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 each user has a limit of 120 requests per minute shared across all endpoints. 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"
}