Agent Skills

scraping-twitter-profile-tweets

Extracts tweets, reply threads, and engagement metrics from a specific Twitter/X profile using apidojo's Twitter Profile Scraper on Apify. Triggers when the user asks to: get all tweets from a Twitter account, scrape tweets from a specific user's profile, export tweet history from a Twitter handle, get recent tweets from a Twitter account with engagement stats, fetch tweet timeline for a specific user, or collect posts from a Twitter profile by username. Returns tweet text, likes, retweets, repl

Install

npx skills add https://github.com/apidojo-io/apidojo-skills --skill scraping-twitter-profile-tweets
SKILL.md

Scraping Twitter Profile Tweets

Raw data collection. No assumed use case — returns the full dataset for downstream analysis.


Inputs

Parameter Type Required Default Notes
startUrls array Optional [] Twitter profile URLs (x.com or twitter.com formats)
twitterHandles array Optional [] Twitter usernames (without @)
start string Optional — Tweets after this date (YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-MM-DD_HH:MM:SS_UTC)
end string Optional — Tweets before this date (YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-MM-DD_HH:MM:SS_UTC)
includeNativeRetweets boolean Optional false Include native retweets in results
onlyImages boolean Optional false Only tweets containing images
getReplies boolean Optional false Include tweet replies
minReplyCount number Optional — Minimum reply count threshold
getAboutData boolean Optional false Fetch full profile about data
maxItems number Optional Unlimited Maximum tweets to return
customMapFunction string Optional — JavaScript function to transform each output object

How to Run

Using run_actor.js (recommended)

# Quick answer (table)
node scripts/run_actor.js --actor "apidojo~twitter-profile-scraper" --input '{"twitterHandles": ["elonmusk"], "maxItems": 100}'

# Save as CSV
node scripts/run_actor.js --actor "apidojo~twitter-profile-scraper" --input '{"twitterHandles": ["elonmusk"], "maxItems": 100}' --output results.csv --format csv

# Save as JSON
node scripts/run_actor.js --actor "apidojo~twitter-profile-scraper" --input '{"twitterHandles": ["elonmusk"], "maxItems": 100}' --output results.json --format json

REST API fallback

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apidojo~twitter-profile-scraper/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"twitterHandles": ["elonmusk"], "maxItems": 100}'

If Apify MCP is available: Use the Apify MCP call_actor tool with actor apidojo~twitter-profile-scraper and the input above.


Output Fields

Field Type Description
type string Always tweet
id string Tweet ID
url string Tweet URL (x.com)
twitterUrl string Tweet URL (twitter.com)
text string Tweet text content
retweetCount number Retweet count
replyCount number Reply count
likeCount number Like count
quoteCount number Quote tweet count
bookmarkCount number Bookmark count
createdAt string Creation timestamp
lang string Detected language
isReply boolean Whether this is a reply
isRetweet boolean Whether this is a retweet
isQuote boolean Whether this is a quote tweet
source string Twitter client used
author.userName string Author @username
author.name string Author display name
author.isVerified boolean Legacy verification
author.isBlueVerified boolean Twitter Blue verification
author.profilePicture string Author profile picture URL
author.followers number Author follower count

Edge Cases

  • Private account: Returns 0 tweets. Tell user the account is private.
  • Account suspended: Returns error. Handle may be banned.
  • Very active account: Use maxItems to cap and control cost ($0.0004 per extra tweet).
  • Date range: Minimum 50 results needed for the query to run. If few tweets in range, widen date range.
  • Retweets in results: Actor returns all public tweets including retweets.

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