---
title: "Get Twitter User Highlights - API Reference"
description: "Retrieve a Twitter/X user's highlighted tweets. Flat-rate $0.0002 per tweet, flexible rate limits and no overpriced subscription plans."
source: "https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-user-highlights/"
---

Returns an array of tweets from the user’s Highlights tab. Typically Twitter returns ~20 results per page. You can request additional results by sending another request to the same endpoint using the `cursor` parameter.

GET https://api.socialdata.tools/twitter/user/{user\_id}/highlights?cursor={cursor}

## Headers

**Authorization** `string` — required

Authorization Bearer header containing your SocialData API key

Example: Bearer YOUR\_API\_KEY

## Path Parameters

**user\_id** `integer` — required

The numeric ID of the desired user.

Example: 1729591119699124560

## Query Parameters

**cursor** `string` — optional

Cursor value obtained from the next\_cursor response property. Omit this value to retrieve the first page. Always remember to urlencode the value.

Example: DAACCgACGC12FhmAJxAKAAMYLXYWGX\_Y8AgABAAAAAILAAUAAADoRW1QQzZ3QUFBZlEvZ0d...

> **Caution**
> 
> When using languages where the `user_id` value exceeds the default Integer type limit (e.g., JavaScript), you should store `user_id` as a String. Use the `id_str` property returned by the API for these values

## Code Examples

#### curl

```shellscript
curl "https://api.socialdata.tools/twitter/user/44196397/highlights" \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer API_KEY' \
    -H 'Accept: application/json'
```

#### JavaScript

```js
const userId = '44196397';
const API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE';

fetch(`https://api.socialdata.tools/twitter/user/${userId}/highlights`, {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'Authorization': `Bearer ${API_KEY}`,
        'Accept': 'application/json'
    }
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(response => console.log(response))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
```

#### Python

```python
import requests

userId = '44196397'
API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

url = f'https://api.socialdata.tools/twitter/user/{userId}/highlights'

headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {API_KEY}',
    'Accept': 'application/json'
}

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)
```

#### PHP

```php
$userId = '44196397';
$API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE';

$url = "https://api.socialdata.tools/twitter/user/{$userId}/highlights";

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_URL => $url,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY",
        "Accept: application/json"
    ]
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
print_r($data);

curl_close($ch);
```

## Example Responses

#### 200

```json
{
    "next_cursor": "DAACCgACGC12FhmAJxAKAAMYLXYWGX_Y8AgABAAAAAILAAUAAADoRW1QQzZ3QUFBZlEvZ0dKTjB2R3AvQUFBQUJNWUxTNkQyQmFoUXhndFRReS9Ga0NOR0MwZG9yS1hzU2NZTFFwYm0xY1I0aGd0YmhZc1drQ3FHQzBjUXNSV1lSZ1lMVml5V3BxQU9CZ3RMbUhUV2tDb0dDMVFuVW1YMEFzWUxKYURhOVpob3hndFZtaklGakNNR0MxWGdlT1dZSE1ZTFRYNFNwZUEraGd0Y2h2bEYxRkxHQzFNMi83V1VGc1lMTTZwemhZQWt4Z3RWMkJKbDNGN0dDMWFGTXBYUUY4WUxUUERuRlp3UVE9PQgABgAAAAAIAAcAAAAADAAICgABGCyWg2vWYaMAAAA",
    "tweets": [
        {
      "tweet_created_at": "2024-05-15T22:33:29.000000Z",
      "id": 1790873164374810919,
      "id_str": "1790873164374810919",
      "text": null,
      "full_text": "https:\/\/t.co\/mS960WQX4Y",
      "source": "<a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter Web App<\/a>",
      "truncated": false,
      "in_reply_to_status_id": null,
      "in_reply_to_status_id_str": null,
      "in_reply_to_user_id": null,
      "in_reply_to_user_id_str": null,
      "in_reply_to_screen_name": null,
      "user": {
        "id": 783214,
        "id_str": "783214",
        "name": "X",
        "screen_name": "X",
        "location": "everywhere",
        "url": "https:\/\/about.x.com\/",
        "description": "what's happening?!",
        "protected": false,
        "verified": true,
        "followers_count": 67739714,
        "friends_count": 0,
        "listed_count": 88755,
        "favourites_count": 5892,
        "statuses_count": 15327,
        "created_at": "2007-02-20T14:35:54.000000Z",
        "profile_banner_url": "https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_banners\/783214\/1690175171",
        "profile_image_url_https": "https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1683899100922511378\/5lY42eHs_normal.jpg",
        "can_dm": false
      }
    },
    // ...
    ]
}
```

#### 402

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

#### 404

```json
{
    "status": "error",
    "message": "User not found"
}
```

#### 500

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

## Response Codes

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

## Related endpoints

-   [Get user tweets & replies](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-user-tweets-replies/)
-   [Get user mentions](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-user-mentions/)
-   [Get user likes](https://docs.socialdata.tools/reference/get-user-likes/)

## Before you integrate

-   [Authentication](https://docs.socialdata.tools/getting-started/authentication/)
-   [Rate limits](https://docs.socialdata.tools/getting-started/rate-limits/)
-   [Errors](https://docs.socialdata.tools/getting-started/errors/)
-   [Pricing](https://docs.socialdata.tools/getting-started/pricing/)