X Profile Scraper API

The X Profile Scraper API lets you scrape comprehensive profile data for any X (Twitter) user including follower counts, engagement metrics, bio, profile picture, and account metadata. Each successful request costs 5 API credits.

Endpoint: https://api.scrapingdog.com/x/profile

API Parameters

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Scrapingdog Parameters

api_key Required
Your personal API key. Available on your dashboard.

Type: String

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Profile

profileId Required
This is the user ID or username of the X (Twitter) profile you want to scrape (e.g., elonmusk, nasa).

Type: String

API Examples

Code to Integrate

curl "https://api.scrapingdog.com/x/profile?api_key=APIKEY&profileId=elonmusk"

import requests

params = {
    "api_key": "APIKEY",
    "profileId": "elonmusk"
}

response = requests.get("https://api.scrapingdog.com/x/profile", params=params)
data = response.json()
print(data["name"], "-", data["followers_count"], "followers")

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  api_key: "APIKEY",
  profileId: "elonmusk"
});

const res = await fetch(`https://api.scrapingdog.com/x/profile?${params}`);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data.name, data.followers_count);

<?php
$url = 'https://api.scrapingdog.com/x/profile?' . http_build_query([
    'api_key'   => 'APIKEY',
    'profileId' => 'elonmusk',
]);
echo file_get_contents($url);

API Response

{
  "id": "44196397",
  "rest_id": "44196397",
  "name": "Elon Musk",
  "handle": "elonmusk",
  "url": "https://twitter.com/elonmusk",
  "description": "The people voted for major government reform",
  "location": "America",
  "profile_picture": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1718187989397278720/KM8TtPKM_normal.jpg",
  "followers_count": 221041700,
  "following_count": 1147,
  "likes_count": 151468,
  "statuses_count": 80069,
  "media_count": 3915,
  "listed_count": 162896,
  "is_blue_verified": true,
  "verified": false,
  "pinned_tweet_ids": ["1877764053985370337"],
  "translator_type": "none",
  "labels": []
}