Get Followers (v3 Cursor-Based Scraping)

Export full follower lists and social graphs for any public Twitter/X user. Features modern cursor pagination to stream thousands of followers without timeouts or cookie bans. Ideal for B2B lead generation, competitor audience research, and influencer analysis. Page size 10-100; pricing: $0.05 per 1,000 users.

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/Followers & Following Endpoints

TwexAPI REST

POST/v3/twitter/users/followers

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer token · headerrequired

Global API Bearer Token for TwexAPI. Included as: Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TWEXAPI_KEY>.

Request Body

requiredapplication/json

usernamestringrequired

Twitter username (with or without @).

countinteger | any

Number of users to return per page (min 10, max 100).

default: 20

Show properties

Any of:

integer

integer

any

any

cursorstring | any

Cursor from previous next_cursor to fetch the next page.

Show properties

Any of:

string

string

any

any

Responses

200Followers page with cursor pagination.

codeintegerrequired

Response code

msgstringrequired

Response message

dataVerifiedFollowersData | any

Followers page

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Any of:

VerifiedFollowersData

usersUserInfo[]required

Follower users on this page

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Array of UserInfo

userIdstringrequired

User ID

isBlueVerifiedbooleanrequired

Blue verification status

createdAtstringrequired

Account creation date

createdAtDatetimestring | any

Account creation datetime in ISO format

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Any of:

string

string

any

any

defaultProfilebooleanrequired

Default profile flag

defaultProfileImagebooleanrequired

Default profile image flag

descriptionstringrequired

Bio description

locationstringrequired

Location

fastFollowersCountintegerrequired

Fast followers count

favouritesCountintegerrequired

Likes count

followersCountintegerrequired

Followers count

followingCountintegerrequired

Following count

hasCustomTimelinesbooleanrequired

Has custom timelines flag

isTranslatorbooleanrequired

Is translator flag

listedCountintegerrequired

Listed count

mediaCountintegerrequired

Media count

namestringrequired

Display name

normalFollowersCountintegerrequired

Normal followers count

pinnedTweetIdsStrany[] | any

Pinned tweet IDs

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Any of:

any[]

Array of any

any

any

any

possiblySensitivebooleanrequired

Possibly sensitive flag

profileImageUrlHttpsstringrequired

Profile image URL

usernamestringrequired

Username

statusesCountintegerrequired

Tweets count

translatorTypestring | any

Translator type

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Any of:

string

string

any

any

verifiedbooleanrequired

Legacy verification status

verified_typestring | any

Verification badge type: blue, business, government, etc.

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Any of:

string

string

any

any

withheldInCountriesany[] | any

Withheld in countries

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Any of:

any[]

Array of any

any

any

any

protectedbooleanrequired

Protected account flag

urlstring | any

User profile URL

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Any of:

string

string

any

any

descriptionUrlsany[] | any

Description URLs

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Any of:

any[]

Array of any

any

any

any

urlsany[] | any

User URLs

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Any of:

any[]

Array of any

any

any

any

pinnedTweetIdsany[] | any

Pinned tweet IDs

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Any of:

any[]

Array of any

any

any

any

has_next_pagebooleanrequired

Whether another page is available

next_cursorstring | any

Pass as cursor to fetch the next page when has_next_page is true

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Any of:

string

string

any

any

any

any

422Validation Error

detailValidationError[]

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Array of ValidationError

locstring | integer[]required

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Array of string | integer

Any of:

string

string

integer

integer

msgstringrequired

typestringrequired

inputany

ctxobject

⚡Interactive Console / Try APIPOST/v3/twitter/users/followers

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🌐Target Server:https://api.twexapi.io

● Production Ready

🔍

Public Data Read (TwexAPI Key Only, No Twitter Cookie Required)

This endpoint queries public Twitter data — no Twitter account or Cookie required! Simply enter your TwexAPI Platform Key (Bearer Token) in the "API Authorization" section below to test.

🔑API Authorization

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TwexAPI Platform Key Bearer TokenRequired

Global API key used across all TwexAPI endpoints. Get it from the console.

📝Request Bodyapplication/json

usernamestring

RequiredTwitter username (with or without @).

countstring

OptionalNumber of users to return per page (min 10, max 100).

cursorstring

OptionalCursor from previous next_cursor to fetch the next page.

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Configure parameters in the Request tab and click Send Request below.

Request

curl -X POST "https://api.twexapi.io/v3/twitter/users/followers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "username": "elonmusk",
  "count": 20,
  "cursor": ""
}'

const response = await fetch("https://api.twexapi.io/v3/twitter/users/followers", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "username": "elonmusk",
  "count": 20,
  "cursor": ""
})
});

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.twexapi.io/v3/twitter/users/followers",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    json={
  "username": "elonmusk",
  "count": 20,
  "cursor": ""
},
)

Response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "success",
  "data": {
    "users": [
      {
        "userId": "string",
        "isBlueVerified": true,
        "createdAt": "string",
        "createdAtDatetime": "string",
        "defaultProfile": true,
        "defaultProfileImage": true,
        "description": "string",
        "location": "string",
        "fastFollowersCount": 0,
        "favouritesCount": 0,
        "followersCount": 0,
        "followingCount": 0,
        "hasCustomTimelines": true,
        "isTranslator": true,
        "listedCount": 0,
        "mediaCount": 0,
        "name": "string",
        "normalFollowersCount": 0,
        "pinnedTweetIdsStr": [
          null
        ],
        "possiblySensitive": true,
        "profileImageUrlHttps": "string",
        "username": "string",
        "statusesCount": 0,
        "translatorType": "string",
        "verified": true,
        "verified_type": "blue",
        "withheldInCountries": [
          null
        ],
        "protected": true,
        "url": "string",
        "descriptionUrls": [
          null
        ],
        "urls": [
          null
        ],
        "pinnedTweetIds": [
          null
        ]
      }
    ],
    "has_next_page": true,
    "next_cursor": ""
  }
}

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "string"
      ],
      "msg": "string",
      "type": "string",
      "input": null,
      "ctx": {}
    }
  ]
}