Use twitter safe relay

src/cli/program.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { registerUnbookmarkCommand } from '../commands/unbookmark.js';
 import { registerUserTweetsCommand } from '../commands/user-tweets.js';
 import { registerUserCommands } from '../commands/users.js';
 import { getCliVersion } from '../lib/version.js';
-import { type CliContext, collectCookieSource } from './shared.js';
+import type { CliContext } from './shared.js';
 
 export const KNOWN_COMMANDS = new Set([
   'tweet',
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ export function createProgram(ctx: CliContext): Command {
     'afterAll',
     () =>
       `\n${ctx.colors.section('Examples')}\n${[
-        formatExample('bird whoami', 'Show the logged-in account via GraphQL cookies'),
-        formatExample('bird --firefox-profile default-release whoami', 'Use Firefox profile cookies'),
+        formatExample('bird whoami', 'Show the relay account'),
+        formatExample('bird --relay-base-url http://localhost:6900 whoami', 'Use a specific twitter safe relay'),
         formatExample('bird tweet "hello from bird"', 'Send a tweet'),
         formatExample(
           'bird 1234567890123456789 --json',
@@ -105,19 +105,14 @@ export function createProgram(ctx: CliContext): Command {
       `\n\n${ctx.colors.section('Config')}\n${ctx.colors.muted(
         `  Reads ${ctx.colors.argument('~/.config/bird/config.json5')} and ${ctx.colors.argument('./.birdrc.json5')} (JSON5)`,
       )}\n${ctx.colors.muted(
-        `  Supports: chromeProfile, firefoxProfile, cookieSource, cookieTimeoutMs, timeoutMs, quoteDepth`,
+        `  Supports: relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs, quoteDepth`,
       )}\n\n${ctx.colors.section('Env')}\n${ctx.colors.muted(
-        `  ${ctx.colors.option('NO_COLOR')}, ${ctx.colors.option('BIRD_TIMEOUT_MS')}, ${ctx.colors.option('BIRD_COOKIE_TIMEOUT_MS')}, ${ctx.colors.option('BIRD_QUOTE_DEPTH')}`,
+        `  ${ctx.colors.option('TWITTER_RELAY_BASE_URL')}, ${ctx.colors.option('NO_COLOR')}, ${ctx.colors.option('BIRD_TIMEOUT_MS')}, ${ctx.colors.option('BIRD_QUOTE_DEPTH')}`,
       )}`,
   );
 
   program
-    .option('--auth-token <token>', 'Twitter auth_token cookie')
-    .option('--ct0 <token>', 'Twitter ct0 cookie')
-    .option('--chrome-profile <name>', 'Chrome profile name for cookie extraction', ctx.config.chromeProfile)
-    .option('--firefox-profile <name>', 'Firefox profile name for cookie extraction', ctx.config.firefoxProfile)
-    .option('--cookie-timeout <ms>', 'Cookie extraction timeout in milliseconds (keychain/OS helpers)')
-    .option('--cookie-source <source>', 'Cookie source for browser cookie extraction (repeatable)', collectCookieSource)
+    .option('--relay-base-url <url>', 'twitter safe relay base URL', ctx.config.relayBaseUrl)
     .option('--media <path>', 'Attach media file (repeatable, up to 4 images or 1 video)', collect)
     .option('--alt <text>', 'Alt text for the corresponding --media (repeatable)', collect)
     .option('--timeout <ms>', 'Request timeout in milliseconds')

src/cli/shared.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { join } from 'node:path';
 import type { Command } from 'commander';
 import JSON5 from 'json5';
 import kleur from 'kleur';
-import { type CookieSource, resolveCredentials } from '../lib/cookies.js';
 import { extractTweetId } from '../lib/extract-tweet-id.js';
 import {
   hyperlink,
@@ -17,10 +16,7 @@ import {
 import type { TweetData } from '../lib/twitter-client.js';
 
 export type BirdConfig = {
-  chromeProfile?: string;
-  firefoxProfile?: string;
-  cookieSource?: CookieSource | CookieSource[];
-  cookieTimeoutMs?: number;
+  relayBaseUrl?: string;
   timeoutMs?: number;
   quoteDepth?: number;
 };
@@ -48,7 +44,7 @@ export type CliContext = {
   applyOutputFromCommand: (command: Command) => void;
   resolveTimeoutFromOptions: (options: { timeout?: string | number }) => number | undefined;
   resolveQuoteDepthFromOptions: (options: { quoteDepth?: string | number }) => number | undefined;
-  resolveCredentialsFromOptions: (opts: CredentialsOptions) => ReturnType<typeof resolveCredentials>;
+  resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions: (opts: RelayOptions) => string | undefined;
   loadMedia: (opts: { media: string[]; alts: string[] }) => MediaSpec[];
   printTweets: (tweets: TweetData[], opts?: { json?: boolean; emptyMessage?: string; showSeparator?: boolean }) => void;
   printTweetsResult: (
@@ -65,38 +61,6 @@ export type CliContext = {
   extractTweetId: (tweetIdOrUrl: string) => string;
 };
 
