Follow a beat
Collect posts from the accounts you cover for an editorial reading list.
Read public profiles, tweets, timelines and communities. Keep posts and their context together in your app.
PUT IT TO WORK
Three ways to use X (Twitter) data.
Collect posts from the accounts you cover for an editorial reading list.
Resolve a tweet URL into text, media and engagement for your research notes.
Read a community’s description and details before deciding where to focus your research.
YOUR FIRST REQUEST
Collect posts from the accounts you cover for an editorial reading list.
Set SCRAPEATLAS_API_KEY in your environment.
Use the sample request as a starting point.
Send the result to your app, sheet or research tool.
# ScrapeAtlas · use your customer API key
export BASE_URL="https://api.scrapeatlas.com"
curl --get "$BASE_URL/v1/twitter/user-tweets" \
-H "x-api-key: $SCRAPEATLAS_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode "handle=example"const baseUrl = "https://api.scrapeatlas.com";
const url = new URL('/v1/twitter/user-tweets', baseUrl);
url.searchParams.set("handle", "example");
const response = await fetch(url, {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'x-api-key': process.env.SCRAPEATLAS_API_KEY
}
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);type Result = {
status: "success" | "partial" | "failed" | "challenged";
requestId: string;
[field: string]: unknown;
};
const response = await fetch(
"https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/twitter/user-tweets?handle=example",
{
headers: {
"x-api-key": process.env.SCRAPEATLAS_API_KEY!
}
}
);
const data = (await response.json()) as Result;
if (data.status === "failed" || data.status === "challenged") {
throw new Error(`X (Twitter) request failed: ${data.requestId}`);
}
console.log(data);import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/twitter/user-tweets",
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
params={
"handle": "example"
},
timeout=60,
)
data = response.json()
print(data["status"], data)package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/twitter/user-tweets?handle=example", nil)
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
var data map[string]interface{}
json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&data)
fmt.Println(data["status"], data)
}import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
var client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/twitter/user-tweets?handle=example"))
.GET()
.header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
.build();
var response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());
}
}/v1/twitter/user-tweetsJSON responseUse your ScrapeAtlas API key. Replace the sample input with your own.
Create a ScrapeAtlas API key, send it in the x-api-key header, and pass the endpoint’s request fields. The example above is ready to adapt to your own input.
Read public profiles, tweets, timelines and communities. Keep posts and their context together in your app. Each endpoint’s reference shows its response fields and a JSON example.
Yes. Connect ScrapeAtlas through MCP to use X (Twitter) tools from your assistant. You can also call the same API from your own scripts or the CLI.
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