X (Twitter)X (Twitter)Social

X user profile by username — followers, bio, verified

x.x.user.profile.by_username

Get any public X user's profile by handle

Price: $0.01/resultAt provider cost
Success rate: 100%Last 30 days · 78 calls
Latency p50: 146 msp95 369 ms
Last verified: Jul 28, 2026Verified working

GEThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/x.x.user.profile.by_username?user.fields=id%2Cname%2Cusername%2Cdescription%2Cpublic_metrics%2Cverified%2Ccreated_at

Preview

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Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

for several handles at once use GET /2/users/by?usernames=a,b,c (up to 100) — one request against the cap instead of 100

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Path parameters
`username`	string	Required	handle without the '@'	`elonmusk`
Query parameters
`user.fields`	string	Optional		`id,name,username,description,public_metrics,verified,created_at`

Path parameters
usernamestringRequired
handle without the '@'
Example: elonmusk
Query parameters
user.fieldsstringOptional
Example: id,name,username,description,public_metrics,verified,created_at

Code samples

Replace $TOOLSWITCH_KEY with the key you created in the console.

Preview

curl -X GET 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/x.x.user.profile.by_username?user.fields=id%2Cname%2Cusername%2Cdescription%2Cpublic_metrics%2Cverified%2Ccreated_at' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY"

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/x.x.user.profile.by_username?user.fields=id%2Cname%2Cusername%2Cdescription%2Cpublic_metrics%2Cverified%2Ccreated_at",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/x.x.user.profile.by_username?user.fields=id%2Cname%2Cusername%2Cdescription%2Cpublic_metrics%2Cverified%2Ccreated_at", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
  },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.text());

This gateway API is in preview; its URL and authentication may change. The example parameters are sample data. Calls are billed at $0.01/result, including the service fee.