X account search API
Accounts matching keywords, 20 a page: handle, name, bio, followers, following, post count and verification.
GEThttps://api.okdata.online/v1/x/users/search
Also calledtwitter user searchfind twitter accounts
- Price
- $0.0004
- per item returned · at most $0.008 a call
- Returns
- About 20 accounts a page
- with a cursor for the next page
- If a call fails
- Not charged
- When a data source fails, the next one is tried; errors and timeouts cost nothing.
- Status
- preview
- It may still change; any change is announced beforehand.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
queryrequired | string | Keywords, as a person would type them into the platform search box. |
cursor | string | Opaque cursor from page.next_cursor of the previous call. Each page is a separate call. |
view | stringcompactstandardfull | How much of each object comes back. full adds platform-specific fields under ext. |
fields | string[] | Fields to keep, by path (author.name), to save tokens. In a query string: comma-separated. |
cursor, view and fields work the same on every endpoint: how requests work.
Request
cURL
curl -G "https://api.okdata.online/v1/x/users/search" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OKDATA_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode 'query=Smithsonian'Python
import os
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.okdata.online/v1/x/users/search",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OKDATA_API_KEY']}"},
params={"query": "Smithsonian"},
timeout=60,
)
body = resp.json()
if body["code"] != "ok":
raise RuntimeError(f"{body['code']}: {body['message']} (charged: {body['charged']})")
for row in body["data"]["items"]:
print(row["name"], row["followers"])
print("cost: $" + body["meta"]["billing"]["amount"])TypeScript
const url = new URL('https://api.okdata.online/v1/x/users/search');
url.searchParams.set('query', "Smithsonian");
const res = await fetch(url, {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.OKDATA_API_KEY}`,
},
});
const body = await res.json();
if (body.code !== 'ok') throw new Error(`${body.code}: ${body.message}`);
for (const row of body.data.items) {
console.log(row.name, row.followers);
}
console.log('cost: $' + body.meta.billing.amount);MCPtools/call
{
"name": "call",
"arguments": {
"capability": "x.users.search",
"query": "Smithsonian"
}
}Response
{
"code": "ok",
"request_id": "0f6c2a8e-4b1d-4e0a-9a51-3c7d2b9e1f20",
"data": {
"items": [
{
"id": "1450012345678901248",
"url": "https://x.com/trailkit",
"username": "trailkit",
"name": "Trail Kit",
"bio": "Light packs, long walks.",
"avatar_url": "https://cdn.example.com/avatar/trailkit.jpg",
"verified": true,
"followers": 182300,
"following": 312,
"posts": 486,
"likes": null
}
]
},
"page": {
"next_cursor": "eyJvIjoyMH0",
"has_more": true
},
"warnings": [],
"meta": {
"capability": "x.users.search",
"billing": {
"amount": "0.0004",
"currency": "USD",
"balance_after": "9.9996"
},
"unavailable": {},
"cached": false,
"replayed": false,
"fetched_at": "2026-11-11T08:00:00Z"
}
}Try it
This sends a real call to https://api.okdata.online and is billed as usual: at most $0.008. Failed calls are free. Your key goes only to that address and is never stored on this site.
Known limits
- About 20 accounts come back per page; the platform sets the page size, so there is no page-size parameter.
- For the next page, pass
page.next_cursorback ascursor. A cursor stays valid for 24 hours. Whenpage.has_moreis false there is nothing left.
Returned fields
data.items is a list of Account.
| Field | Type | View | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
id | string | compact | Account ID on the platform. |
url | string | compact | Profile link. |
username | string | null | compact | Handle, where the platform has one. |
name | string | compact | Display name. |
bio | string | null | compact | Profile bio.Long text: view=compact may shorten it. |
avatar_url | string | null | standard | Avatar image URL. |
Show all 12 fieldsHide the other 6
| Field | Type | View | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | null | standard | Whether the platform shows a verification badge. |
followers | integer | null | compact | Followers. |
following | integer | null | compact | Accounts it follows. |
posts | integer | null | compact | Posts, videos, notes or articles published. |
likes | integer | null | compact | Total likes received, where the platform shows it. |
ext | object | full | Platform-specific extras. Only returned with view=full. |
The view column is the smallest view a field comes back in: compact returns only compact fields, standard adds the standard ones, full returns everything. The default is standard.
When it is charged
You pay $0.0004 for each of the accounts a call returns, at least one and at most $0.008 per call (20 accounts). 1,000 accounts cost $0.40. An empty page is billed as one item; failed calls are not charged.
