Twitter/X Profile Lookup

Get profile information, tweets, and engagement data for any Twitter/X account.

When to Use

•User asks about a Twitter/X account
•User wants to see someone's tweets
•User asks "who is @username on Twitter?"
•Research on a public figure or company
•Social media due diligence

How It Works

Uses the Shofo API to scrape Twitter/X profile data and tweets.

Usage

Get User Profile

bash

orth run shofo /x/user-profile -q 'username=openai'

Get User's Posts

bash

orth run shofo /x/user-posts -q 'username=openai&count=10'

<details> <summary>curl equivalent</summary>

bash

curl -X POST "https://api.orth.sh/v1/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"shofo","path":"/x/user-posts","query":{"username":"openai"}}'

</details>

Parameters

Profile

•username (required) - Twitter handle (without @)

Posts

•username (required) - Twitter handle (without @)
•count (required) - Number of posts to retrieve

Response

Profile Response

•User display name and handle
•Bio/description
•Follower and following counts
•Tweet count
•Profile and banner image URLs
•Verified status
•Account creation date
•Location and website (if set)

Posts Response

•Tweet text content
•Like, retweet, reply counts
•Media attachments (images, videos)
•Timestamp
•Engagement metrics

Examples

User: "What has OpenAI been posting on X?"

bash

orth run shofo /x/user-posts -q 'username=openai&count=10'

User: "Show me Sam Altman's recent tweets"

bash

orth run shofo /x/user-posts -q 'username=sama&count=10'

User: "What's Anthropic sharing on Twitter?"

bash

orth run shofo /x/user-posts -q 'username=AnthropicAI&count=10'

Error Handling

•success: false with error: "Request failed. Please try again." — Shofo may be temporarily unable to access the profile; retry after a few seconds
•Protected/private accounts return errors — no workaround
•Rate limiting may cause failures on rapid sequential requests — add short delays between calls

Tips

•Remove @ from usernames
•Protected/private accounts cannot be accessed
•Returns recent posts (not full history)
•Rate limiting may apply for very frequent requests