# Twitter Followers/Following Export (`automationagents/twitter-followers-following-export`) Actor

Extract followers, following, or followers-you-know from a Twitter/X profile.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automationagents/twitter-followers-following-export.md
- **Developed by:** [Alex Jordan](https://apify.com/automationagents) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 40.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
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# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Twitter Followers/Following Export

Twitter Followers/Following Export extracts follower lists, following lists, and followers-you-know relationships from a Twitter/X profile.

Built on the Apify platform, this Actor supports scheduling, webhooks, and dataset exports.

### What It Does

Twitter Followers/Following Export extracts follower lists, following lists, and followers-you-know relationships from a Twitter/X profile.

### Why Use Twitter Followers/Following Export?

- Audience segmentation - Create exports for research, engagement, or monitoring
- Social graph research - Map follow relationships for analysis and enrichment
- Follower list exports - Track profile relationships in Apify datasets

### How to Use Twitter Followers/Following Export

1. Open the Actor on Apify
2. Enter the required URL and authenticated session inputs
3. Start the run
4. Review the dataset output for success or error details

### Input

This Actor accepts the fields required to export follower relationships through an authenticated session.

### Proxy Object

Use the proxy object to define how requests should be routed.
Common fields are:

- `ip` - Proxy host or endpoint URL
- `port` - Proxy port
- `username` - Proxy username
- `password` - Proxy password

### Example Input

```json
{
  "twExtractionMode": "IOh4aS6UdGWGJUYTqliQ7Q/Followers",
  "twProfileUrl": "https://x.com/example_profile",
  "maxCount": 10,
  "texAuVariables": {},
  "connectedAccountId": "example_connected_account_id",
  "auth_token": "example_auth_token",
  "ct0": "example_ct0_token",
  "kdt": "example_kdt_cookie",
  "twid": "u%3D1234567890",
  "user-agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/145.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
  "bearerToken": "Bearer exampleBearerToken",
  "guest_token": "example_guest_token",
  "sec-ch-ua-platform": "\"Linux\"",
  "authorization": "Bearer exampleBearerToken",
  "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/145.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
  "x-csrf-token": "example_ct0_token",
  "txSmSelfProfileUrl": "https://x.com/example_self_account",
  "proxy": {
    "ip": "http://proxy.example.com",
    "port": "1080",
    "username": "user_example|session_demo",
    "password": "example_proxy_password"
  }
}
````

### Output

The Actor writes the action result to the default dataset.

