Summary

• Add opt-in TWITTER_BACKEND=xquik support for posting through Xquik.
• Keep the existing X API v2 OAuth 1.0a path as the default.
• Send account and text to POST /api/v1/x/tweets.

Independent Repository Fixes

• Make the documented shell environment configuration work for the existing X API backend.
• Return a nonzero process status when an API returns an unsuccessful HTTP response.
• Avoid the PHP 8.5 curl_close() deprecation while retaining PHP 7 compatibility.

Configuration

Set TWITTER_BACKEND=xquik, XQUIK_API_KEY, and XQUIK_ACCOUNT. XQUIK_API_BASE is optional and defaults to https://xquik.com/api/v1.

Validation

• php -l config.php
• php -l post_tweet.php
• Local request-contract fixture verified method, route, x-api-key, account, text, success parsing, and exit status.
• Unreachable endpoint fixture verified cURL failures return status 1 without PHP warnings.
• git diff --check
• Xquik API root returned 200.
• Protected tweet route returned 401 without credentials.

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