Twitter Profile

Retrieves a Twitter user's profile by handle, including account metadata and statistics.

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Twitter Profile
GET /v1/twitter/profile

Retrieves a Twitter user's profile by handle, including account metadata and statistics.

Authentication: x-api-key
Example URL: https://api.datawake.ai/v1/twitter/profile?handle=Austen

Parameters:
- handle (query · string · required) = Austen

Overview

WakeScrap exposes this Twitter endpoint as a live-data API. The platform keeps the documented request and response shape stable while unifying auth, request tracking, and credits billing.

Retrieves a Twitter user's profile by handle, including account metadata and statistics. Returns name, screen_name, description, followers_count, friends_count, statuses_count, favourites_count, location, profile_image_url_https, and is_blue_verified. Also includes verification_info, tipjar_settings, highlights_info, and creator_subscriptions_count.

Required params: handle.

Headers

x-api-key string required

Your Wake API access key.

Example:

YOUR_API_KEY

Query Parameters

handle string required

Twitter handle

Example:

Austen


              curl 'https://api.datawake.ai/v1/twitter/profile?handle=Austen' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'


              const response = await fetch("https://api.datawake.ai/v1/twitter/profile?handle=Austen", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Accept': 'application/json',
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);


              import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/twitter/profile?handle=Austen",
    headers={
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Accept": "application/json",
    },
)

print(response.json())


              $ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/twitter/profile?handle=Austen",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY',
        'Accept: application/json',
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;


              client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/twitter/profile?handle=Austen", nil)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")

resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()

body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))


              HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.datawake.ai/v1/twitter/profile?handle=Austen"))
    .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    .header("Accept", "application/json")
    .method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .build();

HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
    .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

System.out.println(response.body());


              {
  "__typename": "User",
  "id": "VXNlcjoyMjE4MzgzNDk=",
  "rest_id": "221838349",
  "affiliates_highlighted_label": {
    "label": {
      "url": {
        "url": "https://twitter.com/bloomtech",
        "urlType": "DeepLink"
      },
      "badge": {
        "url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1542996246477938688/PR4UFtE6_bigger.jpg"
      },
      "description": "Bloom Institute of Technology",
      "userLabelType": "BusinessLabel",
      "userLabelDisplayType": "Badge"
    }
  },
  "is_blue_verified": true,
  "profile_image_shape": "Circle",
  "legacy": {
    "created_at": "Wed Dec 01 19:13:23 +0000 2010",
    "default_profile": false,
    "default_profile_image": false,
    "description": "CEO https://t.co/m6TigM5azr & https://t.co/NuPTghEZ1I (part of @bloomtech). We help teams maximize productivity using AI. Will tweet as I wish and suffer the consequences.",
    "entities": {
      "description": {
        "urls": [
          "..."
        ]
      },
      "url": {
        "urls": [
          "..."
        ]
      }
    },
    "fast_followers_count": 0,
    "favourites_count": 80812,
    "followers_count": 377608,
    "friends_count": 1051,
    "has_custom_timelines": true,
    "is_translator": false,
    "listed_count": 3959,
    "location": "Austin, TX",
    "media_count": 3843,
    "name": "Austen Allred",
    "normal_followers_count": 377608,
    "pinned_tweet_ids_str": [
      "1882816395400073367"
    ],
    "possibly_sensitive": false,
    "...": "9 more fields"
  },
  "tipjar_settings": {
    "is_enabled": false,
    "bandcamp_handle": "",
    "bitcoin_handle": "",
    "cash_app_handle": "",
    "ethereum_handle": "",
    "gofundme_handle": "",
    "patreon_handle": "",
    "pay_pal_handle": "",
    "venmo_handle": ""
  },
  "legacy_extended_profile": {},
  "is_profile_translatable": false,
  "has_hidden_subscriptions_on_profile": false,
  "verification_info": {
    "is_identity_verified": false,
    "reason": {
      "description": {
        "text": "This account is verified because it's an affiliate of @bloomtech on X. Learn more",
        "entities": [
          "..."
        ]
      },
      "verified_since_msec": "1473330227634"
    }
  },
  "highlights_info": {
    "can_highlight_tweets": true,
    "highlighted_tweets": "482"
  },
  "user_seed_tweet_count": 0,
  "business_account": {},
  "creator_subscriptions_count": 3
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_request",
    "message": "One or more required parameters are missing or invalid."
  }
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "Invalid or missing x-api-key header."
  }
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "insufficient_credits",
    "message": "This request requires available credits before execution."
  }
}