### Example Output

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "response": [
    {
      "handle": "example_user_1",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/example_user_1",
      "relationship": "follower"
    }
  ]
}
```

### Pricing / Cost Estimation

$0.0017 per result item

### Support

If you need adjustments for your workflow, use the Actor Issues tab or your internal support channel.

# Actor input Schema

## `ct0` (type: `string`):

Twitter/X CSRF cookie.

## `kdt` (type: `string`):

Twitter/X kdt cookie.

## `twid` (type: `string`):

Twitter/X twid cookie.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Proxy object for browser session.

## `maxCount` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of profiles to extract.

## `auth_token` (type: `string`):

Twitter/X auth token cookie.

## `guest_token` (type: `string`):

Twitter/X guest token cookie.

## `twProfileUrl` (type: `string`):

Twitter/X profile URL.

## `texAuVariables` (type: `object`):

Optional TexAu personalization variables.

## `connectedAccountId` (type: `string`):

Connected Twitter/X account identifier.

## `x-csrf-token` (type: `string`):

Twitter/X CSRF token header.

## `authorization` (type: `string`):

Twitter/X authorization header value.

## `twExtractionMode` (type: `string`):

Followers, Following, or Followers You Know mode.

## `user-agent` (type: `string`):

Lowercase user-agent field if required by runtime mapping.

## `User-Agent` (type: `string`):

Browser user agent string.

## `bearerToken` (type: `string`):

Twitter/X bearer token.

## `sec-ch-ua-platform` (type: `string`):

Browser platform client hint header.

## `txSmSelfProfileUrl` (type: `string`):

TexAu self profile URL.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "twid": "u%3D1234567890",
  "proxy": {
    "ip": "http://proxy.example.com",
    "port": "1080",
    "username": "example_username",
    "password": "example_password"
  },
  "maxCount": 10,
  "guest_token": "2071493852049846302",
  "twProfileUrl": "https://x.com/OpenAI",
  "texAuVariables": {
    "yourFullName": "Example Person",
    "yourDescription": "Example role",
    "yourCompanyDescription": "Example company",
    "yourUsp": "Example USP"
  },
  "connectedAccountId": "example_connected_account_id",
  "authorization": "Bearer ...",
  "twExtractionMode": "IOh4aS6UdGWGJUYTqliQ7Q/Followers",
  "user-agent": "Mozilla/5.0 ...",
  "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 ...",
  "sec-ch-ua-platform": "macOS",
  "txSmSelfProfileUrl": "https://twitter.com/example_self"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "twid": "u%3D1234567890",
    "proxy": {
        "ip": "http://proxy.example.com",
        "port": "1080",
        "username": "example_username",
        "password": "example_password"
    },
    "maxCount": 10,
    "guest_token": "2071493852049846302",
    "twProfileUrl": "https://x.com/OpenAI",
    "texAuVariables": {
        "yourFullName": "Example Person",
        "yourDescription": "Example role",
        "yourCompanyDescription": "Example company",
        "yourUsp": "Example USP"
    },
    "connectedAccountId": "example_connected_account_id",
    "authorization": "Bearer ...",
    "twExtractionMode": "IOh4aS6UdGWGJUYTqliQ7Q/Followers",
    "user-agent": "Mozilla/5.0 ...",
    "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 ...",
    "sec-ch-ua-platform": "macOS",
    "txSmSelfProfileUrl": "https://twitter.com/example_self"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("automationagents/twitter-followers-following-export").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "twid": "u%3D1234567890",
    "proxy": {
        "ip": "http://proxy.example.com",
        "port": "1080",
        "username": "example_username",
        "password": "example_password",
    },
    "maxCount": 10,
    "guest_token": "2071493852049846302",
    "twProfileUrl": "https://x.com/OpenAI",
    "texAuVariables": {
        "yourFullName": "Example Person",
        "yourDescription": "Example role",
        "yourCompanyDescription": "Example company",
        "yourUsp": "Example USP",
    },
    "connectedAccountId": "example_connected_account_id",
    "authorization": "Bearer ...",
    "twExtractionMode": "IOh4aS6UdGWGJUYTqliQ7Q/Followers",
    "user-agent": "Mozilla/5.0 ...",
    "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 ...",
    "sec-ch-ua-platform": "macOS",
    "txSmSelfProfileUrl": "https://twitter.com/example_self",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("automationagents/twitter-followers-following-export").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "twid": "u%3D1234567890",
  "proxy": {
    "ip": "http://proxy.example.com",
    "port": "1080",
    "username": "example_username",
    "password": "example_password"
  },
  "maxCount": 10,
  "guest_token": "2071493852049846302",
  "twProfileUrl": "https://x.com/OpenAI",
  "texAuVariables": {
    "yourFullName": "Example Person",
    "yourDescription": "Example role",
    "yourCompanyDescription": "Example company",
    "yourUsp": "Example USP"
  },
  "connectedAccountId": "example_connected_account_id",
  "authorization": "Bearer ...",
  "twExtractionMode": "IOh4aS6UdGWGJUYTqliQ7Q/Followers",
  "user-agent": "Mozilla/5.0 ...",
  "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 ...",
  "sec-ch-ua-platform": "macOS",
  "txSmSelfProfileUrl": "https://twitter.com/example_self"
}' |
apify call automationagents/twitter-followers-following-export --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automationagents/twitter-followers-following-export",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Twitter Followers/Following Export",
        "description": "Extract followers, following, or followers-you-know from a Twitter/X profile.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "8fhyurof2n44BnjFK"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/automationagents~twitter-followers-following-export/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-automationagents-twitter-followers-following-export",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/automationagents~twitter-followers-following-export/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-automationagents-twitter-followers-following-export",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/automationagents~twitter-followers-following-export/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-automationagents-twitter-followers-following-export",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "twProfileUrl",
                    "twExtractionMode"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "ct0": {
                        "title": "ct0",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Twitter/X CSRF cookie."
                    },
                    "kdt": {
                        "title": "kdt",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Twitter/X kdt cookie."
                    },
                    "twid": {
                        "title": "twid",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Twitter/X twid cookie."
                    },
                    "proxy": {
                        "title": "Proxy",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Proxy object for browser session."
                    },
                    "maxCount": {
                        "title": "Limit",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of profiles to extract."
                    },
                    "auth_token": {
                        "title": "auth_token",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Twitter/X auth token cookie."
                    },
                    "guest_token": {
                        "title": "guest_token",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Twitter/X guest token cookie."
                    },
                    "twProfileUrl": {
                        "title": "Profile URL",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Twitter/X profile URL."
                    },
                    "texAuVariables": {
                        "title": "TexAu Variables",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Optional TexAu personalization variables."
                    },
                    "connectedAccountId": {
                        "title": "Connected Account ID",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Connected Twitter/X account identifier."
                    },
                    "x-csrf-token": {
                        "title": "x-csrf-token",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Twitter/X CSRF token header."
                    },
                    "authorization": {
                        "title": "authorization",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Twitter/X authorization header value."
                    },
                    "twExtractionMode": {
                        "title": "Extraction Mode",
                        "enum": [
                            "IOh4aS6UdGWGJUYTqliQ7Q/Followers",
                            "cocC_CzoxzpwgXr3jhG7DA/Following",
                            "vj4w8nzWokHZFp3GkSzO_w/FollowersYouKnow"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Followers, Following, or Followers You Know mode."
                    },
                    "user-agent": {
                        "title": "user-agent",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Lowercase user-agent field if required by runtime mapping."
                    },
                    "User-Agent": {
                        "title": "User-Agent",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Browser user agent string."
                    },
                    "bearerToken": {
                        "title": "Bearer Token",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Twitter/X bearer token."
                    },
                    "sec-ch-ua-platform": {
                        "title": "sec-ch-ua-platform",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Browser platform client hint header."
                    },
                    "txSmSelfProfileUrl": {
                        "title": "Self Profile URL",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "TexAu self profile URL."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```