Retrieve users search results by screenname

Returns a list of users with screenname or full name matching the search query.

Endpoint

GET https://api.socialdata.tools/twitter/search-users?query=...

Endpoint parameters

Name	Description	Example
query (Required)	Search query	elon

Response codes

• HTTP 200 OK - succeeded

• HTTP 402 Payment Required - not enough credits to perform this request

• HTTP 404 Not Found - requested tweet does not exist

• HTTP 422 Unprocessable Content - validation failed (e.g. one of the required parameters was not provided)

• HTTP 500 Internal Server Error - other error, typically means that SocialData API failed to obtain the requested information and you should try again later

Rate limits

By default this endpoint will process up to 120 requests per minute. Please reach out to [e-mail] if you need to raise your rate limit.

Example request

curl "https://api.socialdata.tools/twitter/search-users?query=elon"
-H 'Authorization: Bearer API_KEY'
-H 'Accept: application/json'

Example response

// If succeeded: 
{
    "users": [
      {
        "id": 44196397,
        "id_str": "44196397",
        "verified": false,
        "ext_is_blue_verified": true,
        "badges": [
          {
            "badge_url": "https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1683899100922511378\/5lY42eHs_bigger.jpg",
            "badge_type": "BusinessLabel",
            "description": "X"
          }
        ],
        "is_dm_able": false,
        "is_secret_dm_able": false,
        "is_blocked": false,
        "can_media_tag": false,
        "name": "Elon Musk",
        "screen_name": "elonmusk",
        "profile_image_url": "http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1683325380441128960\/yRsRRjGO_normal.jpg",
        "profile_image_url_https": "https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1683325380441128960\/yRsRRjGO_normal.jpg",
        "location": "Tr\u014dllheim",
        "is_protected": false,
        "rounded_score": 0,
        "social_proof": 0,
        "connecting_user_count": 0,
        "connecting_user_ids": [],
        "social_proofs_ordered": [],
        "social_context": {
          "following": false,
          "followed_by": false
        },
        "tokens": [],
        "inline": false
      },
      ...
    ]
}

// If failed:
{
    "status":"error",
    "message":"Failed to fetch data from Twitter"
}