X (formerly Twitter) User Details API

Fetch Twitter User Details by username.

Features

• Instant HTTP API — No waiting for Actor runs, get results in real-time
• Structured JSON — Clean results
• Pay Per Request — You only pay for successful API calls

Quick Start

Send a GET request to the Standby endpoint:

https://glavier--x-user-details.apify.actor?username=elonmusk&token={YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN}

Example Response

{
  "data": {
    "user": {
      "result": {
        "__typename": "User",
        "affiliates_highlighted_label": {
          "label": {
            "badge": {
              "url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1955359038532653056/OSHY3ewP_bigger.jpg"
            },
            "description": "X",
            "url": {
              "url": "https://twitter.com/X",
              "urlType": "DeepLink"
            },
            "userLabelDisplayType": "Badge",
            "userLabelType": "BusinessLabel"
          }
        },
        "business_account": {},
        "has_graduated_access": true,
        "has_nft_avatar": false,
        "id": "VXNlcjo0NDE5NjM5Nw==",
        "is_blue_verified": true,
        "is_profile_translatable": false,
        "legacy": {
          "blocked_by": false,
          "blocking": false,
          "can_dm": false,
          "can_media_tag": false,
          "created_at": "Tue Jun 02 20:12:29 +0000 2009",
          "default_profile": false,
          "default_profile_image": false,
          "description": "",
          "entities": {
            "description": {
              "urls": []
            }
          },
          "fast_followers_count": 0,
          "favourites_count": 214936,
          "follow_request_sent": false,
          "followed_by": false,
          "followers_count": 236091389,
          "following": false,
          "friends_count": 1292,
          "has_custom_timelines": true,
          "is_translator": false,
          "listed_count": 167763,
          "location": "",
          "media_count": 4380,
          "muting": false,
          "name": "Elon Musk",
          "normal_followers_count": 236091389,
          "notifications": false,
          "pinned_tweet_ids_str": [
            "2030159267689632121"
          ],
          "possibly_sensitive": false,
          "profile_banner_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/44196397/1739948056",
          "profile_image_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2008546467615580160/57KcqsTA_normal.jpg",
          "profile_interstitial_type": "",
          "protected": false,
          "screen_name": "elonmusk",
          "statuses_count": 98570,
          "translator_type": "none",
          "verified": false,
          "want_retweets": false,
          "withheld_in_countries": []
        },
        "legacy_extended_profile": {},
        "professional": {
          "category": [],
          "professional_type": "Creator",
          "rest_id": "1679729435447275522"
        },
        "profile_image_shape": "Circle",
        "rest_id": "44196397",
        "smart_blocked_by": false,
        "smart_blocking": false,
        "super_follow_eligible": true,
        "super_followed_by": false,
        "super_following": false,
        "verification_info": {
          "reason": {
            "description": {
              "entities": [
                {
                  "from_index": 54,
                  "ref": {
                    "url": "https://twitter.com/X",
                    "url_type": "ExternalUrl"
                  },
                  "to_index": 56
                },
                {
                  "from_index": 63,
                  "ref": {
                    "url": "https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/profile-labels",
                    "url_type": "ExternalUrl"
                  },
                  "to_index": 73
                }
              ],
              "text": "This account is verified because it's an affiliate of @X on X. Learn more"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
username	string	Yes	—	X (formerly Twitter) username

Authentication

Include your Apify API token in one of two ways:

Query parameter (simple):

https://glavier--x-user-details.apify.actor?username=elonmusk&token={YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN}

Authorization header (recommended):

curl "https://glavier--x-user-details.apify.actor?username=elonmusk" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN}"

Pricing

This Actor uses Pay Per Event pricing. You are charged per request, not per result.

Event	Description
request	Each successful API call (non-5xx response)

The price per request is shown on the Actor's pricing page. Requests that result in a server error (5xx) are not charged.

Integration Examples

JavaScript / Node.js

const response = await fetch(
    'https://glavier--x-user-details.apify.actor?username=elonmusk',
    { headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_TOKEN' } }
);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.results);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://glavier--x-user-details.apify.actor',
    params={'username': 'elonmusk'},
    headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_TOKEN'}
)
data = response.json()
print(data['results'])

cURL

curl "https://glavier--x-user-details.apify.actor?username=elonmusk" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"

Support

For issues or feature requests, please use the Issues tab on this Actor's page.