> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.stophy.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# X X Profile API

> Scrape an X profile. Call the X X Profile API and get JSON back in one request. 1 credit per call. Failed calls cost nothing.

Scrape an X profile. The profile or user is identified by its URL or username.

## Request

Exactly one of `profileUrl` or `username` is required. A request that sets both, or none, fails with `invalidRequest`.

<Note>This endpoint can be called without an API key, subject to per-address limits. Pagination requires a key.</Note>

<CodeGroup>
  ```typescript TypeScript icon="https://mintcdn.com/sirathic/7E4w9-IC4ysabjfc/images/icons/typescript.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=7E4w9-IC4ysabjfc&q=85&s=d8272a85e64145620f1fbbfcf7932986" theme={null}
  import { Stophy } from "stophy";

  const stophy = new Stophy({ apiKey: process.env.STOPHY_API_KEY });
  const result = await stophy.x.profile({ username: "nasa" });
  console.log(result.data);
  ```

  ```python Python icon="python" theme={null}
  from stophy import Stophy

  stophy = Stophy()  # reads STOPHY_API_KEY
  result = stophy.x.profile(username="nasa")
  print(result["data"])
  ```

  ```bash cURL icon="terminal" theme={null}
  curl -X POST https://api.stophy.dev/v1/x/profile \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $STOPHY_API_KEY" \
    -H "content-type: application/json" \
    -d '{"username":"nasa"}'
  ```

  ```bash CLI icon="square-terminal" theme={null}
  stophy x profile --username nasa
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Response

If successful, the response body contains the standard envelope. `data` contains the profile's bio, followers, following, post count and join date.

The following example is a real response, truncated: each list shows one item and long strings are cut.

```json theme={null}
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "userId": "11348282",
    "username": "NASA",
    "profileUrl": "https://x.com/NASA",
    "name": "NASA",
    "bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible. ✨",
    "location": "Pale Blue Dot",
    "website": "http://www.nasa.gov/",
    "joinedAt": "2007-12-19T20:20:32.000Z",
    "followers": 92329477,
    "following": 115,
    "posts": 74412,
    "isVerified": true,
    "verifiedType": "Government",
    "isProtected": false,
    "avatarUrl": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1321163587679784960/0ZxKlEKB_400x400.jpg",
    "bannerUrl": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/11348282/1788992290"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 1,
  "requestId": "2fe9dbad-fc48-4890-9751-0b24b596035b"
}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| `posts` | integer | The number of posts. |

For every field, see the response schema on this page.

## Billing

Each successful request consumes 1 credit, regardless of the number of items returned. Requests that fail, or that return no items, are not billed.

## Pagination

This method is not paginated. A single request returns the complete result.


## OpenAPI

````yaml api-reference/openapi.json POST /v1/x/profile
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Stophy API
  version: '1'
  description: >-
    Every endpoint is a POST that takes its input as a JSON object body. Unknown
    fields are rejected with 400.


    Responses leave out empty values: null, empty strings, empty objects and
    empty nested lists are not sent.


    Text comes back whole. To get shorter responses, add
    ?maxTextLength=<characters> to the URL. Every text value longer than that is
    cut and ends with …. A screenshot is never cut, and a page whose text was
    cut has isTruncated set to true.


    x-credits is what one call costs. Every call costs the same, whatever it
    returns, unless an operation's description says it costs per 10 results, or
    per second of audio. Then x-credits is the lowest price and x-credits-max
    the most one call can cost. Where an operation takes limit, send it to
    return fewer results and pay for fewer.


    When a response has a cursor, send it back unchanged with the same input to
    get the next page. When it has a page, send the next page number.
servers:
  - url: https://api.stophy.dev
security:
  - apiKey: []
paths:
  /v1/x/profile:
    post:
      summary: Scrape an X profile
      description: Costs 1 credit per call.
      operationId: xProfile
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/MaxTextLength'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                profileUrl:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    Link to the X profile, like https://x.com/nasa. Send this or
                    username.
                username:
                  type: string
                  description: X profile handle, like nasa. Send this or profileUrl.
              sendOne:
                - profileUrl
                - username
              additionalProperties: false
            example:
              username: nasa
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The data, and the credits this call used.
          headers:
            X-Request-ID:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
            x-credits-used:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/CreditsUsed'
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitRemaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitReset'
            x-cache:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Cache'
            x-cache-age:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/CacheAge'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                  - success
                  - data
                  - creditsUsed
                  - requestId
                properties:
                  success:
                    const: true
                  data:
                    type: object
                    additionalProperties: false
                    properties:
                      userId:
                        type: string
                      username:
                        type: string
                      profileUrl:
                        type: string
                        format: uri
                      name:
                        type: string
                      bio:
                        type: string
                      location:
                        type: string
                      website:
                        type: string
                        format: uri
                      joinedAt:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
                        pattern: >-
                          ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$
                      followers:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: -9007199254740991
                        maximum: 9007199254740991
                      following:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: -9007199254740991
                        maximum: 9007199254740991
                      posts:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: -9007199254740991
                        maximum: 9007199254740991
                      isVerified:
                        type: boolean
                      verifiedType:
                        type: string
                      isProtected:
                        type: boolean
                      avatarUrl:
                        type: string
                        format: uri
                      bannerUrl:
                        type: string
                        format: uri
                    required:
                      - profileUrl
                      - isVerified
                      - isProtected
                  creditsUsed:
                    type: integer
                  requestId:
                    type: string
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      security:
        - apiKey: []
components:
  parameters:
    MaxTextLength:
      name: maxTextLength
      in: query
      required: false
      description: >-
        Cut every text value in the response to this many characters. A value
        that was cut ends with …, and a page whose text was cut has isTruncated
        set to true. A screenshot is never cut. Leave it out to get the full
        text.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
  headers:
    RequestId:
      description: The request id. Quote it when you report a problem.
      schema:
        type: string
    CreditsUsed:
      description: Credits this call used.
      schema:
        type: integer
    RateLimitLimit:
      description: Requests allowed in the current window.
      schema:
        type: integer
    RateLimitRemaining:
      description: Requests left in the current window.
      schema:
        type: integer
    RateLimitReset:
      description: Unix time in seconds when the current window resets.
      schema:
        type: integer
    Cache:
      description: hit if this result came from the cache, miss if it was fetched live.
      schema:
        type: string
    CacheAge:
      description: Seconds since the returned result was written to the cache.
      schema:
        type: integer
    RetryAfter:
      description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
      schema:
        type: integer
  responses:
    Error:
      description: The request failed. retryable says whether trying again can help.
      headers:
        X-Request-ID:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - success
        - error
      properties:
        success:
          const: false
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - retryable
            - requestId
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              enum:
                - cliSessionCompleted
                - cliSessionExists
                - cliSessionNotFound
                - forbidden
                - insufficientCredits
                - internalError
                - inviteClaimed
                - inviteDisabled
                - inviteExpired
                - inviteUsedUp
                - invalidCliSession
                - invalidCliVerifier
                - invalidRequest
                - notFound
                - rateLimited
                - sourceChanged
                - sourceRefused
                - sourceTimeout
                - sourceUnavailable
                - tooManyInFlight
                - unauthorized
                - unsupportedMediaType
            message:
              type: string
            retryable:
              type: boolean
            retryAfterSeconds:
              type: integer
            requestId:
              type: string
            requiredCredits:
              type: number
            availableCredits:
              type: number
            billingUrl:
              type: string
              const: https://stophy.dev/billing
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````

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