Twitter/X Profile Lookup
Setup
Read your credentials from ~/.gooseworks/credentials.json:
export GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY=$(python3 -c "import json;print(json.load(open('$HOME/.gooseworks/credentials.json'))['api_key'])")
export GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE=$(python3 -c "import json;print(json.load(open('$HOME/.gooseworks/credentials.json')).get('api_base','https://api.gooseworks.ai'))")If ~/.gooseworks/credentials.json does not exist, tell the user to run: npx gooseworks login
All endpoints use Bearer auth: -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY"
Get profile information, tweets, and engagement data for any Twitter/X account.
When to Use
- User asks about a Twitter/X account
- User wants to see someone's tweets
- User asks "who is @username on Twitter?"
- Research on a public figure or company
- Social media due diligence
How It Works
Uses the Scrape Creators API via Orthogonal to scrape Twitter/X profile data and tweets.
Usage
Get User Profile
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/twitter/profile","query":{"handle":"openai"}}'Get User's Tweets
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/twitter/user-tweets","query":{"handle":"openai"}}'<details> <summary>curl equivalent</summary>
curl -X POST "https://api.orth.sh/v1/run" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/twitter/user-tweets","query":{"handle":"openai"}}'</details>
Parameters
Profile
- handle (required) - Twitter handle (without @)
Tweets
- handle (required) - Twitter handle (without @)
- trim (optional) - Set to "true" for a trimmed response
Response
Profile Response
- User display name and handle
- Bio/description
- Follower and following counts
- Tweet count
- Profile and banner image URLs
- Verified status
- Account creation date
- Location and website (if set)
Tweets Response
- Tweet text content
- Like, retweet, reply counts
- Media attachments (images, videos)
- Timestamp
- Engagement metrics
Examples
User: "What has OpenAI been posting on X?"
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/twitter/user-tweets","query":{"handle":"openai"}}'User: "Show me Sam Altman's recent tweets"
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/twitter/user-tweets","query":{"handle":"sama"}}'User: "What's Anthropic sharing on Twitter?"
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"api":"scrapecreators","path":"/v1/twitter/user-tweets","query":{"handle":"AnthropicAI"}}'Error Handling
- success: false — the API may temporarily be unable to access the profile; retry after a few seconds
- Protected/private accounts return errors — no workaround
- Rate limiting may cause failures on rapid sequential requests — add short delays between calls
Tips
- Remove @ from handles
- Protected/private accounts cannot be accessed
- Returns recent tweets (not full history)
- Rate limiting may apply for very frequent requests