-const COOKIE_SOURCES: CookieSource[] = ['safari', 'chrome', 'firefox'];
-
-function parseCookieSource(value: string): CookieSource {
-  const normalized = value.trim().toLowerCase();
-  if (normalized === 'safari' || normalized === 'chrome' || normalized === 'firefox') {
-    return normalized;
-  }
-  throw new Error(`Invalid --cookie-source "${value}". Allowed: safari, chrome, firefox.`);
-}
-
-export const collectCookieSource = (value: string, previous: CookieSource[] = []): CookieSource[] => {
-  previous.push(parseCookieSource(value));
-  return previous;
-};
-
-function resolveCookieSourceOrder(input: unknown): CookieSource[] | undefined {
-  if (typeof input === 'string') {
-    return [parseCookieSource(input)];
-  }
-  if (Array.isArray(input)) {
-    const result: CookieSource[] = [];
-    for (const entry of input) {
-      if (typeof entry !== 'string') {
-        continue;
-      }
-      result.push(parseCookieSource(entry));
-    }
-    return result.length > 0 ? result : undefined;
-  }
-  return undefined;
-}
-
 function resolveTimeoutMs(...values: Array<string | number | undefined | null>): number | undefined {
   for (const value of values) {
     if (value === undefined || value === null || value === '') {
@@ -170,13 +134,8 @@ function loadConfig(warn: (message: string) => void): BirdConfig {
   };
 }
 
-type CredentialsOptions = {
-  authToken?: string;
-  ct0?: string;
-  chromeProfile?: string;
-  firefoxProfile?: string;
-  cookieSource?: CookieSource[];
-  cookieTimeout?: string | number;
+type RelayOptions = {
+  relayBaseUrl?: string;
 };
 
 export function createCliContext(normalizedArgs: string[], env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env): CliContext {
@@ -268,26 +227,12 @@ export function createCliContext(normalizedArgs: string[], env: NodeJS.ProcessEn
     return resolveTimeoutMs(options.timeout, config.timeoutMs, env.BIRD_TIMEOUT_MS);
   }
 
-  function resolveCookieTimeoutFromOptions(options: { cookieTimeout?: string | number }): number | undefined {
-    return resolveTimeoutMs(options.cookieTimeout, config.cookieTimeoutMs, env.BIRD_COOKIE_TIMEOUT_MS);
-  }
-
   function resolveQuoteDepthFromOptions(options: { quoteDepth?: string | number }): number | undefined {
     return resolveQuoteDepth(options.quoteDepth, config.quoteDepth, env.BIRD_QUOTE_DEPTH);
   }
 
-  function resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts: CredentialsOptions): ReturnType<typeof resolveCredentials> {
-    const cookieSource = opts.cookieSource?.length
-      ? opts.cookieSource
-      : (resolveCookieSourceOrder(config.cookieSource) ?? COOKIE_SOURCES);
-    return resolveCredentials({
-      authToken: opts.authToken,
-      ct0: opts.ct0,
-      cookieSource,
-      chromeProfile: opts.chromeProfile || config.chromeProfile,
-      firefoxProfile: opts.firefoxProfile || config.firefoxProfile,
-      cookieTimeoutMs: resolveCookieTimeoutFromOptions(opts),
-    });
+  function resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts: RelayOptions): string | undefined {
+    return opts.relayBaseUrl || config.relayBaseUrl || env.TWITTER_RELAY_BASE_URL;
   }
 
   function loadMedia(opts: { media: string[]; alts: string[] }): MediaSpec[] {
@@ -422,7 +367,7 @@ export function createCliContext(normalizedArgs: string[], env: NodeJS.ProcessEn
     applyOutputFromCommand,
     resolveTimeoutFromOptions,
     resolveQuoteDepthFromOptions,
-    resolveCredentialsFromOptions,
+    resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions,
     loadMedia,
     printTweets,
     printTweetsResult,

src/commands/bookmarks.ts

@@ -34,17 +34,7 @@ export function registerBookmarksCommand(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): voi
           process.exit(1);
         }
         const maxPages = maxPagesParsed.value;
-
-        const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-        for (const warning of warnings) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-        }
-
-        if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-          process.exit(1);
-        }
+        const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
         const usePagination = Boolean(cmdOpts.all || cmdOpts.cursor);
         if (maxPages !== undefined && !usePagination) {
@@ -56,7 +46,7 @@ export function registerBookmarksCommand(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): voi
           process.exit(1);
         }
 
-        const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
+        const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs });
         const folderId = cmdOpts.folderId ? extractBookmarkFolderId(cmdOpts.folderId) : null;
         if (cmdOpts.folderId && !folderId) {
           console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Invalid --folder-id. Expected numeric ID or https://x.com/i/bookmarks/<id>.`);

src/commands/check.ts

@@ -1,47 +1,35 @@
 import type { Command } from 'commander';
 import type { CliContext } from '../cli/shared.js';
+import { TwitterClient } from '../lib/twitter-client.js';
 
 export function registerCheckCommand(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
   program
     .command('check')
-    .description('Check credential availability')
+    .description('Check twitter safe relay availability')
     .action(async () => {
       const opts = program.opts();
-      const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
+      const timeoutMs = ctx.resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
+      const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
-      console.log(`${ctx.p('info')}Credential check`);
-      console.log('─'.repeat(40));
+      console.log(`${ctx.p('info')}Relay check`);
+      console.log('-'.repeat(40));
 
