Top 7 Services for Extracting X(twitter) Profile Data

Unlike the numeric ID, the username can be found directly in the X interface. It is displayed under the avatar, next to the display name, and is used in the profile URL. If you forgot your handle, you can:

1. Check old emails from X—your username is often included in notifications.
2. Go to your personal profile, where it is displayed under the avatar.
3. Download your X archive, which contains the history of name changes and past handles.

Knowing your current and previous usernames can be useful for account recovery, tracking changes, or account verification.

The request you are (were) looking for is: GET https://api.twitter.com/1/users/lookup.json?screen_name=somename

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{
"name": "Twitter API",
"profile_sidebar_border_color": "87bc44",
"profile_background_tile": false,
"profile_sidebar_fill_color": "e0ff92",
"location": "San Francisco, CA",
"profile_image_url": "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/689684365/api_normal.png",
"created_at": "Wed May 23 06:01:13 +0000 2007",
"profile_link_color": "0000ff",
"favourites_count": 2,
"url": "http://apiwiki.twitter.com",
"contributors_enabled": true,
"utc_offset": -28800,
"id": 6253282,
"profile_use_background_image": true,
"profile_text_color": "000000",
"protected": false,
"followers_count": 160752,
"lang": "en",
"verified": true,
"profile_background_color": "c1dfee",
"geo_enabled": true,
"notifications": false,
"description": "The Real Twitter API. I tweet about API changes, service issues and appily answer questions about
Twitter and our API. Don't get an answer? It's on my website.",
"time_zone": "Pacific Time (US & Canada)",
"friends_count": 19,
"statuses_count": 1858,
"profile_background_image_url":
"http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/59931895/twitterapi-background-new.png",
"status": {
"coordinates": null,
"favorited": false,
"created_at": "Tue Jun 22 16:53:28 +0000 2010",
"truncated": false,
"text": "@Demonicpagan possible some part of your signature generation is incorrect & fails for real reasons..
follow up on the list if you suspect",
"contributors": null,
"id": 16783999399,
"geo": null,
"in_reply_to_user_id": 6339722,
"place": null,
"in_reply_to_screen_name": "Demonicpagan",
"in_reply_to_status_id": 16781827477
},
"screen_name": "twitterapi",
"following": false
},{"name": "Twitter",
"profile_sidebar_border_color": "EEEEEE",
"profile_background_tile": false,
"profile_sidebar_fill_color": "F6F6F6",
"location": "San Francisco, CA",
"profile_image_url": "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/878669694/twitter_bird_normal.jpg",
"created_at": "Tue Feb 20 14:35:54 +0000 2007",
"profile_link_color": "038543",
"favourites_count": 2,
"url": "http://twitter.com",
"contributors_enabled": true,
"utc_offset": -28800,
"id": 783214,
"profile_use_background_image": true,
"profile_text_color": "333333",
"protected": false,
"followers_count": 3305606,
"lang": "en",
"verified": true,
"profile_background_color": "ACDED6",
"geo_enabled": true,
"notifications": false,
"description": "Always wondering what's happening. ",
"time_zone": "Pacific Time (US & Canada)",
"friends_count": 257,
"statuses_count": 774,
"profile_background_image_url": "http://s.twimg.com/a/1276896641/images/themes/theme18/bg.gif",
"status": {
"coordinates": null,
"favorited": false,
"created_at": "Tue Jun 22 16:40:19 +0000 2010",
"truncated": false,
"text": "9 cool things to do with your Twitter account (via @pastemagazine) http://example.com",
"contributors": [
16739704
],
"id": 16783169544,
"geo": null,
"in_reply_to_user_id": null,
"place": null,
"source": "web",
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"in_reply_to_status_id": null
},
"screen_name": "twitter",
"following": false
}]

The account identifier cannot be hidden, but you can minimize the likelihood of it being linked to your real identity. X provides several privacy settings for this:

• Disable search by phone and email—in privacy settings, you can uncheck the boxes that allow others to find you by contacts.
• Create a separate account—use a different email and a random @handle with no hint of your identity.

You should also avoid using photos that reveal your identity and duplicating content between public and private accounts. The "Protect your Tweets" setting makes your account private: only approved followers will see your posts.

With a comprehensive approach, you can effectively maintain anonymity without sacrificing platform functionality. However, complete anonymity on X is more of an illusion than an achievable goal.