Marketing teams
Creator discovery
Favorable to scraping
Export Twitter profiles to CSV for shortlisted creators, founders, journalists, or community members, then filter by handle, bio language, and verification type.
Social Media$50Free
Twitter People Search Scraper for CSV Export
This Twitter people search scraper exports public X/Twitter profile details from a curated people-search list into a local CSV. Import the workflow into the UScraper local desktop app, replace the sample profile URLs, and collect names, handles, profile URLs, avatar links, bios, and verification type without building a Twitter scraper API integration.
Output
CSV
Columns
8
Input
URL list
Waits
Built in
API key
Not required
At a glance
Export Twitter profiles to CSV from a local workflow
X search pages can redirect unauthenticated sessions to login or onboarding, so this template uses a practical fallback: it starts from profile URLs you provide, waits for each public profile page to load, and exports the visible profile fields. That makes the workflow useful for people lists built from approved research, saved search previews, campaign targets, creator shortlists, or existing profile URL spreadsheets.
Profile fields in one row
Capture the query context, display name, handle, profile URL, avatar URL, bio text, and inferred verification type for each accessible profile page.
Multi-profile loop included
The Navigate block contains a URL array, and Loop Continue advances through every profile while Structured Export appends rows to the same CSV.
Local desktop execution
Your target URL list and CSV output stay in the desktop workflow unless you add your own cloud sync, upload, or sharing block.
No API setup
Use a browser session instead of managing developer access, API keys, user lookup quotas, or custom scripts for small research batches.
Who uses it
Use cases for Twitter profile scraping
Researchers
Public profile review
Favorable to scraping
Collect public profile metadata for a small, documented research set while keeping the source URL and original search context attached to every row.
Sales and partnerships
Lead triage
Favorable to scraping
Turn a hand-curated list of X profile URLs into a spreadsheet that can be reviewed, deduplicated, enriched, and passed into approved outreach tooling.
For adjacent social research, pair this workflow with the YouTube Channel Scraper, YouTube Video List Scraper, and Google Search Scraper. You can also browse the full UScraper template library or install the desktop app from UScraper download.
How to use
Configure the X/Twitter people scraper workflow
2
Replace the sample profiles
Open the Navigate block and replace the bundled X profile URLs with your approved people list. Keep one profile URL per loop input.
3
Use an authenticated browser profile
Sign in to X in the desktop browser session when your workflow requires access to normal profile pages. Stop if the site shows CAPTCHA, onboarding, or policy warnings.
4
Confirm the export path
Structured Export appends to twitter-people-search-scraper.csv with
headers. Change the save folder before running client, campaign, or
research-specific batches.
5
Run and verify
UScraper navigates, waits for the profile column, pauses briefly, exports the fields, and advances the loop. Spot-check names, handles, and bios before scaling.
Output preview
CSV columns produced by the Twitter data scraper
The export mirrors the workflow definition and keeps the people-search context beside each profile row. The sample below is illustrative; live output depends on what X exposes for the profile in your browser session.
| Query_Str | Query_URL | User_name | User_handle | User_URL | User_avatar_URL | User_bio | User_type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI | https://x.com/search?q=AI&src=typed_query | OpenAI | OpenAI | https://x.com/OpenAI | https://x.com/OpenAI/photo | Creating safe and beneficial AI. | Gold verified |
| AI | https://x.com/search?q=AI&src=typed_query | AI at Meta | AIatMeta | https://x.com/AIatMeta | https://x.com/AIatMeta/photo | Research, releases, and updates from Meta AI. | Gold verified |
| AI | https://x.com/search?q=AI&src=typed_query | xAI | xai_42 | https://x.com/xai_42 | https://x.com/xai_42/photo | Building AI to accelerate human scientific discovery. | Blue verified |
twitter-people-search-scraper.csvColumn
Query_Str
Search or list label associated with the current people batch.
Column
Query_URL
Original X search URL or source URL used for context.
Column
User_name
Profile display name from the page title or visible heading.
Column
User_handle
X handle parsed from the profile path or visible profile text.
Column
User_URL
Canonical profile URL for the captured handle.
Column
User_avatar_URL
Profile photo URL pattern for the captured handle.
Column
User_bio
Visible profile bio text, cleaned into one CSV field.
Column
User_type
Best-effort verification label, such as Blue verified, Gold verified, or not verified.
Sample rows
1 of many
| Query_Str | Query_URL | User_name | User_handle | User_URL | User_avatar_URL | User_bio | User_type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI | OpenAI | OpenAI | Creating safe and beneficial AI. | Gold verified |
Headers included - each accessible X profile URL appends one row
Frequently asked questions
X/Twitter profile pages may be publicly visible, but automated collection can still be limited by platform terms, privacy law, robots directives, copyright, and local regulations. Use this template only for approved research, avoid bypassing login gates or access controls, and get legal review before using profile data commercially.
Before you run
Practical limits and maintenance notes
Operational guardrails for X/Twitter profile exports
Rate limits
Avoid aggressive repeated runs
X may show login, CAPTCHA, onboarding, or rate-limit screens when traffic looks unusual. Keep batches modest, avoid parallel profile loops, and pause when page loads stop matching normal profile pages.
Layout drift
Profile markup can change
Missing bios, blank names, or incorrect verification labels usually mean the profile is gated, the account changed, or X adjusted page markup. Re-test the export block before relying on a larger batch.
Policy
Use an approved access path
For sanctioned production data access, compare X developer documentation and account permissions. Use desktop scraping only when it fits your legal, privacy, and platform-compliance review.
Download the free template JSON and run a short test whenever you need to export Twitter profiles into a structured local CSV for review.
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What's Included
- Template JSON file ready to import
- Pre-configured scraping nodes
- Works with UScraper desktop app
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