-      if (cookies.authToken) {
-        console.log(`${ctx.p('ok')}auth_token: ${cookies.authToken.slice(0, 10)}...`);
+      if (!relayBaseUrl) {
+        console.log(`${ctx.p('err')}TWITTER_RELAY_BASE_URL: not set`);
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+
+      console.log(`${ctx.p('ok')}relay: ${relayBaseUrl}`);
+
+      const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs });
+      const result = await client.getCurrentUser();
+
+      if (result.success && result.user) {
+        console.log(`${ctx.l('user')}@${result.user.username} (${result.user.name})`);
+        console.log(`${ctx.l('userId')}${result.user.id}`);
+        console.log(`\n${ctx.p('ok')}Ready to use twitter safe relay.`);
       } else {
-        console.log(`${ctx.p('err')}auth_token: not found`);
-      }
-
-      if (cookies.ct0) {
-        console.log(`${ctx.p('ok')}ct0: ${cookies.ct0.slice(0, 10)}...`);
-      } else {
-        console.log(`${ctx.p('err')}ct0: not found`);
-      }
-
-      if (cookies.source) {
-        console.log(`${ctx.l('source')}${cookies.source}`);
-      }
-
-      if (warnings.length > 0) {
-        console.log(`\n${ctx.p('warn')}Warnings:`);
-        for (const warning of warnings) {
-          console.log(`   - ${warning}`);
-        }
-      }
-
-      if (cookies.authToken && cookies.ct0) {
-        console.log(`\n${ctx.p('ok')}Ready to tweet!`);
-      } else {
-        console.log(`\n${ctx.p('err')}Missing credentials. Options:`);
-        console.log('   1. Login to x.com in Safari/Chrome/Firefox');
-        console.log('   2. Set AUTH_TOKEN and CT0 environment variables');
-        console.log('   3. Use --auth-token and --ct0 flags');
+        console.log(`${ctx.p('err')}Relay check failed: ${result.error ?? 'Unknown error'}`);
         process.exit(1);
       }
     });

src/commands/home.ts

@@ -14,24 +14,14 @@ export function registerHomeCommand(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
       const opts = program.opts();
       const timeoutMs = ctx.resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
       const count = Number.parseInt(cmdOpts.count || '20', 10);
-
-      const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-      for (const warning of warnings) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-      }
-
-      if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-        process.exit(1);
-      }
+      const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
       if (!Number.isFinite(count) || count <= 0) {
         console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Invalid --count. Expected a positive integer.`);
         process.exit(1);
       }
 
-      const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
+      const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs });
       const includeRaw = cmdOpts.jsonFull ?? false;
 
       const result = cmdOpts.following

src/commands/lists.ts

@@ -42,19 +42,9 @@ export function registerListsCommand(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
       const opts = program.opts();
       const timeoutMs = ctx.resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
       const count = Number.parseInt(cmdOpts.count || '100', 10);
+      const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
-      const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-      for (const warning of warnings) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-      }
-
-      if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-        process.exit(1);
-      }
-
-      const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
+      const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs });
 
       const result = cmdOpts.memberOf ? await client.getListMemberships(count) : await client.getOwnedLists(count);
 
@@ -118,19 +108,9 @@ export function registerListsCommand(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
           console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Invalid --count. Expected a positive integer.`);
           process.exit(1);
         }
+        const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
-        const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-        for (const warning of warnings) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-        }
-
-        if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-          process.exit(1);
-        }
-
-        const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
+        const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
         const includeRaw = cmdOpts.jsonFull ?? false;
         const timelineOptions = { includeRaw };
         const paginationOptions = { includeRaw, maxPages: pagination.maxPages, cursor: pagination.cursor };

src/commands/news.ts

@@ -101,12 +101,7 @@ export function registerNewsCommand(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
         const quoteDepth = ctx.resolveQuoteDepthFromOptions(opts);
         const count = Number.parseInt(cmdOpts.count || '10', 10);
         const tweetsPerItem = Number.parseInt(cmdOpts.tweetsPerItem || '5', 10);
-
-        const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-        for (const warning of warnings) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-        }
+        const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
         if (Number.isNaN(count) || count < 1) {
           console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}--count must be a positive number`);
@@ -118,11 +113,6 @@ export function registerNewsCommand(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
           process.exit(1);
         }
 
-        if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-          process.exit(1);
-        }
-
         // Determine which tabs to fetch from
         const tabs: ExploreTab[] = [];
         if (cmdOpts.forYou) {
@@ -144,7 +134,7 @@ export function registerNewsCommand(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
         // If no specific tabs selected, use defaults (all tabs except trending)
         const tabsToFetch = tabs.length > 0 ? tabs : undefined;
 
-        const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
+        const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
         const includeRaw = cmdOpts.jsonFull ?? false;
         const withTweets = cmdOpts.withTweets ?? false;
         const aiOnly = cmdOpts.aiOnly ?? false;

src/commands/post.ts

@@ -40,23 +40,8 @@ export function registerPostCommands(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
         console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`);
         process.exit(1);
       }
-
-      const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-      for (const warning of warnings) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-      }
-
-      if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-        process.exit(1);
-      }
-
-      if (cookies.source) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.l('source')}${cookies.source}`);
-      }
-
-      const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
+      const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
+      const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
       const mediaIds = await uploadMediaOrExit(client, media, ctx);
       const result = await client.tweet(text, mediaIds);
 
