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Get user 'about' details

GET/twitter/user_about

Extra profile details of a user (account location, creation info, verification details).

Price: $0.0006 per request.

Parameters

  • userNamestringrequired

    Screen name without the @, e.g. NASA.

    Example: NASA

Example request

curl "https://api.cheapxapi.com/twitter/user_about?userName=NASA" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

Response

Charged. Check status: success means data was returned; error (e.g. user not found) is also HTTP 200.

FieldType
dataUserAbout
idstring
namestring
userNamestring
createdAtstring
isBlueVerifiedboolean
protectedboolean
affiliates_highlighted_labelobject
about_profileobject
identity_profile_labels_highlighted_labelobject
status"success" | "error"
msgstring

Status codes

200
Charged. Check status: success means data was returned; error (e.g. user not found) is also HTTP 200.
400
Invalid parameters (charged), or API key placed in the URL (not charged).
401
Missing or invalid API key (not charged).
402
Insufficient balance (not charged).
403
Account disabled (not charged).
404
Unknown endpoint (charged), or the requested item could not be found (not charged). Note: many endpoints report a missing user/tweet as HTTP 200 with "status":"error" instead; those are charged.
405
Only GET is supported (not charged).
429
Rate limit exceeded (not charged). Retry after the time in the Retry-After header.
503
Temporary service problem, or the endpoint is temporarily unavailable (not charged). Retry with exponential backoff.