embed Tweets / Images | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | | Embed profile pictures on text Tweets | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | | Embed Twitter Videos | :heavy_check_mark: | :x:¹ | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | | Embed External Videos (YouTube, etc.) | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x:⁴ | :x: | | Embed Poll results | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | | Embed Quote Tweets | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :ballot_box_with_check: Without Media | :ballot_box_with_check: Without Media | | Embed Multiple Images | :x: | :heavy_minus_sign: Discord Only³ | With c.vxtwitter.com | :x: | | Publicly accessible embed index | :x:² | N/A | :x:² | :heavy_check_mark: | | Replace t.co with original links | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | | Media-based embed colors on Discord | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | | Redirect to media file (wihout embed) | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | | Strip Twitter tracking info on redirect | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | | Show retweet / like counts | Coming soon to Discord | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | | Discord / sed (`s/` replace) friendly | twittpr.com | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | ¹ Discord will attempt to embed Twitter's video player, but it is unreliable ² Neither pxTwitter or vxTwitter have a public embed ledger, for privacy reasons. vxTwitter still stores all responses in a database / JSON file controlled by the owner. pxTwitter by contrast relies on Cloudflare caching of responses: there is no link store accessible to the owner. ³ Discord uses a custom embed container for Twitter.com to enable multi-image, which is unfortunately not available to other websites. ⁴ On GitHub, BetterTwitFix (vxTwitter) claims to support this feature, however in my testing as of mid-July 2022, this does not seem to work. --- ## Why pxTwitter is nicer to develop for and deploy TwitFix and its derivatives have quite a few dependencies you need to rely on. You need to set up a server somewhere, install Python, all its dependencies, then either set up `youtube-dl` (more resource intensive) or [beg Twitter for API access](https://twitter.com/dangeredwolf/status/1438983606135832581), and optionally set up a database, otherwise it uses the file system to cache. pxTwitter was written from the start as a lightweight, TypeScript-based Cloudflare Worker. Cloudflare Workers are completely free for up to 100,000 requests per day, per account. Cloudflare Workers are [fast to set up](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/get-started/guide/) and your script is distributed in their datacenters around the world for lower latency. pxTwitter does not need a database nor a Twitter API key: It takes a similar approach to `youtube-dl` where it pretends to be a logged-out Twitter web user, fetching a guest token and making API requests from there. As far as I can tell, this basically means we have "unlimited" read-only access to Twitter's API, including things they don't expose in their public API, useful for polls and other features. ## Deploy pxTwitter yourself Clone the repo, install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) and run `npm install` in the repo directory. Copy `wrangler.example.toml` to `wrangler.toml` and add your [Cloudflare account ID](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/get-started/basic-tasks/find-account-and-zone-ids/), and change the name of your worker if you need to. Also copy `.env.example` to `.env` and change HOST_URL, DIRECT_MEDIA_DOMAINS to your desired domain and whatever else you need to do. Authenticate with Cloudflare with `npx wrangler login`, then do `npx wrangler publish` (or `npm run publish`). [If you have more questions about setting up Cloudflare Workers, check out their Getting Started guide](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/get-started/guide/). Once you're set up with your worker on `*.workers.dev`, [add your worker to your custom domain](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/routing/custom-domains/). --- **Licensed under the permissive MIT license. Feel free to send a pull request!** ### Things to tackle in the future - Combining multiple images together (would be outside CF Worker) - Caching guest token (So we don't have to bother Twitter for one on every request) ### Bugs or issues? Feel free to [open an issue](https://github.com/dangeredwolf/pxTwitter/issues), or [ping me on Twitter and I'll see what I can do](https://twitter.com/dangeredwolf).