@@ -86,25 +71,10 @@ export function registerPostCommands(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
         process.exit(1);
       }
       const tweetId = ctx.extractTweetId(tweetIdOrUrl);
-
-      const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-      for (const warning of warnings) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-      }
-
-      if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-        process.exit(1);
-      }
-
-      if (cookies.source) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.l('source')}${cookies.source}`);
-      }
-
+      const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
       console.error(`${ctx.p('info')}Replying to tweet: ${tweetId}`);
 
-      const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
+      const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
       const mediaIds = await uploadMediaOrExit(client, media, ctx);
       const result = await client.reply(text, tweetId, mediaIds);
 

src/commands/read.ts

@@ -17,19 +17,9 @@ export function registerReadCommands(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
       const quoteDepth = ctx.resolveQuoteDepthFromOptions(opts);
 
       const tweetId = ctx.extractTweetId(tweetIdOrUrl);
+      const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
-      const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-      for (const warning of warnings) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-      }
-
-      if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-        process.exit(1);
-      }
-
-      const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
+      const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
       const includeRaw = cmdOpts.jsonFull ?? false;
       const result = await client.getTweet(tweetId, { includeRaw });
 
@@ -78,19 +68,9 @@ export function registerReadCommands(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
           console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}${pagination.error}`);
           process.exit(1);
         }
+        const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
-        const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-        for (const warning of warnings) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-        }
-
-        if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-          process.exit(1);
-        }
-
-        const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
+        const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
         const includeRaw = cmdOpts.jsonFull ?? false;
 
         const result = pagination.usePagination
@@ -155,19 +135,9 @@ export function registerReadCommands(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
           console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}${pagination.error}`);
           process.exit(1);
         }
+        const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
-        const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-        for (const warning of warnings) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-        }
-
-        if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-          process.exit(1);
-        }
-
-        const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
+        const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
         const includeRaw = cmdOpts.jsonFull ?? false;
 
         const result = pagination.usePagination

src/commands/search.ts

@@ -31,17 +31,7 @@ export function registerSearchCommands(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void
         const quoteDepth = ctx.resolveQuoteDepthFromOptions(opts);
         const count = Number.parseInt(cmdOpts.count || '10', 10);
         const maxPages = cmdOpts.maxPages ? Number.parseInt(cmdOpts.maxPages, 10) : undefined;
-
-        const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-        for (const warning of warnings) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-        }
-
-        if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-          process.exit(1);
-        }
+        const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
         const usePagination = cmdOpts.all || cmdOpts.cursor;
         if (maxPages !== undefined && !usePagination) {
@@ -57,7 +47,7 @@ export function registerSearchCommands(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void
           process.exit(1);
         }
 
-        const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
+        const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
         const includeRaw = cmdOpts.jsonFull ?? false;
         const searchOptions = { includeRaw };
         const paginationOptions = { includeRaw, maxPages, cursor: cmdOpts.cursor };
@@ -99,19 +89,9 @@ export function registerSearchCommands(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void
       }
 
       let query: string | null = fromUserOpt.query;
+      const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
-      const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-      for (const warning of warnings) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-      }
-
-      if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-        process.exit(1);
-      }
-
-      const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
+      const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
 
       if (!query) {
         const who = await client.getCurrentUser();

src/commands/unbookmark.ts

@@ -10,19 +10,9 @@ export function registerUnbookmarkCommand(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): vo
     .action(async (tweetIdOrUrls: string[]) => {
       const opts = program.opts();
       const timeoutMs = ctx.resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
+      const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
-      const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-      for (const warning of warnings) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-      }
-
-      if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-        process.exit(1);
-      }
-
-      const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
+      const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs });
       let failures = 0;
 
       for (const input of tweetIdOrUrls) {

src/commands/user-tweets.ts

@@ -86,19 +86,9 @@ export function registerUserTweetsCommand(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): vo
           console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Invalid handle: ${handle}`);
           process.exit(2);
         }
+        const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
-        const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-        for (const warning of warnings) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-        }
-
-        if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-          process.exit(1);
-        }
-
-        const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
+        const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
 
         // Look up user ID from username
         console.error(`${ctx.p('info')}Looking up @${username}...`);

src/commands/users.ts

@@ -36,19 +36,9 @@ export function registerUserCommands(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
           console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Invalid --max-pages. Expected a positive integer.`);
           process.exit(1);
         }
+        const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
-        const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-        for (const warning of warnings) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-        }
-
-        if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-          process.exit(1);
-        }
-
-        const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
+        const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs });
 
         let userId = cmdOpts.user;
         if (!userId) {
@@ -196,19 +186,9 @@ export function registerUserCommands(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
           console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Invalid --max-pages. Expected a positive integer.`);
           process.exit(1);
         }
+        const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
-        const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-        for (const warning of warnings) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-        }
-
-        if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-          process.exit(1);
-        }
-
-        const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs });
+        const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs });
 
         let userId = cmdOpts.user;
         if (!userId) {
@@ -347,17 +327,7 @@ export function registerUserCommands(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
         const quoteDepth = ctx.resolveQuoteDepthFromOptions(opts);
         const count = Number.parseInt(cmdOpts.count || '20', 10);
         const maxPages = cmdOpts.maxPages ? Number.parseInt(cmdOpts.maxPages, 10) : undefined;
-
-        const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-        for (const warning of warnings) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-        }
-
-        if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-          console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-          process.exit(1);
-        }
+        const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
         const usePagination = cmdOpts.all || cmdOpts.cursor;
         if (maxPages !== undefined && !usePagination) {
@@ -373,7 +343,7 @@ export function registerUserCommands(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
           process.exit(1);
         }
 
