---
title: "Twitter/X Data API - Overview"
description: "SocialData is a Twitter API (X API) for fetching tweets, user profiles, followers and more - flat-rate pricing and rate limits that scale with your app."
source: "https://docs.socialdata.tools/getting-started/overview/"
---

## Introduction

SocialData API is a scalable and reliable Twitter API alternative that simplifies the process of fetching data from social media websites. At the moment, we only support X (formerly Twitter).

With SocialData’s Twitter data API, you can easily retrieve tweets, user profiles, user followers/following and other information without the need for proxies or parsing Twitter responses. This ensures a seamless and hassle-free integration with your application, saving you valuable time and effort.

## Ways to use SocialData

There are four ways to reach the same data. All of them use a single API key and draw on the same balance — there is no separate subscription for any of them.

-   **[Data API](#available-endpoints)** — REST endpoints you call on demand for tweets, profiles, followers, lists, communities and Spaces. Listed in full below.
-   **[Monitoring API](https://docs.socialdata.tools/monitoring/introduction/)** — instead of polling, create a monitor and we send a webhook to your server shortly after a user posts, follows a new account, changes their profile, or a search query picks up a match.
-   **[Social Actions](https://docs.socialdata.tools/social-actions/verify-user-following/)** — single-call checks for whether a specific user followed, retweeted or replied.
-   **[MCP Server](https://docs.socialdata.tools/mcp/introduction/)** — connect Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client straight to this data and ask questions in plain English. Each tool call is billed exactly like the equivalent REST call.

If you are just getting started, [Authentication](https://docs.socialdata.tools/getting-started/authentication/) covers how to get your key and [Pricing](https://docs.socialdata.tools/getting-started/pricing/) covers what each request costs.

## Available Endpoints

### Data API

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| Search Endpoints |
| GET [Get Search Results](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-search-results/) | Fetch tweets matching specified search criteria, including keywords, hashtags, and user mentions. Supports all [Twitter Advanced Search operators](https://docs.socialdata.tools/resources/twitter-search-operators/) |
| User Endpoints |
| GET [Get User Profile](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-user-profile/) | Retrieve detailed information about a Twitter user’s profile, including bio, follower count, and profile picture |
| POST [Get Multiple User Profiles By Ids](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-multiple-user-profiles/) | Retrieve detailed information about up to 100 user profiles per request based on user\_ids |
| GET [Get User Followers](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-user-followers/) | Retrieve the full list of users who follow the specified account |
| GET [Get User Verified Followers](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-user-verified-followers/) | Retrieve the full list of verified users who follow the specified account |
| GET [Get User Following](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-user-followings/) | Retrieve the full list of users that the specified account is following |
| GET [Get User Tweets](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-user-tweets-replies/) | Retrieve recent tweets or replies posted by the specified user |
| GET [Get User Mentions](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-user-mentions/) | Retrieve all mentions of any user |
| GET [Get User Affiliates](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-user-affiliates/) | Retrieve information about accounts associated with or connected to the specified organization profile |
| GET [Get User Highlights](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-user-highlights/) | Retrieve highlighted tweets from the specified user’s timeline |
| GET [Get User Lists](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-user-lists/) | Retrieve a list of Twitter lists created by or subscribed to by the specified user |
| GET [Get User Extended Bio](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-user-extended-bio/) | Retrieve a user’s extended bio, if available |
| GET [Get Similar Profiles](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-user-similar-profiles/) | Retrieve users that Twitter/X considers similar to a given user |
| Tweet Endpoints |
| GET [Get Tweet](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-tweet/) | Retrieve complete tweet details together with all embedded media, URLs, and complete tweet stats |
| POST [Get Multiple Tweets By IDs](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-multiple-tweets/) | Retrieve detailed information about up to 100 tweets per request based on tweet\_ids |
| GET [Get Tweet Comments](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-tweet-comments/) | Retrieve comments posted in response to any tweet |
| GET [Get Tweet Quotes](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-tweet-quotes/) | Retrieve quote-tweets posted in response to any tweet |
| GET [Get Tweet Retweeters](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-tweet-retweeters/) | Retrieve the full list of users who have retweeted a specific tweet |
| GET [Get Thread](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-tweet-thread/) | Retrieve all tweets in a conversation thread (i.e., a chain of tweets posted by the same user) |
| GET [Get Article Details](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-tweet-article/) | Retrieve information about an article shared on Twitter, including metadata and engagement statistics |
| List Endpoints |
| GET [Get List Details](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-list-details/) | Retrieve detailed information about a specific Twitter list, including description and member count |
| GET [Get List Members](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-list-members/) | Retrieve a list of users who are members of a specified Twitter list |
| GET [Get List Tweets](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-list-tweets/) | Retrieve tweets published by members of a Twitter list |
| Community Endpoints |
| GET [Get Community Details](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-community-details/) | Retrieve information about a Twitter community |
| GET [Get Community Tweets](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-community-tweets/) | Retrieve tweets published by members of a Twitter community |
| GET [Get Community Members](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-community-members/) | Retrieve a list of users who are members of a specified Twitter community |
| GET [Search Community Tweets](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-community-search-results/) | Retrieve search results from Twitter community search |
| Spaces Endpoints |
| GET [Get Space Details](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-space-details/) | Retrieve information about a specific Twitter Space |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Social Actions |
| GET [Verify User Following](https://docs.socialdata.tools/social-actions/verify-user-following/) | Check if a specified user is following another user |
| GET [Verify User Retweeted](https://docs.socialdata.tools/social-actions/verify-user-retweeted/) | Check whether a user has retweeted a specific tweet |
| GET [Verify User Commented](https://docs.socialdata.tools/social-actions/verify-user-commented/) | Check if a user has replied to or commented on a particular tweet |