# X Post

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## Overview

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.

## Why use 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:

- Automate "X Post" as part of a larger Joomla or WordPress workflow
- Replace manual x work with a repeatable, logged flow step
- Chain with triggers, logic, and messaging nodes on the same canvas

## Example workflows

Common patterns on the canvas:

1. **Trigger or Webhook** → upstream steps → **X Post** → **Send Email** or CMS update
2. **Scheduled trigger** → **X Post** → **Debug** (while testing) → production action

## How to set it up

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.

## Good to know

Media upload requires OAuth 1.0a credentials in the same config tab. Max 280 characters for text on standard tiers.

## Properties panel

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 |

### System (automatic — not edited by the user)

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 | — | — |

### User-configured — General tab

| Property key | Label | Type | Required | Visible when | Notes |
|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|-------|
| `label` | Label | `text` | No | — | Node label |

### User-configured — Design tab

| 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 |

### CMS site configuration (not on this node's properties panel)

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.

## Output payload 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. |

## Related nodes

Other steps in the same area of the palette:

- **X Delete Post** (`x-delete-post`) — Social › X
- **X Get Post** (`x-get-post`) — Social › X