# Twitter Search Scraper (`powerai/twitter-search-scraper`) Actor

Search for tweets on Twitter by keyword, with support for Top, Latest, Media, Lists, and People search types. Auto-pagination and detailed tweet info.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/powerai/twitter-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [PowerAI](https://apify.com/powerai) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 511 total users, 12 monthly users, 99.6% runs succeeded, 17 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 3.20 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $4.99 / 1,000 results

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

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# README

## 🐦 Twitter Search Scraper

This actor allows you to search for tweets on Twitter using a keyword or phrase. It supports different search types (Top, Latest, Media, People, Lists) and automatic pagination to collect up to the number of tweets you specify.

### Features

- Search for tweets by keyword or phrase.
- Supports search types: Top, Latest, Media, People.
- Automatic pagination to retrieve large result sets.
- Specify the maximum number of results (`maxResults`).
- Returns detailed information for each tweet.

### Input

- **query** (string, required): The search keyword or phrase.
- **searchType** (string, optional): Type of search result to fetch. One of `Top`, `Latest`, `Media`, `People`, `Lists`. Default is `Top`.
- **maxResults** (integer, optional): Maximum number of tweets to fetch. Default is 15.

### Output

The output is an array of tweet objects, each containing:

- `tweet_id`
- `screen_name`
- `favorites`
- `created_at`
- `text`
- `lang`
- `source`
- `quotes`
- `replies`
- `retweets`
- `views`
- `entities`
- `user_info`
- `media`

