X Post is a Step (action) in Social › X. Posts a tweet on X via API v2 (text, optional reply, optional image/GIF media).
X Post is a Step (action) in Social › X. Posts a tweet on X via API v2 (text, optional reply, optional image/GIF media).
When the flow reaches this step, JOrchestrator executes X Post against your linked site or an external integration, using the field values you set on General and Design. Downstream steps can read the output payload fields defined for this node.
X Post is a action step in the Social › X group. Action steps run in the middle or end of a flow. They perform work on your CMS, call external services, or transform data for the next step.
Typical reasons teams add X Post to a flow:
Common patterns on the canvas:
OAuth 2.0 access token in Node Configuration → X. Text and/or media source on the Design tab. Optional Reply to tweet ID for threads.
Media upload requires OAuth 1.0a credentials in the same config tab. Max 280 characters for text on standard tiers.
The designer shows these tabs for this node:
| Tab | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Info | Plain-language description and output payload fields for downstream steps |
| General | Canvas label and read-only node ID |
| AI | Optional assistant to help draft settings from plain language |
| Design | Node-specific configuration fields |
These fields are managed by the designer or runtime — you do not type into them directly:
| Property key | Label | Type | Required | Visible when | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
_nodeId | Node ID | node-id | No | — | — |
_payloadFields | Available Fields | payload-panel | No | — | — |
| Property key | Label | Type | Required | Visible when | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
label | Label | text | No | — | Node label |
| Property key | Label | Type | Required | Visible when | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
text | Text | textarea | No | — | Tweet text (max 280 characters) or {{node.caption}} |
replyToTweetId | Reply to tweet ID (optional) | payload-text | No | — | {{x_get_post.tweetId}} |
mediaSource | Media (optional) | textarea | No | — | https://… or data:image/*;base64,… — requires OAuth 1.0a in Joomla Node Configuration → X |
Credentials, API keys, mailers, SMTP, and integration defaults are configured in the CMS plugin under Node Configuration, not per step on this node. Link the flow to a domain before testing CMS-backed fields.
After this step runs, later nodes can reference these fields using placeholders such as {{x_post.success}}.
| Field key | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
success | boolean | Whether the operation completed successfully. |
tweetId | string | Text value from this node's output. |
text | string | Text value from this node's output. |
message | string | Human-readable status, error, or result summary. |
Other steps in the same area of the palette:
x-delete-post) — Social › Xx-get-post) — Social › X