Data comes back$0.0004 per item returned
Bad parameters, errors, timeoutsFree
| When | Charge |
|---|---|
| Each further page | A new call, billed per item again |
| Most one call costs | $0.008 |
| Least a successful call costs | $0.0004 |
| An empty answer | $0.0004 |
| Bad parameters, errors, timeouts | Free |
| A retry with the same Idempotency-Key within 24 hours | Charged once |
A failed call is free; an empty answer costs $0.0004; not found is free.
Prices from price book 1b273c48fea9634e. Every price on this platform →
Common errors
Every error has the same shape and says whether it was charged. The ones this endpoint can return:
| HTTP | Code | Meaning | Charged |
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | invalid_params | A parameter is missing, has the wrong type or value, or the method is wrong. problems lists each one; param names the first.Retry: after a fix | no |
| 400 | cursor_mismatch | The cursor was sent to another endpoint, or with other parameters than the page it came from (view and fields may change).Retry: after a fix | no |
| 401 | unauthorized | The key is missing, malformed, revoked, disabled or expired (reason says which when known).Retry: no | no |
| 402 | insufficient_balance | The balance (available) cannot cover the most this call could cost (required).Retry: after a fix | no |
| 410 | cursor_expired | The cursor is older than the endpoint's cursor lifetime (page.cursor_expires_at said when).Retry: no | no |
| 429 | rate_limited | The account sent too many requests this minute (reason: rate) or has too many calls running (reason: concurrency).Retry: yes | no |
| 500 | settlement_unknown | The data came back, but the charge could not be confirmed.Retry: with the same Idempotency-Key | unknown until looked up |
| 502 | upstream_failed | Every data source for this endpoint failed on this request.Retry: yes | no |
| 503 | capability_paused | This endpoint is paused right now; nothing ran.Retry: yes | no |
| 504 | timeout | The data did not come back in time. The hold was released, so nothing was charged.Retry: yes | no |
Questions
How much does the X account search API cost?
You pay $0.0004 for each of the accounts a call returns, at least one and at most $0.008 per call (20 accounts). 1,000 accounts cost $0.40. An empty page is billed as one item; failed calls are not charged.
How do I get the next page?
Pass page.next_cursor from the response back as the cursor parameter. When page.has_more is false there is nothing left. Every page is its own call at $0.0004.
Do I need a X (Twitter) account, cookies or a QR login?
No. You send only your okdata API key. The data is public data from X (Twitter); nothing is fetched with your own X (Twitter) account.
Am I charged when a call fails?
No. Every error response says charged: false, except a timeout, which says charged: null until the outcome is known. Resend with the same Idempotency-Key and you are never charged twice.
What if X (Twitter) does not show a field?
The field is null, and meta.unavailable names it with the reason: platform (the platform never shows it) or capability (we cannot fetch it yet).
Use it in your AI
Paste this into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any agent that can open a web page. It reads this endpoint’s page and calls it with your key.
Read https://okdata.online/apis/x/users/search.md, then call this endpoint for me through okdata; my key is in the OKDATA_API_KEY environment variable. Use X account search and tell me the follower count and what the account posts about.
With the MCP server connected, just ask: Use X account search and tell me the follower count and what the account posts about.
Same data on other platforms
The same kind of data from other platforms, in the same Account shape:
- Official Account search$0.058/item
- Instagram account search$0.002/call
- Kuaishou account search$0.02/call
- Zhihu user search$0.002/call
- WeChat Channels account search$0.02/call
- Douyin account search$0.002/call
- Xiaohongshu account search$0.02/call
- Weibo account search$0.002/call
- WeChat Official Account live search$0.02/call
- TikTok account search$0.002/call
All 20 X (Twitter) endpoints
Main X (Twitter) endpoints
- X post detail$0.0003/call
- X post search$0.002/call
- X account profile$0.0004/item
- X account posts$0.002/call
- X trending topics$0.009/call
- X post replies$0.002/call
- X post quotes$0.0003/item
- X post retweeters$0.002/call
- X article$0.002/call
- X thread$0.0003/item
- X account followers$0.0001/item
- X account following$0.0001/item
- X account mentions$0.0003/item
Names and ID
- Name
- X account search API
- Short name
- X account search
- ID
x.users.search- Endpoint
GET /v1/x/users/search- Category
- Social media
- Also called
- twitter user search, find twitter accounts
- Data type
- Account search API
- Returns
- Account[]: 12 fields