Twitter (X) Scraper API

Look up user IDs, pull profiles, tweets, comments, follower lists, media and trending topics from X (Twitter) as clean JSON — one REST API, no official API pricing pain, no scraping infrastructure.

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Get a Twitter user ID from a username

Many X endpoints require the numeric user ID (rest_id) instead of the @handle. The user profile endpoint accepts either one: pass a screen_name and get back the rest_id plus the full profile — follower counts, bio, verification status and account metadata — in a single call.

  • ✓Username (screen_name) → numeric user ID (rest_id) lookup
  • ✓Full profile: followers, following, bio, verification, join date
  • ✓Works in both directions — query by handle or by ID
User profile & ID lookup API docs →

Scrape tweet comments and replies

Pull the full comment thread under any tweet — top-level comments, nested replies and author info — or fetch the latest comments as they arrive. Useful for sentiment analysis, community monitoring and reply-guy research.

  • ✓Comments under a specific tweet, with pagination
  • ✓Latest comments stream for fresh reactions
  • ✓Replies a specific user has posted across threads
  • ✓Users who retweeted a given tweet
Tweet comments API →Latest comments API →User replies API →Retweet users API →

Follower lists, media and trending topics

Map who an account follows, collect every image and video an account has posted, or fetch the current trending topics for any country — the building blocks for influencer research, competitive analysis and trend monitoring.

  • ✓Followings list — accounts a user follows
  • ✓User media — all image and video tweets from an account
  • ✓Trending topics by country / region
  • ✓User post timeline as structured JSON
Followings API →User media API →Trending topics API →

Why not the official X API?

The official X API starts at $200/month for meaningful read access and cuts off historical depth at every tier. SpiderHubs is pay-per-request on top of free signup credits: test with real data today, then pay only for the calls you make. Same clean JSON, REST semantics and example requests in cURL, Python and Node.js.

Platforms we cover

X / TwitterRedNote (Xiaohongshu)TikTokDouyinInstagramYouTube

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