X User Media API
Scrape X User Media data with one API call. Returns the tweets on a Twitter/X account's Media tab: only the tweets carrying a photo or video. Each tweet includes the full text, media attachment URLs, like count, retweet count, reply count, author info, and creation timestamp; view count, bookmark count, author verification and the pinned flag are not available on this surface and return null, so use `user/tweets` when you need those. Every photo on a multi-photo tweet is listed in `post.ext.all_media_urls`, and `post.ext.quote_count` is how many times the post was quote-tweeted. Page size is set by the source, typically around 15 tweets. Deeper history is a cursor walk: send `pagination.next_cursor` back as `cursor` and repeat until `pagination.has_more` is false; each page costs 1 credit.
Last updated October 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
Returns the tweets on an account's Media tab, only those carrying a photo or video, with media URLs, engagement counts, and creation time. View and bookmark counts are null here.
Use it to pull an account's visual output without the text-only tweets user/tweets includes; the cursor pages deeper into the media grid.
Searching 68 platforms in parallel
TikTok·
Instagram·
YouTube·
Facebook·X·
LinkedIn·
Reddit·
Threads·
Pinterest·
Twitch·
Truth Social·
Snapchat·
Kick·
Bluesky·
Kwai·
Rumble·
Spotify·
Apple Music·TikTok Shop·
Amazon Shop·
Google Shopping·
Trustpilot·
TripAdvisor·
Yelp·
Linktree·
Komi·
Pillar·
lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·
Finance·
Polymarket·
Tavily·
Hacker News·
GitHub·
Perplexity·
Naver·
Utility·
Universal SearchTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·Bluesky·Kwai·Rumble·Spotify·Apple Music·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Google Shopping·Trustpilot·TripAdvisor·Yelp·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·Finance·Polymarket·Tavily·Hacker News·GitHub·Perplexity·Naver·Utility·Universal SearchTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·Bluesky·Kwai·Rumble·Spotify·Apple Music·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Google Shopping·Trustpilot·TripAdvisor·Yelp·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·Finance·Polymarket·Tavily·Hacker News·GitHub·Perplexity·Naver·Utility·Universal SearchTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·Bluesky·Kwai·Rumble·Spotify·Apple Music·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Google Shopping·Trustpilot·TripAdvisor·Yelp·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·Finance·Polymarket·Tavily·Hacker News·GitHub·Perplexity·Naver·Utility·Universal SearchWhat can you do with the User Media API?
The User Media endpoint gives you structured X data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/twitter/user/media?handle=News24"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/twitter/user/media",
params={
'handle': 'News24',
},
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/twitter/user/media?handle=News24",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| handle | Yes | Twitter username without the @ symbol |
| cursor | No | Cursor from the previous response's pagination.next_cursor to fetch the next page |
| since | No | Only rows published on or after this date: YYYY-MM-DD (midnight UTC) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Rows older than it are left off each page. This list is not in date order, so the walk does not stop at the date: keep following `next_cursor`, and each page costs what a page costs even when every row on it is filtered out. A row with no date is kept. `published_after`, `start_date`, `from_date`, `publish_time` (`yesterday`, `this-week`, `this-month`, `last-3-months`, `last-6-months`) and `max_age_days` are accepted and applied as `since`. |
| until | No | Only rows published on or before this date: YYYY-MM-DD (that whole UTC day is included) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Newer rows are left off each page and the walk does not stop, so older pages follow. A row with no date is kept. `published_before`, `end_date` and `to_date` are accepted and applied as `until`. |
What does the X User Media API return?
Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "twitter",
"endpoint": "/v1/twitter/user/media",
"data": {
"items": [
{
"post": {
"id": "2105943539246829952",
"url": "https://x.com/News24/status/2105943539246829952",
"content": {
"text": "\"Fraud is a business, and it's a lucrative business.\" Maya Fisher-French (@mayaonmoney ) on how organised syndicates move stolen money in seconds. Sponsored by Standard Bank (@StandardBankZA ).\n #BeatTheScam\nRead more: https://www.news24.com/business/money/modern-fraud-syndicates-move-faster-than-defences-can-react-20261001-0853 https://t.co/J0DxJdJMu0",
"media_urls": "https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2105732787600855040/img/OdAppZx0Jso8o9lx.jpg",
"thumbnail_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2105732787600855040/img/OdAppZx0Jso8o9lx.jpg",
"duration_seconds": 300.01
},
"author": {
"username": "News24",
"display_name": "News24 🇿🇦",
"avatar_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1890643210222845952/HvljLItu_normal.jpg",
"verified": null
},
"engagement": {
"views": null,
"likes": 6,
"comments": 0,
"shares": 1,
"saves": null
},
"flags": {
"nsfw": false,
"spoiler": null,
"pinned": null,
"deleted": false
},
"published_at": "2026-10-02T08:50:40.000Z",
"ext": {
"author_followers": 6639763,
"author_following": 742,
"author_posts_count": 500504,
"content_language": "en",
"quote_count": 0,
"all_media_urls": null
}
},
"computed": {
"engagement_rate": null,
"language": "en",
"content_category": "other",
"estimated_reach": null
}
},
{
"post": {
"id": "2105870283672367305",
"url": "https://x.com/News24/status/2105870283672367305",
"content": {
"text": "Dozens (!) of people compete to be the mayor of Africa’s richest city. Why do all of them actually have a reasonable chance? We seek out the playbook for capturing a city.\n\nListen here: https://brnw.ch/21x66Iz https://t.co/lodmoVVFv6",
"media_urls": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HTmN2wQWkAEa8LS.jpg",
"thumbnail_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HTmN2wQWkAEa8LS.jpg",
"duration_seconds": null
},
"author": {
"username": "News24",
"display_name": "News24 🇿🇦",
"avatar_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1890643210222845952/HvljLItu_normal.jpg",
"verified": null
},
"engagement": {
"views": null,
"likes": 0,
"comments": 1,
"shares": 4,
"saves": null
},
"flags": {
"nsfw": false,
"spoiler": null,
"pinned": null,
"deleted": false
},
"published_at": "2026-10-02T03:59:35.000Z",
"ext": {
"author_followers": 6639763,
"author_following": 742,
"author_posts_count": 500504,
"content_language": "en",
"quote_count": 0,
"all_media_urls": null
}
},
"computed": {
"engagement_rate": null,
"language": "en",
"content_category": "other",
"estimated_reach": null
}
}
],
"next_cursor": "DAABCgABHTouaf5___0KAAIdMpTILtahRAgAAwAAAAIAAA",
"total": null,
"dropped": 0
},
"credits_used": 1,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false,
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": "sc.eyJ2IjoyLCJjIjoiREFBQkNnQUJIVG91YWY1X19fMEtBQUlkTXBUSUx0YWhSQWdBQXdBQUFBSUFBQSIsImUiOiJ0d2l0dGVyL3VzZXIvbWVkaWEiLCJwIjoiY3Vyc29yIn0",
"has_more": true,
"page_size": 12
},
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"source": "captured",
"captured_at": "2026-10-02T15:41:00.514Z",
"redacted": true
}Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.
How does the X User Media API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
How do you scrape social media data in seconds?
The fastest social media scraping API for developers. Scrape profiles, posts, comments, and analytics from 68 platforms covering 10B+ monthly active users.
One schema, every platform
Query 68 platforms with identical response structures. Write your integration once.
Computed fields, not just scraped
When an endpoint supports these metrics and the source provides the required inputs, the normalized record includes engagement_rate, estimated_reach, content_category, and language. Ready to use.
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
}Ready to scrape X User Media data?
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