What it costs: roughly 0.20 for a post containing a link. A typical small business posting daily spends a few dollars a month. You prepay credits in X’s developer console and posting draws them down.
Create the X App
1
Sign up as an X developer
Go to developer.x.com and sign in with your business’s X account (posts publish as whoever authorizes). Complete the self-serve developer signup.
2
Add a payment method and credits
In the developer console, add a payment method and purchase a small amount of API credits. Nothing works until credits exist.
3
Create a Project and App
Create a Project, then an App inside it. Name them after your company.
4
Set up user authentication
In the App’s User authentication settings click Set up:
- OAuth 2.0: enabled
- Type of App: Web App, Automated App or Bot
- Callback URI: paste Hiveku’s redirect URI:
- Website URL: your website
Connect in Hiveku
1
Open the connect dialog
Go to Marketing > Social > Accounts and click Connect Account on the X card.
2
Register your app and authorize
Paste the Client ID and Client Secret into a new OAuth app entry, then click Connect with your app and approve the popup while logged into your business’s X account.
Good to Know
- 280-character limit. Hiveku blocks longer posts before they reach X — use the per-platform override in the composer to write a shorter X version of a long post.
- Media: up to 4 images or 1 video per post.
- Links cost more. X charges ~0.015 for plain posts. If you post links heavily, factor that into your credit balance.
- X sessions refresh automatically in the background. If X ever revokes access (password change, credit exhaustion), Hiveku notifies you to reconnect.