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Twitter Crawler

Crawl X (formerly Twitter) at scale across posts and profiles. Collect public data such as post ID, author, post text, date posted, photos, quoted posts, profile name, biography, verification status, and much more.

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  • Free tier - 5K records
    a month for free
  • Scrape on demand via API or no-code scraper
  • Pay only for successfully delivered results
  • Bulk request handling, up to 5K URLs

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Web Scrapers

Available Twitter crawlers

Remove the need to develop and maintain the infrastructure. Simply extract high volume Twitter web data, and ensure scalability and reliability using Twitter web scraper APIs or Twitter no-code scrapers.

X (formerly Twitter) - Posts

ID, User posted, Name, Description, Date posted, Photos, URL, Quoted post, and more.
Views11K+
Downloads1.2K+
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X (formerly Twitter) - Posts - Collecting Twitter posts URLs

ID, User posted, Name, Description, Date posted, Photos, URL, Quoted post, and more.
Views11K+
Downloads1.2K+
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X (formerly Twitter) - Profiles

X id, URL, ID, Profile name, Biography, Is verified, Profile image link, External link, and more.
Views3.6K+
Downloads232+
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X (formerly Twitter) - Profiles - Collect profile information by user name

X id, URL, ID, Profile name, Biography, Is verified, Profile image link, External link, and more.
Views3.6K+
Downloads232+
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Twitter Crawler Pricing

Only pay for what’s successfully delivered. No hidden fees, no charges for failed deliveries.

Free Tier
5K
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  • 5K records per month
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$1.5/1K record
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  • Unlimited concurrency
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Scale
$499 /month
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Data Collection
  • Automated proxy management
  • Full browser rendering
  • CAPTCHA solving
Performance at Scale
  • Unlimited concurrency
  • Batch & scheduled collection
  • Job management APIs
Data Delivery
  • Data validation & discovery
  • Data parsing (JSON or CSV)
  • Webhook or API delivery

CODE EXAMPLES

Easily crawl Twitter data without worrying about being blocked.

Scraper API Call 
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer API_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '[{"url":"https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1683559267524136962","country":""},{"url":"https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1552015619251634176","country":""},{"url":"https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1665296716721946625","country":""},{"url":"https://x.com/CNN/status/1796673270344810776","country":""},{"url":"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1587911540770222081","country":""}]' "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/trigger?dataset_id=gd_lwxkxvnf1cynvib9co&format=json&uncompressed_webhook=true"
Response payload 
[
  {
    "timestamp": "2026-10-08",
    "id": "2032821416987427090",
    "user_posted": "OHL***en",
    "name": "OH L****n",
    "description": "📋 Our Line-up...\n\n#ohleuven #CHAOHL",
    "date_posted": "2026-03-14T14:09:28.000Z",
    "photos": [
      "https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/HDYITnMWAAAskUn.jpg"
    ],
    "url": "https:\/\/x.com\/OHLeuven\/status\/2032821416987427090"
  },
  {
    "timestamp": "2026-10-08",
    "id": "2069466524276916302",
    "user_posted": "dal***mav***",
    "name": "Dallas M*******s",
    "description": "Looking back at some elite draft night drip 🤩 \n\n#MFFL \/\/ #NBADraft26",
    "date_posted": "2026-06-23T17:04:02.000Z",
    "photos": [
      "https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/HLg41ZHWIAAJ8fm.jpg",
      "https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/HLg41ZSXMAAI8qS.jpg",
      "https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/HLg41ZLWsAQAobI.jpg"
    ],
    "url": "https:\/\/twitter.com\/22185437\/status\/2069466524276916302"
  },
  {
    "timestamp": "2026-10-08",
    "id": "2055632222925807641",
    "user_posted": "Sco***ren***",
    "name": "Scout A***a",
    "description": "@WhoScored Erling Haaland is the best-rated player according to our data too 🇳🇴",
    "date_posted": "2026-05-16T12:51:28.000Z",
    "photos": [
      "https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/HIcSitNWMAAK7j8.jpg"
    ],
    "url": "https:\/\/x.com\/2046853359789846528\/status\/2055632222925807641"
  },
  {
    "timestamp": "2026-10-08",
    "id": "2068415316254970204",
    "user_posted": "Cul***eCr***",
    "name": "Cul***e C***e ***",
    "description": "Requirements for Xbox and Steam were also revealed\n\nFull details here: \n",
    "date_posted": "2026-06-20T19:26:55.000Z",
    "photos": null,
    "url": "https:\/\/twitter.com\/1115495508519182336\/status\/2068415316254970204"
  },
  {
    "timestamp": "2026-10-08",
    "id": "1868403422782996862",
    "user_posted": "Che***aFa***and***",
    "name": "Best S****s",
    "description": "Back in #PL action as we host Brentford. 🔵✊\n\n#CFC | #CHEBRE",
    "date_posted": "2024-12-15T21:11:03.000Z",
    "photos": [
      "https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/GetKbm6XAAAnxfF.jpg"
    ],
    "url": "https:\/\/x.com\/ChelseaFanStand\/status\/1868403422782996862"
  }
]

API for Seamless Twitter Data Access

Comprehensive, Scalable, and Compliant Web Data Extraction

Tailored to your workflow

Get structured data in JSON, NDJSON, or CSV files through Webhook or API delivery.

Built-in infrastructure and unblocking

Get maximum control and flexibility without maintaining proxy and unblocking infrastructure. Easily scrape data from any geo-location while avoiding CAPTCHAs and blocks.