-        const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
+        const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
         const includeRaw = cmdOpts.jsonFull ?? false;
         const timelineOptions = { includeRaw };
         const paginationOptions = { includeRaw, maxPages, cursor: cmdOpts.cursor };
@@ -397,37 +367,21 @@ export function registerUserCommands(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
 
   program
     .command('whoami')
-    .description('Show which Twitter account the current credentials belong to')
+    .description('Show which Twitter account the relay belongs to')
     .action(async () => {
       const opts = program.opts();
       const timeoutMs = ctx.resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
       const quoteDepth = ctx.resolveQuoteDepthFromOptions(opts);
+      const relayBaseUrl = ctx.resolveRelayBaseUrlFromOptions(opts);
 
-      const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
-
-      for (const warning of warnings) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
-      }
-
-      if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
-        process.exit(1);
-      }
-
-      if (cookies.source) {
-        console.error(`${ctx.l('source')}${cookies.source}`);
-      }
-
-      const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
+      const client = new TwitterClient({ relayBaseUrl, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
       const result = await client.getCurrentUser();
 
-      const credentialSource = cookies.source ?? 'env/auto-detected cookies';
-
       if (result.success && result.user) {
         console.log(`${ctx.l('user')}@${result.user.username} (${result.user.name})`);
         console.log(`${ctx.l('userId')}${result.user.id}`);
-        console.log(`${ctx.l('engine')}graphql`);
-        console.log(`${ctx.l('credentials')}${credentialSource}`);
+        console.log(`${ctx.l('engine')}twitter-safe-relay`);
+        console.log(`${ctx.l('credentials')}${relayBaseUrl ?? 'TWITTER_RELAY_BASE_URL'}`);
       } else {
         console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Failed to determine current user: ${result.error ?? 'Unknown error'}`);
         process.exit(1);

