X (Twitter) Profile API. Send a handle or profile link.
Exact follower counts, bio and verification. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.
X (Twitter) Profile API at a glance
Returns a public X (formerly Twitter) profile from a username, link or ID: exact follower, following and post counts, bio, links and verification. It also has the website, location, join date, full-size profile picture and header, which check the account has (blue, business or government), its affiliate badge and professional category, whether its posts are protected, its pinned posts, and X's counts of the account's media, likes and lists.
GET /v1/x/profile
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$ npm install socialtaphandle = NASAconst params = new URLSearchParams({
handle: "NASA",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/profile?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);import os
import requests
res = requests.get(
"https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/profile",
params={"handle": "NASA"},
headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])require "json"
require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/profile")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('handle' => 'NASA')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]<?php
$query = http_build_query([
'handle' => 'NASA',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/profile?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"log"
"net/http"
"net/url"
"os"
)
func main() {
q := url.Values{}
q.Set("handle", "NASA")
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/profile?"+q.Encode(), nil)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
defer res.Body.Close()
var body struct {
Data json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
Meta map[string]any `json:"meta"`
Error *struct {
Code string `json:"code"`
Message string `json:"message"`
} `json:"error"`
}
if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
if body.Error != nil {
log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
}
fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/profile?handle=NASA' \
-H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"{
"data": {
"approximate_fields": [],
"avatar_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1321163587679784960/0ZxKlEKB.jpg",
"banner_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/11348282/1788992290",
"bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible. ✨",
"category": null,
"country_code": null,
"created_at": "2007-12-19T20:20:32Z",
"display_name": "NASA",
"external_links": [
{
"title": "nasa.gov",
"url": "http://www.nasa.gov/"
}
],
"id": "11348282",
"is_private": false,
"is_verified": true,
"location": "Pale Blue Dot",
"metrics": {
"follower_count": 92293807,
"following_count": 115,
"post_count": 74490,
"total_like_count": null,
"total_view_count": null
},
"platform": "x",
"platform_specific": {
"x": {
"affiliation": null,
"highlighted_post_count": 289,
"is_blue_verified": true,
"is_identity_verified": false,
"is_possibly_sensitive": false,
"like_count": 17060,
"listed_count": 96858,
"media_count": 28224,
"pinned_post_ids": [],
"professional_type": null,
"verified_at": "2009-08-07T19:53:50Z",
"verified_type": "government",
"withheld_in_countries": []
}
},
"type": "organization",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://x.com/NASA",
"username": "NASA"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
"platform": "x",
"source": "api",
"is_cached": false,
"credits_charged": 1,
"latency_ms": 244,
"fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
"input": {
"kind": "profile",
"id": "11348282",
"url": "https://x.com/NASA"
},
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"client_request_id": null,
"warnings": []
}
}import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";
const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY
const res = await client.x.profile.get({ handle: "NASA" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String query = "handle=" + encode("NASA");
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/profile?" + query))
.header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
.GET()
.build();
HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
// An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
System.out.println(response.body());
}
static String encode(String value) {
return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
}
}using System.Text.Json;
using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));
var query = string.Join("&",
"handle=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("NASA"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/profile?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;
fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
.get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/profile")
.query(&[("handle", "NASA")])
.header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
.send()?;
let ok = res.status().is_success();
let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
if !ok {
return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
}
println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
Ok(())
}200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/x/profileDocs One schema on 27 platforms.
The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.
Null means unknown
A field X doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
X account: a username with or without the @ (NASA, @NASA), a numeric user ID (11348282), or a profile link (x.com/NASA or twitter.com/NASA, with or without a tab such as /media or /with_replies, mobile.twitter.com, x.com/i/user/11348282, a Follow-button or intent link such as x.com/intent/user?screen_name=NASA or ?user_id=11348282, with any query such as ?s=20).
Write one parser
X, TikTok, Instagram and 24 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.
platformstring- Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring- Platform-native account ID (string; YouTube UC…, Reddit t2_…).
usernamestring- Handle without the @; null when the account has none.
display_namestring- Display name, channel title or page name; null when empty or not exposed.
urlstring- Canonical profile URL.
typestring- Coarse account kind, as the platform labels it; unknown when it does not (TikTok labels organizations only). New values may be added; treat unknown values as unknown.
biostring- Profile bio, channel description or page about text; null when empty or not exposed.
avatar_urlstring- Profile picture URL (largest available). Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours.
Live data from 33 platforms.
What teams build with the X (Twitter) Profile API.
Track follower growth of brands and creators
Vet influencers before a campaign
Enrich lead lists with websites and bios
Resolve a post author to a full profile
Check which verification an account has
Good to know before you build.
- Protected accounts return their profile with is_private true, with the name, bio, links and counts X shows logged out.
- is_verified is true for any check X shows. platform_specific.x says which: is_blue_verified for X Premium, verified_type business (gold) or government (grey).
- type is organization for accounts X verifies as a business or government, and unknown otherwise, because X doesn't label people.
- metrics.total_like_count, metrics.total_view_count and country_code are always null: X doesn't show them logged out. platform_specific.x.like_count counts the posts the account liked.
- bio has X's t.co short links written out, and external_links lists the website first, then each link in the bio.
- When X's account API fails, the profile comes from its page: media, like and list counts, identity verification and withheld countries are then null or listed in unknown_fields, as are a protected account's pinned posts.
- Unknown and suspended accounts return not_found. Accounts X withholds for another reason return private_or_unavailable.
1 credit per request. Failed requests are free.
Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform.
| Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests |
|---|---|---|
| Any source | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 |
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- Credits from packs and top-ups never expire.
- A monthly plan's credits are spent first, and what is left of them ends at each renewal.
- Prices exclude tax: sales tax is added at checkout where it applies.
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Questions about the X (Twitter) Profile API.
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