Twitter People Search Scraper

📌 How can you discover public X profiles with advanced search criteria?

This template collects the generated query string and URL plus matching user name, handle, profile URL, avatar URL, bio, and user type from people-search results. It is useful for influencer researchers, social media analysts, and B2B prospecting teams.

Data is collected from X People Search. X is a social network whose search tools surface public posts and accounts matching words, hashtags, languages, and account filters.

💰 Pricing

Current price: $0.3/1,000 lines. Billing is based on the number of output lines produced by the task.

📦 Output

Twitter People Search Scraper returns these fields:

• msg_type
• content
• key
• count
• fail_count
• hash_key
• Query_Str
• Query_URL
• User_name
• User_handle
• User_URL
• User_avatar_URL
• User_bio
• User_type

{
  "msg_type": null,
  "content": null,
  "key": null,
  "count": null,
  "fail_count": null,
  "hash_key": null,
  "Query_Str": "AI",
  "Query_URL": "https://x.com/search?q=AI&src=typed_query",
  "User_name": "ai",
  "User_handle": "ai_art_2025",
  "User_URL": "https://x.com/ai_art_2025",
  "User_avatar_URL": "https://x.com/ai_art_2025/photo",
  "User_bio": "AIアートで可愛い女性の写真をアップしていきます。 モデルは20歳以上の女性です。 We will upload photos of cute women using AI art. The models are women over 20 years old. (20+ models)",
  "User_type": "Blue verified"
}

🎯 Use Cases

• Discover profiles matching topics, phrases, hashtags, or account filters.
• Build creator or expert lists using names, handles, bios, and profile URLs.
• Review account presentation using avatar and user-type fields.
• Retain reproducible search provenance using query strings and query URLs.

🐙 Why Octoparse

• Built for X People Search: The Python automation builds an X advanced-search query from the supplied word, hashtag, account, and language criteria, requests people-search results, parses matching profiles, and uploads structured user records.
• Inputs match the workflow: The form uses All of these words, This exact phrase, and Any of these words.
• Fields stay connected: Twitter People Search Scraper returns User_name, Query_URL, content, msg_type, and key in the same structured dataset.
• Ready for repeat use: After Twitter People Search Scraper runs in the cloud, schedule eligible tasks and export the rows for spreadsheets, dashboards, APIs, or AI workflows.

📝 Input

Complete the following fields:

• All of these words (Optional) — Enter words that must all appear in the X people search.
• This exact phrase (Optional) — This exact phrase from https://x.com/search-advanced.
• Any of these words (Optional) — Enter words where at least one should appear in the X people search.
• None of these words (Optional) — Enter words to exclude from the X people search.
• These hashtags (Optional) — Enter hashtags to include in the X people search.
• From these accounts (Optional) — Enter account names whose posts should be included.
• To these accounts (Optional) — Enter account names that posts should be directed to.
• Mentioning these accounts (Optional) — Enter account names that posts should mention.
• Max Tweets to Extract (Optional) — Accepted range: 1 to 999999999.
• Language (Optional)
• Scraping mode (Required) — This required field is retained by the current template configuration. Its text does not change the scraping behavior.

🚀 How to Use

1. Open Twitter People Search Scraper and click Try it!.
2. Complete All of these words, This exact phrase, and Any of these words using the formats and limits shown in the Input section.
3. Run it in the Octoparse cloud and start the task.
4. Review fields such as User_name, Query_URL, and content, then export the rows in the format you need.

💡 Tips

• Start with a small, representative All of these words selection before scaling the task.
• Use User_name and Query_URL when checking duplicates or comparing repeated exports.

❓ FAQ

What do I enter in Twitter People Search Scraper?

Complete All of these words, This exact phrase, and Any of these words using the accepted values and limits listed in the Input section.

Which X People Search pages does Twitter People Search Scraper process?

The workflow is configured for search-result pages and returns fields such as User_name, Query_URL, content, and msg_type.

What can I use data from Twitter People Search Scraper for?

Discover profiles matching topics, phrases, hashtags, or account filters.

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