src/lib/cookies.ts

@@ -1,235 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Browser cookie extraction for Twitter authentication.
- * Delegates to @steipete/sweet-cookie for Safari/Chrome/Firefox reads.
- */
-
-import { getCookies } from '@steipete/sweet-cookie';
-
-export interface TwitterCookies {
-  authToken: string | null;
-  ct0: string | null;
-  cookieHeader: string | null;
-  source: string | null;
-}
-
-export interface CookieExtractionResult {
-  cookies: TwitterCookies;
-  warnings: string[];
-}
-
-export type CookieSource = 'safari' | 'chrome' | 'firefox';
-
-const TWITTER_COOKIE_NAMES = ['auth_token', 'ct0'] as const;
-const TWITTER_URL = 'https://x.com/';
-const TWITTER_ORIGINS: string[] = ['https://x.com/', 'https://twitter.com/'];
-const DEFAULT_COOKIE_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
-
-function normalizeValue(value: unknown): string | null {
-  if (typeof value !== 'string') {
-    return null;
-  }
-  const trimmed = value.trim();
-  return trimmed.length > 0 ? trimmed : null;
-}
-
-function cookieHeader(authToken: string, ct0: string): string {
-  return `auth_token=${authToken}; ct0=${ct0}`;
-}
-
-function buildEmpty(): TwitterCookies {
-  return { authToken: null, ct0: null, cookieHeader: null, source: null };
-}
-
-function readEnvCookie(cookies: TwitterCookies, keys: readonly string[], field: 'authToken' | 'ct0'): void {
-  if (cookies[field]) {
-    return;
-  }
-  for (const key of keys) {
-    const value = normalizeValue(process.env[key]);
-    if (!value) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    cookies[field] = value;
-    if (!cookies.source) {
-      cookies.source = `env ${key}`;
-    }
-    break;
-  }
-}
-
-function resolveSources(cookieSource?: CookieSource | CookieSource[]): CookieSource[] {
-  if (Array.isArray(cookieSource)) {
-    return cookieSource;
-  }
-  if (cookieSource) {
-    return [cookieSource];
-  }
-  return ['safari', 'chrome', 'firefox'];
-}
-
-function labelForSource(source: CookieSource, profile?: string): string {
-  if (source === 'safari') {
-    return 'Safari';
-  }
-  if (source === 'chrome') {
-    return profile ? `Chrome profile "${profile}"` : 'Chrome default profile';
-  }
-  return profile ? `Firefox profile "${profile}"` : 'Firefox default profile';
-}
-
-function pickCookieValue(
-  cookies: Array<{ name?: string; value?: string; domain?: string }>,
-  name: (typeof TWITTER_COOKIE_NAMES)[number],
-): string | null {
-  const matches = cookies.filter((c) => c?.name === name && typeof c.value === 'string');
-  if (matches.length === 0) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  const preferred = matches.find((c) => (c.domain ?? '').endsWith('x.com'));
-  if (preferred?.value) {
-    return preferred.value;
-  }
-
-  const twitter = matches.find((c) => (c.domain ?? '').endsWith('twitter.com'));
-  if (twitter?.value) {
-    return twitter.value;
-  }
-
-  return matches[0]?.value ?? null;
-}
-
-async function readTwitterCookiesFromBrowser(options: {
-  source: CookieSource;
-  chromeProfile?: string;
-  firefoxProfile?: string;
-  cookieTimeoutMs?: number;
-}): Promise<CookieExtractionResult> {
-  const warnings: string[] = [];
-  const out = buildEmpty();
-
-  const { cookies, warnings: providerWarnings } = await getCookies({
-    url: TWITTER_URL,
-    origins: TWITTER_ORIGINS,
-    names: [...TWITTER_COOKIE_NAMES],
-    browsers: [options.source],
-    mode: 'merge',
-    chromeProfile: options.chromeProfile,
-    firefoxProfile: options.firefoxProfile,
-    timeoutMs: options.cookieTimeoutMs,
-  });
-  warnings.push(...providerWarnings);
-
-  const authToken = pickCookieValue(cookies, 'auth_token');
-  const ct0 = pickCookieValue(cookies, 'ct0');
-  if (authToken) {
-    out.authToken = authToken;
-  }
-  if (ct0) {
-    out.ct0 = ct0;
-  }
-
-  if (out.authToken && out.ct0) {
-    out.cookieHeader = cookieHeader(out.authToken, out.ct0);
-    out.source = labelForSource(
-      options.source,
-      options.source === 'chrome' ? options.chromeProfile : options.firefoxProfile,
-    );
-    return { cookies: out, warnings };
-  }
-
-  if (options.source === 'safari') {
-    warnings.push('No Twitter cookies found in Safari. Make sure you are logged into x.com in Safari.');
-  } else if (options.source === 'chrome') {
-    warnings.push('No Twitter cookies found in Chrome. Make sure you are logged into x.com in Chrome.');
-  } else {
-    warnings.push(
-      'No Twitter cookies found in Firefox. Make sure you are logged into x.com in Firefox and the profile exists.',
-    );
-  }
-
-  return { cookies: out, warnings };
-}
-
-export async function extractCookiesFromSafari(): Promise<CookieExtractionResult> {
-  return readTwitterCookiesFromBrowser({ source: 'safari' });
-}
-
-export async function extractCookiesFromChrome(profile?: string): Promise<CookieExtractionResult> {
-  return readTwitterCookiesFromBrowser({ source: 'chrome', chromeProfile: profile });
-}
-
-export async function extractCookiesFromFirefox(profile?: string): Promise<CookieExtractionResult> {
-  return readTwitterCookiesFromBrowser({ source: 'firefox', firefoxProfile: profile });
-}
-
-/**
- * Resolve Twitter credentials from multiple sources.
- * Priority: CLI args > environment variables > browsers (ordered).
- */
-export async function resolveCredentials(options: {
-  authToken?: string;
-  ct0?: string;
-  cookieSource?: CookieSource | CookieSource[];
-  chromeProfile?: string;
-  firefoxProfile?: string;
-  cookieTimeoutMs?: number;
-}): Promise<CookieExtractionResult> {
-  const warnings: string[] = [];
-  const cookies = buildEmpty();
-  const cookieTimeoutMs =
-    typeof options.cookieTimeoutMs === 'number' &&
-    Number.isFinite(options.cookieTimeoutMs) &&
-    options.cookieTimeoutMs > 0
-      ? options.cookieTimeoutMs
-      : process.platform === 'darwin'
-        ? DEFAULT_COOKIE_TIMEOUT_MS
-        : undefined;
-
-  if (options.authToken) {
-    cookies.authToken = options.authToken;
-    cookies.source = 'CLI argument';
-  }
-  if (options.ct0) {
-    cookies.ct0 = options.ct0;
-    if (!cookies.source) {
-      cookies.source = 'CLI argument';
-    }
-  }
-
-  readEnvCookie(cookies, ['AUTH_TOKEN', 'TWITTER_AUTH_TOKEN'], 'authToken');
-  readEnvCookie(cookies, ['CT0', 'TWITTER_CT0'], 'ct0');
-
-  if (cookies.authToken && cookies.ct0) {
-    cookies.cookieHeader = cookieHeader(cookies.authToken, cookies.ct0);
-    return { cookies, warnings };
-  }
-
-  const sourcesToTry = resolveSources(options.cookieSource);
-  for (const source of sourcesToTry) {
-    const res = await readTwitterCookiesFromBrowser({
-      source,
-      chromeProfile: options.chromeProfile,
-      firefoxProfile: options.firefoxProfile,
-      cookieTimeoutMs,
-    });
-    warnings.push(...res.warnings);
-    if (res.cookies.authToken && res.cookies.ct0) {
-      return { cookies: res.cookies, warnings };
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (!cookies.authToken) {
-    warnings.push(
-      'Missing auth_token - provide via --auth-token, AUTH_TOKEN env var, or login to x.com in Safari/Chrome/Firefox',
-    );
-  }
-  if (!cookies.ct0) {
-    warnings.push('Missing ct0 - provide via --ct0, CT0 env var, or login to x.com in Safari/Chrome/Firefox');
-  }
-  if (cookies.authToken && cookies.ct0) {
-    cookies.cookieHeader = cookieHeader(cookies.authToken, cookies.ct0);
-  }
-
-  return { cookies, warnings };
-}

