twscrape

twscrape

Python library for scraping Twitter/X data using GraphQL API with account rotation and session management.

When to use this skill

Use this skill when:

• Working with Twitter/X data extraction and scraping
• Need to bypass Twitter API limitations with account rotation
• Building social media monitoring or analytics tools
• Extracting tweets, user profiles, followers, trends from Twitter/X
• Need async/parallel scraping operations for large-scale data collection
• Looking for alternatives to official Twitter API

Quick Reference

Installation

pip install twscrape

Basic Setup

import asyncio
from twscrape import API, gather

async def main():
    api = API()  # Uses accounts.db by default

    # Add accounts (with cookies - more stable)
    cookies = "abc=12; ct0=xyz"
    await api.pool.add_account("user1", "pass1", "[email protected]", "mail_pass", cookies=cookies)

    # Or add accounts (with login/password - less stable)
    await api.pool.add_account("user2", "pass2", "[email protected]", "mail_pass2")
    await api.pool.login_all()

asyncio.run(main())

Common Operations

# Search tweets
await gather(api.search("elon musk", limit=20))

# Get user info
await api.user_by_login("xdevelopers")
user = await api.user_by_id(2244994945)

# Get user tweets
await gather(api.user_tweets(user_id, limit=20))
await gather(api.user_tweets_and_replies(user_id, limit=20))
await gather(api.user_media(user_id, limit=20))

# Get followers/following
await gather(api.followers(user_id, limit=20))
await gather(api.following(user_id, limit=20))

# Tweet operations
await api.tweet_details(tweet_id)
await gather(api.retweeters(tweet_id, limit=20))
await gather(api.tweet_replies(tweet_id, limit=20))

# Trends
await gather(api.trends("news"))

Key Features

1. Multiple API Support

• Search API: Standard Twitter search functionality
• GraphQL API: Advanced queries and data extraction
• Automatic switching: Based on rate limits and availability