Battle-proven infrastructure

Bright Data’s platform powers 50,000+ companies worldwide, offering peace of mind with 99.99% uptime, access to 400M+ real user IPs covering 195 countries.

Industry leading compliance

Our privacy practices comply with data protection laws, including the EU data protection regulatory framework, GDPR, and CCPA.

Simplified Twitter crawling

Twitter Hashtag Crawler

Crawl Twitter hashtags and collect data such as replies, reposts, likes, views, bookmarks, description, date posted, and much more.

Twitter Post Crawler

Crawl Twitter posts and collect public data such as post ID, user posted, description, date posted, photos, and much more.

Twitter Profile Crawler

Crawl Twitter to collect public data specifically focusing on profiles, including user bios, tweet histories, follower counts, and engagement patterns.

Twitter Image Crawler

Crawl Twitter to collect public data specifically focusing on images, including image URLs, associated hashtags, user profiles, and engagement metrics.

Twitter Followers Crawler

Crawl Twitter to collect public data specifically focusing on followers, including follower counts, user profiles, following lists, and interaction patterns.

Twitter crawling use cases

Trend discovery

Crawl Twitter posts to track public conversations and emerging topics. Collect likes, reposts, replies, views, quotes, and hashtags across profiles and posts to identify shifts in user sentiment and spot trending subjects before they hit the mainstream.
Trend discovery

Find influencers

Crawl Twitter profile data to identify the right voices to promote your brand. Analyze follower counts, tweet volume, verification status, biography, location, and post engagement metrics such as likes, reposts, and replies to find accounts with the reach and audience alignment your campaigns need.
Find influencers

Monitor brand reputation

Crawl Twitter posts and profile data to monitor what users are saying about your brand. Collect post text, hashtags, tagged users, reply counts, reposts, and bookmarks to measure sentiment, track how brand mentions spread, and identify areas of improvement before conversations escalate.
Monitor brand reputation
Trend discovery Find influencers Monitor brand reputation

Leading the way in ethical web data collection

We have set the gold standard for ethical and compliant web data practices. Our peer network is built on trust, with every member personally opting in and the guarantee of zero personal data collection. We champion the collection of only publicly available data, backed by an industry-leading Know Your Customer process and a transparent Acceptable Use Policy. Our global, multilingual Compliance & Ethics team, the first of its kind, ensures we stay ahead of regulatory changes and best practices.

Why 50,000+ Customers Choose Bright Data

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100% Compliant

Scraped data is ethically obtained and compliant with all privacy laws.
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24/7 Global Support

A dedicated team of data professionals is here to help.

Complete Data Coverage

Access 400 million+ global IPs to scrape data from any website.

Unmatched Data Quality

Advanced technologies and validation methods for quality data.

Powerful Infrastructure

Scrape high-volume data without getting blocked.

Custom Solutions

Get tailored solutions to meet unique needs and goals.
Bright Data is used by world's top brands

Twitter Crawler FAQs

The Twitter crawler is an automated tool that discovers and collects public data from Twitter at scale. You don't need a full list of URLs. You can start from a keyword, a category, a search URL or a specific page. The crawler finds the matching records and sends the data back in a structured format.

Crawling is about discovery: finding the pages. Scraping is about extraction: pulling specific fields from a page you already know about. A scraper needs you to tell it which URL to visit. A crawler finds the records for you and then extracts the data. Use the crawler when you don't have the full list of URLs, or when the list keeps changing, such as every item in a category or every result for a keyword. If you already have the exact URLs, collecting by URL is the more direct option.

A dataset is data that has already been collected, and you buy it as a ready-made file. The crawler collects fresh data when you run it, based on your own inputs. Pick a dataset if you want broad coverage right away with no setup. Pick the crawler if you need a specific scope, the latest data or collection on a schedule you control.

Proxies are infrastructure. They send your requests through different IP addresses, but you still have to build and maintain the crawler, the parser and the unblocking. The Twitter crawler includes all of it: proxy management, full browser rendering, CAPTCHA solving, data parsing and delivery. Choose proxies if you want to write and own the code. Choose the crawler if you just want the data.

No. The Crawl API works on any public website. You give it a root URL, and it returns the site's content as Markdown, Text, HTML or JSON. The Twitter crawler is built only for Twitter. It returns ready-to-use fields specific to Twitter, so you don't have to write your own parsing logic.

It depends on the crawler you choose. Common starting points are a direct URL, a keyword, a category URL, a search URL, or a profile, seller or shop URL. You can send up to 5,000 URLs in a single bulk request.

Yes. The crawler supports batch and scheduled collection, so you can rerun the same crawl at regular intervals. This is useful for tracking changes over time, such as prices, availability, rankings or engagement numbers, without starting each run by hand.

No. Proxy management, CAPTCHA solving and full browser rendering are all built in. The crawler runs on Bright Data's network of over 400 million real user IPs in 195 countries, so you can crawl Twitter from any location without maintaining your own unblocking setup.

You pay only for records that are successfully delivered. Failed deliveries are never charged. You can start on the free tier with 5,000 records a month and no credit card, then move to pay as you go or a monthly plan as you scale. Plan details are in the pricing section above.

The crawler only collects publicly available data. Bright Data's privacy practices follow data protection laws, including GDPR and CCPA. It also has a Know Your Customer process and a public Acceptable Use Policy. You are still responsible for making sure your own use of the data complies with the laws that apply to you.

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