📨 X (Twitter) DM Availability Scanner | Outreach Lead Qualifier

A high-performance, cost-effective Apify Actor designed to bulk check whether X (Twitter) users have open Direct Messages (DMs).

Stop wasting your time and campaign budget on closed accounts! Instantly filter your lead lists, qualify prospects, and optimize your automated cold outreach workflows.

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🚀 Features

• Bulk Verification: Check thousands of Twitter/X handles or User IDs in a single run.
• Accurate DM Status Detection: Returns the exact can_dm status (True/False) for every profile.
• Smart Rate-Limit Handling: Automatically manages X's rate limits and retries to ensure maximum success rates.
• Flexible Session Support: Works seamlessly with both guest and authenticated sessions.
• Clean Structured Data: Outputs structured JSON data, ready to be exported to CSV, Excel, or integrated via API into your CRM/workflows.

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🎯 Ideal Use Cases

• Growth Hackers & Marketers: Build clean, verified outreach lists for X cold DM campaigns.
• Sales Teams & SDRs: Filter out unresponsive profiles before doing manual prospecting.
• Data Engineers & Developers: Enrich existing social profiles with communication availability metrics via API.

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📥 Input Parameters

Provide a list of usernames (screen names) or numeric user IDs that you want to check.

Input Example (JSON)

{
  "users": [
    "elonmusk",
    "jack"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

Input Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
screenNames	Array	Yes	A list of X/Twitter handles (e.g., elonmusk).

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📤 Output Data Structure

The actor stores results in a dataset. Each item in the dataset represents a verified user status.

Output Example (JSON)

[
  {
    "query": "elonmusk",
    "id": "44196397",
    "username": "elonmusk",
    "can_dm": false,
    "status": "SUCCESS",
    "scraped_at": "2026-05-18T15:04:23.000Z"
  },
  {
    "query": "jack",
    "id": "12",
    "username": "jack",
    "can_dm": true,
    "status": "SUCCESS",
    "scraped_at": "2026-05-18T15:04:24.000Z"
  }
]

Output Fields Breakdown

• query: The original input handle or ID.
• id: The official unique X/Twitter User ID.
• username: The current X/Twitter handle.
• can_dm: true means the user accepts direct messages from anyone; false means their DM is closed.
• status: Execution status for this specific user (SUCCESS, NOT_FOUND, or SUSPENDED).
• scraped_at: The timestamp when the data was extracted.

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💡 Cost-Effective & Scalable

This actor is highly optimized for resource consumption, allowing you to scan thousands of profiles quickly and at a minimal cost. Perfect for standalone use in the Apify Console or integrated directly via the Apify API into your Make, Zapier, or custom code pipelines.

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