# X (Twitter) User Scraper (`lumen_limitless/x-crawler`) Actor
This project is a web scraper designed to extract user data and tweets from X (formerly known as Twitter) using Crawlee and Playwright.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/lumen\_limitless/x-crawler.md
- **Developed by:** [Lumen Limitless](https://apify.com/lumen_limitless) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 304 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 4 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
Pay per event
This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event
## What's an Apify Actor?
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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.
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# README
## X (Twitter) Crawler
[](https://apify.com/apify/x-crawler)
This project is a web scraper designed to extract user data and tweets from X (formerly known as Twitter) using Crawlee and Playwright.
### Purpose
The main purpose of this scraper is to:
1. Navigate to a specified X user profile
2. Extract user information
3. Collect 100 most liked tweets from the user's timeline
This tool can be useful for various applications, such as:
- Social media analysis
- User behavior research
- Content aggregation
- Sentiment analysis
### Features
- Utilizes Playwright for browser automation
- Implements Crawlee for efficient web crawling
- Extracts user profile data
- Collects recent tweets from the user's timeline
- Handles X's dynamic content loading
### Usage
1. Set the target user's profile URL in the `startUrls` array in the input configuration.
2. Adjust the `maxRequestsPerCrawl` value to limit the number of requests if needed.
3. Run the scraper to collect data.
### Output
The scraper outputs two main types of data:
1. User information
2. Recent tweets from the user's timeline
The collected data is structured and can be easily processed for further analysis or integration into other systems.
### Output Example
Here's an example of the structured output you can expect from this scraper:
#### User Object
```json
"user": {
"__typename": "User",
"id": "VXNlcjo0NDE5NjM5Nw==",
"rest_id": "44196397",
"affiliates_highlighted_label": {
"label": {
"url": {
"url": "https://twitter.com/X",
"urlType": "DeepLink"
},
"badge": {
"url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1683899100922511378/5lY42eHs_bigger.jpg"
},
"description": "X",
"userLabelType": "BusinessLabel",
"userLabelDisplayType": "Badge"
}
},
"is_blue_verified": true,
"profile_image_shape": "Circle",
"legacy": {
"created_at": "Tue Jun 02 20:12:29 +0000 2009",
"default_profile": false,
"default_profile_image": false,
"description": "",
"entities": {
"description": {
"urls": []
}
},
"fast_followers_count": 0,
"favourites_count": 60807,
"followers_count": 189827332,
"friends_count": 662,
"has_custom_timelines": true,
"is_translator": false,
"listed_count": 152087,
"location": "",
"media_count": 2308,
"name": "Elon Musk",
"normal_followers_count": 189827332,
"pinned_tweet_ids_str": [
"1813310196506349995"
],
"possibly_sensitive": false,
"profile_banner_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/44196397/1690621312",
"profile_image_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1780044485541699584/p78MCn3B_normal.jpg",
"profile_interstitial_type": "",
"screen_name": "elonmusk",
"statuses_count": 47242,
"translator_type": "none",
"verified": false,
"withheld_in_countries": []
},
"professional": {
"rest_id": "1679729435447275522",
"professional_type": "Creator",
"category": []
},
"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 @X on X. Learn more",
"entities": [
{
"from_index": 54,
"to_index": 56,
"ref": {
"url": "https://twitter.com/X",
"url_type": "ExternalUrl"
}
},
{
"from_index": 63,
"to_index": 73,
"ref": {
"url": "https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/profile-labels",
"url_type": "ExternalUrl"
}
}
]
},
"verified_since_msec": "-156836000000000",
"override_verified_year": -3000
}
},
"highlights_info": {
"can_highlight_tweets": true,
"highlighted_tweets": "265"
},
"user_seed_tweet_count": 0,
"business_account": {},
"creator_subscriptions_count": 151
},
```
#### Tweet Object
```json
{
"__typename": "Tweet",
"rest_id": "1519480761749016577",
"unmention_data": {},
"is_translatable": false,
"views": {
"state": "Enabled"
},
"source": "Twitter for iPhone",
"legacy": {
"bookmark_count": 21256,
"bookmarked": false,
"created_at": "Thu Apr 28 00:56:58 +0000 2022",
"conversation_id_str": "1519480761749016577",
"display_text_range": [
0,
52
],
"entities": {
"hashtags": [],
"symbols": [],
"timestamps": [],
"urls": [],
"user_mentions": []
},
"favorite_count": 4468299,
"favorited": false,
"full_text": "Next I’m buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in",
"is_quote_status": false,
"lang": "en",
"quote_count": 166677,
"reply_count": 182762,
"retweet_count": 625073,
"retweeted": false,
"user_id_str": "44196397",
"id_str": "1519480761749016577"
},
"quick_promote_eligibility": {
"eligibility": "IneligibleUserUnauthorized"
}
},
```
### Note
Please ensure you comply with X's terms of service and respect rate limits when using this scraper.
# Actor input Schema
## `startUrls` (type: `array`):
URLs to start with.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://x.com/elonmusk"
}
]
}
```
# API
You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.
## JavaScript example
```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://x.com/elonmusk"
}
]
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lumen_limitless/x-crawler").call(input);
// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
console.dir(item);
});
// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs
```
## Python example
```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://x.com/elonmusk" }] }
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lumen_limitless/x-crawler").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
print(item)
# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://x.com/elonmusk"
}
]
}' |
apify call lumen_limitless/x-crawler --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lumen_limitless/x-crawler"
}
}
}
```
The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).
## OpenAPI specification
Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/wRUGRj7NFs528zQdv/builds/vjexMMvbFcHsH3q7q/openapi.json