How to Extract X Post Comments with n8n

Brands, analysts, and social media teams face a major challenge when it comes to monitoring conversations and sentiment on X (formerly Twitter). Manually gathering comments from trending or important X posts is tedious, error-prone, and doesn’t scale—especially when you need to collect actionable insights, track emerging topics, or automate lead discovery.

The “Extract X Post Comments” automation with Airtop and n8n streamlines this process. By leveraging real browser sessions, authenticated access (including support for login, OAuth, and session handling), and structured data extraction, you can reliably collect all comments from any specified X post. This empowers teams to analyze audience sentiment, monitor brand mentions, discover potential leads, or feed comment data into other workflows—all with minimal manual effort.

Airtop’s automation is uniquely capable of handling X’s anti-bot measures and changing layouts. With n8n’s powerful orchestration, you can extract authentic, up-to-date comment information (including author data and URLs) and use it wherever you need. Whether you’re running sentiment analysis, managing influencer outreach, or tracking campaign engagement, this automation ensures you always have accurate, structured X comment data at your fingertips.

Who is this Automation for?

• Social media and community managers monitoring conversation and sentiment on X

• Analysts and research teams extracting X commentary for trend or market analysis

• Brand managers collecting user feedback, reviews, or complaint threads from X

• Developers and automation engineers building pipelines to structure and analyze X data

Key Benefits

• Authenticated access for reliable data extraction from X posts

• Real browser sessions to bypass scraping blockers and get true page content

• Structured, ready-to-use JSON output for seamless integration with your stack

• Rapid deployment and management with no-code n8n workflows

Use Cases

• Automate collection of customer feedback or testimonials from campaign posts

• Monitor competitor threads to analyze user reactions and sentiment

• Feed extracted comment data into sentiment analysis tools for brand health metrics

• Gather leads from product launch announcements or event hashtags on X

• Export comments to a CRM or BI dashboard for unified reporting

• Power influencer or ambassador programs by tracking comment engagement

• Set up real-time monitoring to respond to emerging issues or PR crises

Getting Started with the Extract X Post Comments Automation

Quickly extract, structure, and use X post comments with a straightforward guided setup.

How the Extract X Post Comments Automation Works

After you provide the required X post URL, number of comments, and your authenticated Airtop Profile, n8n and Airtop will open an authenticated browser session, navigate to the post, and extract up to your chosen number of comments. Each comment is returned with the author’s name, profile URL, and the text itself—neatly structured in JSON, ready to feed into data pipelines, analytics, or response workflows.

What You’ll Need

• Free Airtop account

• An Airtop Profile authenticated to X (login required)

• n8n account

Setting Up the Automation

1. Click on Try Automation on the automation page

2. Select “Use for free” and follow the guided setup instructions

3. Provide your Airtop Profile (connected to X), the X post URL, and set your desired comment limit

4. Run the automation

5. Optional: Schedule recurring runs by enabling the scheduler

Customize the Automation

Airtop and n8n together make it easy to tailor this automation to your exact use case:

• Adjust the number of comments extracted, or set rules to extract only new comments on each run

• Filter extracted comments by keywords, hashtags, or user profiles within your n8n workflow

• Trigger the automation based on real-time X activity (e.g., reactions to your brand’s posts)

• Automatically route extracted comments for tagging, approval, or follow-up in your CRM

Automation Best Practices

• Keep your Airtop Profile authenticated and up-to-date to avoid interruptions

• Schedule comment extraction during off-peak hours to reduce page load variability

• Combine with other Airtop automations for sentiment analysis or monitoring additional X content

• Periodically review output accuracy as X updates its platform and interface

Try this Automation

Unlock accurate, scalable extraction of X post comments for your brand, research, or analytics needs. Instantly structure public conversation data with the Extract X Post Comments automation and n8n. Need help customizing this automation? Book a Demo today!