X Twitter · Social

X / Look up user by username

Returns one X user by handle (without @): data.id, name, username, description and publicmetrics. Use data.id as targetuser_id to follow.

Live data

You are looking at the live public catalog.

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Published API evidence

Public metadata only. Response bodies, credentials, and internal review notes are never displayed.

No verification date is claimed. No response capture is claimed.

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