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feat: add delete command for deleting tweets
Jan 24, 2026
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fix: improve delete command based on code review
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions src/cli/program.ts
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import { Command } from 'commander';
import { registerBookmarksCommand } from '../commands/bookmarks.js';
import { registerCheckCommand } from '../commands/check.js';
import { registerDeleteCommand } from '../commands/delete.js';
import { registerFollowCommands } from '../commands/follow.js';
import { registerHelpCommand } from '../commands/help.js';
import { registerHomeCommand } from '../commands/home.js';
Expand All @@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import { type CliContext, collectCookieSource } from './shared.js';
export const KNOWN_COMMANDS = new Set([
'tweet',
'reply',
'delete',
'query-ids',
'read',
'replies',
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ export function createProgram(ctx: CliContext): Command {
registerHelpCommand(program, ctx);
registerQueryIdsCommand(program, ctx);
registerPostCommands(program, ctx);
registerDeleteCommand(program, ctx);
registerReadCommands(program, ctx);
registerSearchCommands(program, ctx);
registerBookmarksCommand(program, ctx);
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61 changes: 61 additions & 0 deletions src/commands/delete.ts
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import type { Command } from 'commander';
import type { CliContext } from '../cli/shared.js';
import { TwitterClient } from '../lib/twitter-client.js';

export function registerDeleteCommand(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
program
.command('delete')
.description('Delete a tweet')
.argument('<tweet-id-or-url...>', 'Tweet IDs or URLs to delete')
.option('--json', 'Output results as JSON')
.action(async (tweetIdOrUrls: string[], cmdOpts: { json?: boolean }) => {
const opts = program.opts();
const timeoutMs = ctx.resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
const jsonOutput = cmdOpts.json ?? opts.json;

const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);

for (const warning of warnings) {
if (!jsonOutput) {
console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
}
}

if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
if (jsonOutput) {
console.log(JSON.stringify({ success: false, error: 'Missing required credentials' }));
} else {
console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
}
process.exit(1);
}

const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
const results: Array<{ tweetId: string; success: boolean; error?: string }> = [];

for (const input of tweetIdOrUrls) {
const tweetId = ctx.extractTweetId(input);
const result = await client.deleteTweet(tweetId);
if (result.success) {
results.push({ tweetId, success: true });
if (!jsonOutput) {
console.log(`${ctx.p('ok')}Deleted tweet ${tweetId}`);
}
} else {
results.push({ tweetId, success: false, error: result.error });
if (!jsonOutput) {
console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Failed to delete tweet ${tweetId}: ${result.error}`);
}
}
}

if (jsonOutput) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(results.length === 1 ? results[0] : results, null, 2));
}

const failures = results.filter((r) => !r.success).length;
if (failures > 0) {
process.exit(1);
}
});
}
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions src/lib/twitter-client-constants.ts
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Expand Up @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export const SETTINGS_NAME_REGEX = /"name":"([^"\\]*(?:\\.[^"\\]*)*)"/;
// the file is missing or incomplete.
export const FALLBACK_QUERY_IDS = {
CreateTweet: 'TAJw1rBsjAtdNgTdlo2oeg',
DeleteTweet: 'VaenaVgh5q5ih7kvyVjgtg',
CreateRetweet: 'ojPdsZsimiJrUGLR1sjUtA',
DeleteRetweet: 'iQtK4dl5hBmXewYZuEOKVw',
CreateFriendship: '8h9JVdV8dlSyqyRDJEPCsA',
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85 changes: 84 additions & 1 deletion src/lib/twitter-client-posting.ts
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import type { AbstractConstructor, Mixin, TwitterClientBase } from './twitter-client-base.js';
import { TWITTER_API_BASE, TWITTER_GRAPHQL_POST_URL, TWITTER_STATUS_UPDATE_URL } from './twitter-client-constants.js';
import { buildTweetCreateFeatures } from './twitter-client-features.js';
import type { CreateTweetResponse, TweetResult } from './twitter-client-types.js';
import type { BookmarkMutationResult, CreateTweetResponse, TweetResult } from './twitter-client-types.js';

export interface TwitterClientPostingMethods {
tweet(text: string, mediaIds?: string[]): Promise<TweetResult>;
reply(text: string, replyToTweetId: string, mediaIds?: string[]): Promise<TweetResult>;
deleteTweet(tweetId: string): Promise<BookmarkMutationResult>;
}

export function withPosting<TBase extends AbstractConstructor<TwitterClientBase>>(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -59,6 +60,88 @@ export function withPosting<TBase extends AbstractConstructor<TwitterClientBase>
return this.createTweet(variables, features);
}

/**
* Delete a tweet
*/
async deleteTweet(tweetId: string): Promise<BookmarkMutationResult> {
await this.ensureClientUserId();
let queryId = await this.getQueryId('DeleteTweet');
let urlWithOperation = `${TWITTER_API_BASE}/${queryId}/DeleteTweet`;
const referer = `https://x.com/i/status/${tweetId}`;

const variables = {
tweet_id: tweetId,
dark_request: false,
};

const buildBody = () => JSON.stringify({ variables, queryId });
let body = buildBody();

try {
const headers = { ...this.getHeaders(), referer };
let response = await this.fetchWithTimeout(urlWithOperation, {
method: 'POST',
headers,
body,
});

// If 404, refresh query IDs and retry with operation URL
if (response.status === 404) {
await this.refreshQueryIds();
queryId = await this.getQueryId('DeleteTweet');
urlWithOperation = `${TWITTER_API_BASE}/${queryId}/DeleteTweet`;
body = buildBody();

response = await this.fetchWithTimeout(urlWithOperation, {
method: 'POST',
headers: { ...this.getHeaders(), referer },
body,
});

// If still 404, fallback to generic GraphQL endpoint
if (response.status === 404) {
response = await this.fetchWithTimeout(TWITTER_GRAPHQL_POST_URL, {
method: 'POST',
headers: { ...this.getHeaders(), referer },
body,
});
}
}

if (!response.ok) {
const text = await response.text();
return {
success: false,
error: `HTTP ${response.status}: ${text.slice(0, 200)}`,
};
}

const data = (await response.json()) as { data?: { delete_tweet?: { tweet_results?: unknown } }; errors?: Array<{ message: string; code?: number }> };

if (data.errors && data.errors.length > 0) {
return {
success: false,
error: data.errors.map((e) => e.message).join(', '),
};
}

// Verify the deletion was acknowledged
if (!data.data?.delete_tweet) {
return {
success: false,
error: 'Delete request succeeded but no confirmation returned',
};
}

return { success: true };
} catch (error) {
return {
success: false,
error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
};
}
}

private async createTweet(
variables: Record<string, unknown>,
features: Record<string, boolean>,
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