Twitter Posts Scraper

This actor extracts Posts from Twitter. It works on home feeds, user profiles, and hashtag pages to collect post content and metadata. The scraper returns engagement metrics, author information, and media links for every post found on the page.

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This actor covers Posts only. The full Twitter Scraper browser extension also includes Users, Trends with unlimited personal use, real-time scraping with your logged-in sessions, CSV/Excel/JSON export, field customization, and scheduled monitoring.

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Data Fields

Field Name	Description	Example
Post Text	The text content of the post	"Hello world!"
Post Date	Timestamp of publication	"2023-10-27T10:00:00.000Z"
Post URL	Direct link to the post	"https://x.com/user/status/123"
Post Language	BCP 47 language code	"en"
Post Views	Number of views	1500
Post Likes	Number of likes	450
Post Replies	Number of replies	12
Post Reposts	Number of reposts	85
Post Quotes	Number of quote tweets	5
Post Bookmarks	Number of bookmarks	20
Is Retweet	Whether the post is a retweet	false
Author Name	Display name of the author	"John Doe"
Author Username	Handle of the author	"johndoe"
Author URL	Link to author profile	"https://x.com/johndoe"
Author Description	Bio of the author	"Software developer and tech enthusiast."
Author Location	Stated location of author	"San Francisco, CA"
Author Followers	Count of followers	1200
Author Following	Count of following	300
Author Posts Count	Total posts by author	5000
Author Join Date	When the account was created	"January 2012"
Author Is Verified	Verification status	true
Author Profile Image	URL to profile picture	"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/123/img.jpg"
Author Profile Banner	URL to banner image	"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/123/banner.jpg"
Author Media Count	Total media items uploaded	450
All Media URLs	Array of media links	["https://pbs.twimg.com/media/abc.jpg"]
Media Types	Types of media attached	["photo"]
Has Media	If post contains media	true
Media Count	Number of media items	1
Is Reply	If post is a reply	false
Reply To User	Username being replied to	null
Is Quote Tweet	If post quotes another	false
Is Translatable	If translation is available	true
Is Editable	If post can be edited	false
Edits Remaining	Number of edits left	5

Input

• urls: Array of URL strings. Works on x.com home feeds, profile pages, and hashtag search results.
• maxItems: Max items per URL, default 100.

Example Input

{
  "urls": ["https://x.com/search?q=%23technology", "https://x.com/apify"],
  "maxItems": 20
}

Example Output

[
  {
    "postText": "Check out our latest update!",
    "postDate": "2023-10-27T10:00:00.000Z",
    "postUrl": "https://x.com/apify/status/1717812345678901234",
    "postLanguage": "en",
    "postViews": 5000,
    "postLikes": 120,
    "postReplies": 10,
    "postReposts": 45,
    "postQuotes": 2,
    "postBookmarks": 15,
    "isRetweet": false,
    "authorName": "Apify",
    "authorUsername": "apify",
    "authorUrl": "https://x.com/apify",
    "authorDescription": "The web scraping and automation platform.",
    "authorLocation": "Prague",
    "authorFollowers": 15000,
    "authorFollowing": 200,
    "authorPostsCount": 3500,
    "authorJoinDate": "March 2015",
    "authorIsVerified": true,
    "authorProfileImage": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1/a.jpg",
    "authorProfileBanner": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/1/b.jpg",
    "authorMediaCount": 800,
    "allMediaUrls": ["https://pbs.twimg.com/media/X.jpg"],
    "mediaTypes": ["photo"],
    "hasMedia": true,
    "mediaCount": 1,
    "isReply": false,
    "replyToUser": null,
    "isQuoteTweet": false,
    "isTranslatable": true,
    "isEditable": false,
    "editsRemaining": 5
  },
  {
    "postText": "Web scraping is essential for AI.",
    "postDate": "2023-10-27T11:00:00.000Z",
    "postUrl": "https://x.com/dev_user/status/1717812345678901235",
    "postLanguage": "en",
    "postViews": 1200,
    "postLikes": 30,
    "postReplies": 2,
    "postReposts": 5,
    "postQuotes": 0,
    "postBookmarks": 3,
    "isRetweet": false,
    "authorName": "Dev User",
    "authorUsername": "dev_user",
    "authorUrl": "https://x.com/dev_user",
    "authorDescription": "Building things.",
    "authorLocation": "New York",
    "authorFollowers": 500,
    "authorFollowing": 100,
    "authorPostsCount": 120,
    "authorJoinDate": "June 2020",
    "authorIsVerified": false,
    "authorProfileImage": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2/c.jpg",
    "authorProfileBanner": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/2/d.jpg",
    "authorMediaCount": 10,
    "allMediaUrls": [],
    "mediaTypes": [],
    "hasMedia": false,
    "mediaCount": 0,
    "isReply": false,
    "replyToUser": null,
    "isQuoteTweet": false,
    "isTranslatable": true,
    "isEditable": false,
    "editsRemaining": 5
  }
]

Disclaimer

This tool extracts publicly available data. Users are responsible for compliance with applicable terms of service.