### Example Input

```json
{
  "query": "OpenAI",
  "searchType": "Top",
  "maxResults": 15
}
```

### Example Output

```json
[
	{
		"type": "tweet",
		"tweet_id": "1928111107706868204",
		"screen_name": "ronakkadhi",
		"bookmarks": 166,
		"favorites": 101,
		"created_at": "Thu May 29 15:28:05 +0000 2025",
		"text": "OpenAI quietly dropped a full guide on how to build AI agents from scratch.\n\nMost people won’t read it. I did. Twice.\n\nThis thread breaks it down into a tactical playbook for founders, builders, and operators.\n\nA fast-track guide to building real AI agents🧵 https://t.co/Rr2vhG2bP0",
		"lang": "en",
		"source": "<a href=\"https://typefully.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Typefully</a>",
		"quotes": 1,
		"replies": 2,
		"conversation_id": "1928111107706868204",
		"retweets": 38,
		"views": "16364",
		"entities": {
			"hashtags": [],
			"media": [
				{
					"display_url": "pic.x.com/Rr2vhG2bP0",
					"expanded_url": "https://x.com/ronakkadhi/status/1928111107706868204/photo/1",
					"id_str": "1928111101520269315",
					"indices": [
						258,
						281
					],
					"media_key": "3_1928111101520269315",
					"media_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GsIG1M2aUAMLBLg.jpg",
					"type": "photo",
					"url": "https://t.co/Rr2vhG2bP0",
					"ext_media_availability": {
						"status": "Available"
					},
					"features": {
						"large": {
							"faces": [
								{
									"x": 423,
									"y": 140,
									"h": 237,
									"w": 237
								}
							]
						},
						"medium": {
							"faces": [
								{
									"x": 423,
									"y": 140,
									"h": 237,
									"w": 237
								}
							]
						},
						"small": {
							"faces": [
								{
									"x": 239,
									"y": 79,
									"h": 134,
									"w": 134
								}
							]
						},
						"orig": {
							"faces": [
								{
									"x": 423,
									"y": 140,
									"h": 237,
									"w": 237
								}
							]
						}
					},
					"sizes": {
						"large": {
							"h": 800,
							"w": 1200,
							"resize": "fit"
						},
						"medium": {
							"h": 800,
							"w": 1200,
							"resize": "fit"
						},
						"small": {
							"h": 453,
							"w": 680,
							"resize": "fit"
						},
						"thumb": {
							"h": 150,
							"w": 150,
							"resize": "crop"
						}
					},
					"original_info": {
						"height": 800,
						"width": 1200,
						"focus_rects": [
							{
								"x": 0,
								"y": 0,
								"w": 1200,
								"h": 672
							},
							{
								"x": 170,
								"y": 0,
								"w": 800,
								"h": 800
							},
							{
								"x": 219,
								"y": 0,
								"w": 702,
								"h": 800
							},
							{
								"x": 370,
								"y": 0,
								"w": 400,
								"h": 800
							},
							{
								"x": 0,
								"y": 0,
								"w": 1200,
								"h": 800
							}
						]
					},
					"media_results": {
						"result": {
							"media_key": "3_1928111101520269315"
						}
					}
				},
				{
					"display_url": "pic.x.com/Rr2vhG2bP0",
					"expanded_url": "https://x.com/ronakkadhi/status/1928111107706868204/photo/1",
					"id_str": "1928111105479692291",
					"indices": [
						258,
						281
					],
					"media_key": "3_1928111105479692291",
					"media_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GsIG1bmaUAMEYRX.png",
					"type": "photo",
					"url": "https://t.co/Rr2vhG2bP0",
					"ext_media_availability": {
						"status": "Available"
					},
					"features": {
						"large": {
							"faces": []
						},
						"medium": {
							"faces": []
						},
						"small": {
							"faces": []
						},
						"orig": {
							"faces": []
						}
					},
					"sizes": {
						"large": {
							"h": 805,
							"w": 1020,
							"resize": "fit"
						},
						"medium": {
							"h": 805,
							"w": 1020,
							"resize": "fit"
						},
						"small": {
							"h": 537,
							"w": 680,
							"resize": "fit"
						},
						"thumb": {
							"h": 150,
							"w": 150,
							"resize": "crop"
						}
					},
					"original_info": {
						"height": 805,
						"width": 1020,
						"focus_rects": [
							{
								"x": 0,
								"y": 0,
								"w": 1020,
								"h": 571
							},
							{
								"x": 183,
								"y": 0,
								"w": 805,
								"h": 805
							},
							{
								"x": 232,
								"y": 0,
								"w": 706,
								"h": 805
							},
							{
								"x": 384,
								"y": 0,
								"w": 403,
								"h": 805
							},
							{
								"x": 0,
								"y": 0,
								"w": 1020,
								"h": 805
							}
						]
					},
					"media_results": {
						"result": {
							"media_key": "3_1928111105479692291"
						}
					}
				}
			],
			"symbols": [],
			"timestamps": [],
			"urls": [],
			"user_mentions": []
		},
		"user_info": {
			"screen_name": "ronakkadhi",
			"name": "Ronak Kadhi",
			"created_at": "Sun May 13 13:06:18 +0000 2018",
			"description": "Building an AI designer at https://t.co/qvfuOVGxKx Tweeting about AI, Design and Marketing as I see it",
			"rest_id": "995651450620522496",
			"followers_count": 4254,
			"favourites_count": 1279,
			"avatar": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/995655731800981505/iG8sWGBw_normal.jpg",
			"verified": true,
			"friends_count": 1016,
			"location": null
		},
		"media": {
			"photo": [
				{
					"media_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GsIG1M2aUAMLBLg.jpg",
					"id": "1928111101520269315",
					"sizes": {
						"h": 800,
						"w": 1200
					}
				},
				{
					"media_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GsIG1bmaUAMEYRX.png",
					"id": "1928111105479692291",
					"sizes": {
						"h": 805,
						"w": 1020
					}
				}
			]
		},
		"scrapedAt": "2025-05-30T02:20:28.921Z"
	},
	...
]
```

### Notes

- The actor will stop fetching once it reaches the specified `maxResults` or there are no more tweets to fetch.
- Make sure your search query complies with Twitter's search policies.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

The search keyword or phrase.

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

Type of search result to fetch.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of tweets to fetch.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "OpenAI",
  "searchType": "Top",
  "maxResults": 15
}
```

# 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 = {
    "query": "OpenAI",
    "maxResults": 15
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("powerai/twitter-search-scraper").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 = {
    "query": "OpenAI",
    "maxResults": 15,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("powerai/twitter-search-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "OpenAI",
  "maxResults": 15
}' |
apify call powerai/twitter-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,powerai/twitter-search-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/TzcgQa7ZXU5J9UcN3/builds/jYtbcbbwiHlS1W103/openapi.json