Twitter / X Pro Scraper

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Full-featured Twitter / X scraper. Four modes, one Actor, clean structured JSON. No login, no cookies, no broken-token surprises.

Built for serious workloads — market sentiment research, KOL discovery, AI training pipelines harvesting English-language UGC, brand-watch dashboards, lead-generation lists, real-time event monitoring.

What does this Actor do?

Pick a mode, give it inputs, get a dataset:

• Keyword search — search Twitter / X by keyword or full advanced query (AI lang:en min_faves:100). Five timeline types: Top, Latest, People, Media, Lists.
• Tweet detail by ID / URL — paste a tweet ID or twitter.com/user/status/<id> URL; get text, author, likes, retweets, replies, views, bookmarks, media URLs, language, publish time, and (optional) top replies.
• User profile + recent posts — fetch a handle's profile (followers, bio, verified status, account age, location) and their recent tweets with pagination.
• Trending topics — global trending list ordered by volume.

Each tweet returns a flat, schema-validated JSON row that's downloadable as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or XML — and queryable via the Apify REST API for pipeline integration.

Why use Twitter / X Pro Scraper?

• No login, no breakage. Other Twitter actors in the store rely on the user's logged-in cookie or auth_token that expires within days, or on credentials that get accounts banned. Customers end up with a stream of 401s and 1.5★ reviews. We use a maintained backend surface that stays stable.
• Four modes in one Actor. Search, tweet, user, trending — pick a mode per run; no juggling separate Actors.
• Full-field output. Text, author + screen name + uid, likes, retweets, replies, views, bookmarks, quotes, media URLs, language, publish time, conversation id, quoted tweet — all in one row.
• AI training-ready. English UGC, clean JSON, deduplicable by tweetId. Drop straight into a vector DB, an LLM fine-tune set, or a sentiment classifier.
• Marketing dashboards. Schedule keyword runs hourly and build a real-time pulse of any brand, product, ticker, or campaign on X.

How to use

1. Open the Actor and click Try for free.
2. In the Input tab, pick a Scrape mode (search is the default).
3. Fill the inputs for your mode:
   • search: keywords + searchType (Top / Latest / People / Media / Lists)
   • tweets: tweet IDs or URLs in tweetIds
   • user: handles (without @) in screenNames
   • trending: nothing required
4. Set Max items per input (default 50).
5. Click Save & Start. Results stream into the dataset live.
6. Download or stream the dataset; schedule the run under the Schedules tab.

Input

JSON example — keyword search:

{
"mode":"search",
"keywords":["claude code","AI lang:en min_faves:100"],
"searchType":"Latest",
"maxItemsPerInput":100
}

Output

{
"tweetId":"2056362875195686927",
"text":"the engineer who built Claude Code just dropped a 28-minute video on how to write prompts that actually work...",
"author":"Anatoli Kopadze",
"screenName":"AnatoliKopadze",
"userId":"1234567890",
"likes":23714,
"retweets":4098,
"replies":189,
"quotes":56,
"views":6018031,
"bookmarks":59314,
"isVideo":false,
"media":["https://pbs.twimg.com/.../photo.jpg"],
"lang":"en",
"publishedAt":"2026-05-18T13:14:49.000Z",
"tweetUrl":"https://twitter.com/AnatoliKopadze/status/2056362875195686927",
"conversationId":"2056362875195686927",
"quotedTweetId":null,
"keyword":"claude code",
"searchType":"Latest",
"scrapedAt":"2026-05-22T13:30:01.000Z"
}

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Pricing

$1.99 per 1,000 results. Each tweet returned counts as one result. tweets mode with fetchComments=true returns richer rows but is billed at the same rate.

Free vs. paid Apify plans

Apify free-plan users get 2 sample runs capped at 10 results each so you can verify the data shape and quality before committing. Further runs from free accounts are blocked with an upgrade prompt — this Actor relies on a paid backend, so we can't subsidise unlimited free use. Any Apify paid plan ($49/month and up — see Apify pricing) unlocks unlimited runs at the rate above.

Cost estimates

Apify also charges a small compute fee (typically $0.01-0.05 per minute of run time).

Tips

• Use Twitter advanced search syntax. AI lang:en min_faves:100 since:2026-01-01 filters at the source — fewer wasted billed rows.
• Schedule, don't poll. For breaking news / event monitoring, schedule every 5-15 minutes during peak hours.
• Deduplicate by tweetId. Sequential runs overlap; merge and dedupe on tweetId.
• Pair user + tweets modes. Use mode: "user" to find KOLs, then drill into top tweets with mode: "tweets" + fetchComments.
• searchType: "Top" vs Latest. Top surfaces high-engagement tweets; Latest is firehose. Pick based on whether you want signal or recency.

FAQ

Q: Why is this Actor different from the other Twitter scrapers on the Store? A: Most existing actors depend on customer-provided auth_token / cookies that expire fast or get accounts banned. We don't ask for credentials. We've engineered around stable backend surfaces so the Actor stays usable across token rotations.

Q: Will this break when Twitter / X changes their API? A: Possibly. Our team maintains the backend; we patch usually within 24-72 hours of a backend change. Bug reports via the Issues tab.

Q: Is scraping Twitter / X legal? A: We pull only publicly-accessible content — what any visitor can see without logging in. Your usage is your responsibility; comply with your jurisdiction's law and X's Terms of Service. Do not use the data to identify or target individuals.

Q: Can I get my data via API? A: Yes. Every Apify run exposes a stable REST API for inputs, datasets, and run status. Plug into n8n, Make, Zapier, or your own pipeline.

Q: Is there a free tier? A: The Apify platform gives every new account $5 in free credit — enough for ~1,000 results to evaluate the Actor before committing.

Q: How fast are runs? A: Search: ~3 seconds per page (~20 tweets). User: ~2 seconds per page. Tweet detail: ~1 second per tweet. Trending: ~1 second total.

Q: I need a richer integration or higher-volume contract. A: Reach out via Apify chat. Custom endpoints and SLAs available on request.