src/lib/index.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-export {
-  type CookieExtractionResult,
-  type CookieSource,
-  extractCookiesFromChrome,
-  extractCookiesFromFirefox,
-  extractCookiesFromSafari,
-  resolveCredentials,
-  type TwitterCookies,
-} from './cookies.js';
 export { runtimeQueryIds } from './runtime-query-ids.js';
 export {
   type CurrentUserResult,

src/lib/twitter-client-base.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { type OperationName, QUERY_IDS, TARGET_QUERY_ID_OPERATIONS } from './twi
 import type { CurrentUserResult, TwitterClientOptions } from './twitter-client-types.js';
 import { normalizeQuoteDepth } from './twitter-client-utils.js';
 
+const TRAILING_SLASHES = /\/+$/;
+
 // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: TS mixin base constructor requirement.
 export type Constructor<T = object> = new (...args: any[]) => T;
 // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: TS mixin base constructor requirement.
@@ -13,9 +15,7 @@ export type Mixin<TBase extends AbstractConstructor<TwitterClientBase>, TAdded>
 ) => TwitterClientBase & TAdded;
 
 export abstract class TwitterClientBase {
-  protected authToken: string;
-  protected ct0: string;
-  protected cookieHeader: string;
+  protected relayBaseUrl: string;
   protected userAgent: string;
   protected timeoutMs?: number;
   protected quoteDepth: number;
@@ -24,12 +24,7 @@ export abstract class TwitterClientBase {
   protected clientUserId?: string;
 
   constructor(options: TwitterClientOptions) {
-    if (!options.cookies.authToken || !options.cookies.ct0) {
-      throw new Error('Both authToken and ct0 cookies are required');
-    }
-    this.authToken = options.cookies.authToken;
-    this.ct0 = options.cookies.ct0;
-    this.cookieHeader = options.cookies.cookieHeader || `auth_token=${this.authToken}; ct0=${this.ct0}`;
+    this.relayBaseUrl = this.normalizeRelayBaseUrl(options.relayBaseUrl ?? process.env.TWITTER_RELAY_BASE_URL);
     this.userAgent =
       options.userAgent ||
       'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/131.0.0.0 Safari/537.36';
@@ -72,14 +67,15 @@ export abstract class TwitterClientBase {
   }
 
   protected async fetchWithTimeout(url: string, init: RequestInit): Promise<Response> {
+    const relayUrl = this.toRelayUrl(url);
     if (!this.timeoutMs || this.timeoutMs <= 0) {
-      return fetch(url, init);
+      return fetch(relayUrl, init);
     }
 
     const controller = new AbortController();
     const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), this.timeoutMs);
     try {
-      return await fetch(url, { ...init, signal: controller.signal });
+      return await fetch(relayUrl, { ...init, signal: controller.signal });
     } finally {
       clearTimeout(timeoutId);
     }
@@ -93,20 +89,31 @@ export abstract class TwitterClientBase {
     return randomBytes(16).toString('hex');
   }
 
+  private normalizeRelayBaseUrl(value: string | undefined): string {
+    const trimmed = value?.trim();
+    if (!trimmed) {
+      throw new Error('TWITTER_RELAY_BASE_URL is required');
+    }
+    return trimmed.replace(TRAILING_SLASHES, '');
+  }
+
+  private toRelayUrl(url: string): string {
+    const parsed = new URL(url);
+    if (!['x.com', 'twitter.com', 'api.twitter.com', 'upload.twitter.com'].includes(parsed.hostname)) {
+      throw new Error(`Unsupported Twitter API host: ${parsed.hostname}`);
+    }
+    return `${this.relayBaseUrl}${parsed.pathname}${parsed.search}`;
+  }
+
   protected getBaseHeaders(): Record<string, string> {
     const headers: Record<string, string> = {
       accept: '*/*',
       'accept-language': 'en-US,en;q=0.9',
-      authorization:
-        'Bearer AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANRILgAAAAAAnNwIzUejRCOuH5E6I8xnZz4puTs%3D1Zv7ttfk8LF81IUq16cHjhLTvJu4FA33AGWWjCpTnA',
-      'x-csrf-token': this.ct0,
-      'x-twitter-auth-type': 'OAuth2Session',
       'x-twitter-active-user': 'yes',
       'x-twitter-client-language': 'en',
       'x-client-uuid': this.clientUuid,
       'x-twitter-client-deviceid': this.clientDeviceId,
       'x-client-transaction-id': this.createTransactionId(),
-      cookie: this.cookieHeader,
       'user-agent': this.userAgent,
       origin: 'https://x.com',
       referer: 'https://x.com/',

