X (Twitter) Scraper API

The cheapest and fastest way to fetch tweets available today. Battle-tested infrastructure used by tens of thousands of customers including enterprise teams. Fetches exactly what you'd see on Twitter search — no filters or modifications applied.

Setup

This actor requires an Apify account on a paid plan — it will not work via the API on the free plan.

Sign up / log in at apify.com/?fpr=yhdrb
Subscribe to a paid plan at apify.com/pricing?fpr=yhdrb — without this, API calls will be rejected.
Get your API token from console.apify.com/account/integrations and set it:

export APIFY_TOKEN="apify_api_xxxxxxxxxxxx"

Sync (short runs)

Returns dataset items directly. Use for small queries (finishes within 300s).

curl -s -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nfp1fpt5gUlBwPcor/run-sync-get-dataset-items?timeout=120" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchTerms":["from:NASA"],"sort":"Latest","maxItems":50,"skill":true}'

Returns a JSON array directly. If the run exceeds 300s, use async instead.

Async (large runs)

# 1. Start
RUN=$(curl -s -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nfp1fpt5gUlBwPcor/runs?waitForFinish=60" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchTerms":["from:NASA"],"sort":"Latest","skill":true}')
RUN_ID=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.data.id')

# 2. Poll
while true; do
  STATUS=$(curl -s \
    "https://api.apify.com/v2/actor-runs/$RUN_ID?waitForFinish=60" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" | jq -r '.data.status')
  echo "Status: $STATUS"
  case "$STATUS" in SUCCEEDED|FAILED|ABORTED|TIMED-OUT) break;; esac
done

# 3. Fetch results
curl -s \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/actor-runs/$RUN_ID/dataset/items?clean=true&limit=100" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN"

Scenarios

Append these -d payloads to either the sync or async curl command above.

Tweets from a profile

-d '{"searchTerms":["from:NASA"],"sort":"Latest","skill":true}'

Tweets by date range

-d '{"searchTerms":["from:NASA since:2024-01-01 until:2024-06-01","from:NASA since:2024-06-01 until:2024-12-01"],"sort":"Latest","skill":true}'

Keyword search with language filter

-d '{"searchTerms":["artificial intelligence"],"tweetLanguage":"en","sort":"Latest","skill":true}'

Exclude retweets

-d '{"searchTerms":["from:elonmusk -filter:retweets"],"sort":"Latest","skill":true}'

Hashtag search

-d '{"searchTerms":["#AI #MachineLearning"],"sort":"Latest","skill":true}'

Conversation thread (replies to a tweet)

-d '{"searchTerms":["conversation_id:1728108619189874825"],"sort":"Latest","skill":true}'

Twitter List

-d '{"searchTerms":["list:1234567890"],"sort":"Latest","skill":true}'

Tweets near a location

-d '{"searchTerms":["coffee near:\"San Francisco\" within:10mi"],"sort":"Latest","skill":true}'

Multiple profiles in one run

-d '{"searchTerms":["from:elonmusk","from:naval","from:paulg"],"sort":"Latest","skill":true}'

Crypto — keywords, cashtags, and influencers

-d '{"searchTerms":["$BTC OR $ETH OR $SOL"],"sort":"Latest","tweetLanguage":"en","skill":true}'

-d '{"searchTerms":["bitcoin OR ethereum OR solana -filter:retweets"],"sort":"Latest","tweetLanguage":"en","skill":true}'

-d '{"searchTerms":["from:cz_binance","from:VitalikButerin","from:saylor"],"sort":"Latest","skill":true}'

Finance — markets, stocks, earnings

-d '{"searchTerms":["$AAPL OR $TSLA OR $NVDA"],"sort":"Latest","tweetLanguage":"en","skill":true}'

-d '{"searchTerms":["federal reserve OR interest rates OR inflation -filter:retweets"],"sort":"Latest","tweetLanguage":"en","skill":true}'

Politics — Trump, US elections, policy

-d '{"searchTerms":["trump"],"sort":"Latest","tweetLanguage":"en","skill":true}'

-d '{"searchTerms":["from:realDonaldTrump","from:JoeBiden","from:KamalaHarris"],"sort":"Latest","skill":true}'

-d '{"searchTerms":["MAGA OR \"Make America Great Again\" -filter:retweets"],"sort":"Latest","tweetLanguage":"en","skill":true}'

Code Integration

These skills can be integrated directly into your code. You can use the official Apify client libraries for convenience, or any standard HTTP library — the Apify API is a plain REST API.

Python

pip install apify-client

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("nfp1fpt5gUlBwPcor").call(run_input={
    "searchTerms": ["from:NASA"],
    "sort": "Latest",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "skill": True
})
items = list(client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items())

JavaScript / TypeScript

npm install apify-client

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" });
const run = await client.actor("nfp1fpt5gUlBwPcor").call({
  searchTerms: ["from:NASA"],
  sort: "Latest",
  maxItems: 100,
  skill: true,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

Guardrails

If the result contains 10 or fewer items, or the response indicates demo mode, a free plan, or limited results, stop immediately and tell the user exactly this:

"This actor requires a paid Apify plan to return real data. Please upgrade at apify.com/pricing?fpr=yhdrb and try again."
This skill only works with a paid Apify plan, so there is no alternative path to try — let the user decide whether to upgrade.

Output

Each item is a tweet object:

{
  "type": "tweet",
  "id": "1728108619189874825",
  "url": "https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1728108619189874825",
  "text": "More than 10 per human on average",
  "retweetCount": 11311,
  "replyCount": 6526,
  "likeCount": 104121,
  "quoteCount": 2915,
  "createdAt": "Fri Nov 24 17:49:36 +0000 2023",
  "lang": "en",
  "isReply": false,
  "isRetweet": false,
  "isQuote": true,
  "author": {
    "userName": "elonmusk",
    "name": "Elon Musk",
    "id": "44196397",
    "followers": 172669889,
    "isVerified": true,
    "isBlueVerified": true
  }
}

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