The latest articles on DEV Community by Maxence Cornet (@maxencecornet). https://dev.to/maxencecornet https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3302517%2F4144fb6e-1dcc-4ed7-85fb-b87b415cb090.jpg https://dev.to/maxencecornet en Maxence Cornet Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:27:51 +0000 https://dev.to/maxencecornet/i-built-a-site-that-finds-book-recommendations-from-tweets-using-groks-x-search-api-3fha https://dev.to/maxencecornet/i-built-a-site-that-finds-book-recommendations-from-tweets-using-groks-x-search-api-3fha <p>I wanted book recommendations from people I follow, but most sites just list books without any source. I wanted to see the actual tweet where someone said "this book is great."</p> <p>So I built a site that searches public tweets for book recommendations using Grok's x_search API.</p> <p><strong>How it works:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Uses Grok API with the x_search tool to search X/Twitter</li> <li>Extracts book mentions from tweets containing "great read", "must read", "favorite book", etc.</li> <li>Each recommendation links back to the original tweet as a source</li> </ul> <p><strong>Tech stack:</strong> Astro, Python extraction script, Grok 4 API with x_search, Cloudflare Pages</p> <p>Currently tracking 150+ personalities with 1000+ book recommendations, all sourced from real tweets.</p> <p><a href="https://booksrecommendedby.us.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Check it out here</a></p> <p>Would love feedback on the UX or suggestions! </p> <p>Max</p> astro ai twitter webdev