Get Twitter User Profile API

Get Twitter user profiles, followers, verified status via API. $0.001 per call. GetXAPI user info endpoint documentation with examples.

GET/twitter/user/info

This endpoint costs $0.001 per API call.

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`userName`	string	Yes	Screen name (without @)

Notes

Returns full profile information for a Twitter user.
No pagination needed - returns complete profile in one call.

Response

{
  "status": "success",
  "msg": "success",
  "data": {
    "id": "1234567890123456789",
    "name": "Example User",
    "userName": "example_user",
    "location": "Worldwide",
    "url": "https://example.com/",
    "description": "Building on GetXAPI.",
    "protected": false,
    "isVerified": false,
    "isBlueVerified": true,
    "verifiedType": null,
    "followers": 229,
    "following": 233,
    "favouritesCount": 4079,
    "statusesCount": 986,
    "mediaCount": 113,
    "createdAt": "2021-01-01T23:45:21.000000Z",
    "coverPicture": null,
    "profilePicture": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/.../pj0DTqs2_400x400.jpg",
    "canDm": false,
    "pinnedTweetIds": []
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`id`	string	Unique user ID
`name`	string	Display name
`userName`	string	@handle (screen name)
`location`	string	User's location
`url`	string	Website URL (expanded)
`description`	string	Bio
`protected`	boolean	Is account private?
`isVerified`	boolean	Legacy verification
`isBlueVerified`	boolean	Twitter Blue subscriber
`verifiedType`	string	Verification type (usually null)
`followers`	number	Follower count
`following`	number	Following count
`favouritesCount`	number	Likes count
`statusesCount`	number	Tweet count
`mediaCount`	number	Media posts count
`createdAt`	string	Account creation date (ISO 8601)
`coverPicture`	string	Banner image URL
`profilePicture`	string	Avatar URL (400x400)
`canDm`	boolean	Can receive DMs
`pinnedTweetIds`	array	IDs of pinned tweets

Error Responses

404 - User not found

{
  "error": "Could not find user @nonexistent_user"
}

Example

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer API_KEY" "https://api.getxapi.com/twitter/user/info?userName=example_user"

const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.getxapi.com/twitter/user/info?userName=example_user",
  {
    headers: { Authorization: "Bearer API_KEY" },
  }
);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.getxapi.com/twitter/user/info",
    params={"userName": "example_user"},
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer API_KEY"},
)
print(response.json())

User Info