You can access the Twitter Followers/Following Export programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

$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

Twitter Followers/Following Export API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Twitter Followers/Following Export locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

Other API clients include:

Twitter Followers/Following Export API in Python

Twitter Followers/Following Export API in JavaScript

Twitter Followers/Following Export OpenAPI definition

Twitter Followers/Following Export API

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