src/lib/twitter-client-constants.ts

@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ export const TWITTER_GRAPHQL_POST_URL = 'https://x.com/i/api/graphql';
 export const TWITTER_UPLOAD_URL = 'https://upload.twitter.com/i/media/upload.json';
 export const TWITTER_MEDIA_METADATA_URL = 'https://x.com/i/api/1.1/media/metadata/create.json';
 export const TWITTER_STATUS_UPDATE_URL = 'https://x.com/i/api/1.1/statuses/update.json';
-export const SETTINGS_SCREEN_NAME_REGEX = /"screen_name":"([^"]+)"/;
-export const SETTINGS_USER_ID_REGEX = /"user_id"\s*:\s*"(\d+)"/;
-export const SETTINGS_NAME_REGEX = /"name":"([^"\\]*(?:\\.[^"\\]*)*)"/;
-
 // Query IDs rotate frequently; the values in query-ids.json are refreshed by
 // scripts/update-query-ids.ts. The fallback values keep the client usable if
 // the file is missing or incomplete.

src/lib/twitter-client-types.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import type { TwitterCookies } from './cookies.js';
-
 // Raw media entity from Twitter API
 export interface GraphqlMediaEntity {
   id_str?: string;
@@ -327,7 +325,7 @@ export interface FollowingResult {
 }
 
 export interface TwitterClientOptions {
-  cookies: TwitterCookies;
+  relayBaseUrl?: string;
   userAgent?: string;
   timeoutMs?: number;
   // Max depth for quoted tweets (0 disables). Defaults to 1.

src/lib/twitter-client-users.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 import type { AbstractConstructor, Mixin, TwitterClientBase } from './twitter-client-base.js';
-import {
-  SETTINGS_NAME_REGEX,
-  SETTINGS_SCREEN_NAME_REGEX,
-  SETTINGS_USER_ID_REGEX,
-  TWITTER_API_BASE,
-} from './twitter-client-constants.js';
+import { TWITTER_API_BASE } from './twitter-client-constants.js';
 import { buildFollowingFeatures } from './twitter-client-features.js';
 import type { CurrentUserResult, FollowingResult, TwitterUser } from './twitter-client-types.js';
 import { extractCursorFromInstructions, parseUsersFromInstructions } from './twitter-client-utils.js';
@@ -157,7 +152,7 @@ export function withUsers<TBase extends AbstractConstructor<TwitterClientBase>>(
     }
 
     /**
-     * Fetch the account associated with the current cookies
+     * Fetch the account associated with the configured relay.
      */
     async getCurrentUser(): Promise<CurrentUserResult> {
       const candidateUrls = [
@@ -234,48 +229,6 @@ export function withUsers<TBase extends AbstractConstructor<TwitterClientBase>>(
         }
       }
 
-      // Fallback: scrape the authenticated settings page (HTML) for screen_name/user_id
-      const profilePages = ['https://x.com/settings/account', 'https://twitter.com/settings/account'];
-      for (const page of profilePages) {
-        try {
-          const response = await this.fetchWithTimeout(page, {
-            headers: {
-              cookie: this.cookieHeader,
-              'user-agent': this.userAgent,
-            },
-          });
-
-          if (!response.ok) {
-            lastError = `HTTP ${response.status} (settings page)`;
-            continue;
-          }
-
-          const html = await response.text();
-          const usernameMatch = SETTINGS_SCREEN_NAME_REGEX.exec(html);
-          const idMatch = SETTINGS_USER_ID_REGEX.exec(html);
-          const nameMatch = SETTINGS_NAME_REGEX.exec(html);
-
-          const username = usernameMatch?.[1];
-          const userId = idMatch?.[1];
-          const name = nameMatch?.[1]?.replace(/\\"/g, '"');
-
-          if (username && userId) {
-            return {
-              success: true,
-              user: {
-                id: userId,
-                username,
-                name: name || username,
-              },
-            };
-          }
-
-          lastError = 'Could not parse settings page for user info';
-        } catch (error) {
-          lastError = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
-        }
-      }
-
       return {
         success: false,
         error: lastError ?? 'Unknown error fetching current user',
@@ -375,7 +328,7 @@ export function withUsers<TBase extends AbstractConstructor<TwitterClientBase>>(
         }
 
         // GraphQL Following can also return 404 (queryId churn / endpoint flakiness).
-        // Fallback to the internal v1.1 REST endpoint used by the web client (cookie-auth; no dev API key).
+        // Fallback to the internal v1.1 REST endpoint used by the web client through the relay.
         // Note: REST fallback does not support cursor pagination.
         const restAttempt = await this.getFollowingViaRest(userId, count);
         if (restAttempt.success) {
@@ -481,7 +434,7 @@ export function withUsers<TBase extends AbstractConstructor<TwitterClientBase>>(
         }
 
         // GraphQL Followers regularly returns 404 (queryId churn / endpoint flakiness).
-        // Fallback to the internal v1.1 REST endpoint used by the web client (cookie-auth; no dev API key).
+        // Fallback to the internal v1.1 REST endpoint used by the web client through the relay.
         // Note: REST fallback does not support cursor pagination.
         const restAttempt = await this.getFollowersViaRest(userId, count);
         if (restAttempt.success) {