X (Twitter) Account Origin Checker

X (Twitter)

Operated by Sourcelane✓ verified

A bulk account metadata extractor for X (Twitter) that pulls the platform's "About this account" provenance signals for many handles at once without login or cookies. It collects the country X reports the account operates from, account creation date and computed age (including a new-account flag for accounts under 90 days), signup source and normalized platform (App Store / Google Play / Web), username change counts and frequency flags, declared organizational affiliation and badge details, verification status types and the date verification began, accuracy indicators for country and location, protected status, display name and user identifier, and profile image and URL. The connector normalizes these origin/history signals into per-account records and marks accounts with provenance-related flags useful for large-scale analysis, automated screening, and OSINT workflows.

Verified Sep 28, 3:55 AM

$0.005

per account

Up to 100 per call. Only pay for results returned; failed calls are refunded.

What people use it for

Bot and troll-farm detection: find accounts claiming local presence but based elsewhere, recently created, or with repeated name changes
Foreign-influence and disinformation research: map countries behind accounts promoting a narrative or hashtag
Brand safety and influencer vetting: confirm a creator's reported location and account history before partnerships
Fraud, impersonation, and KYC checks: identify recently created or frequently renamed accounts imitating a brand or executive
Journalism and OSINT: verify provenance of accounts behind viral claims
Community moderation: screen new members or applicants for provenance and history red flags at scale

Trust & reliability

7d uptime trend

Window	Uptime	Success rate	p50	p95
24h	—	—	—	—
7d	—	—	—	—
30d	—	—	—	—

Calling contract

Call it through Sourcelane's gateway or MCP server. We run the connector, apply your agent's spend guardrails, and bill only the results returned.

Call it via Sourcelane

curl -X POST https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listing":"x-account-origin-checker","params":{"maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'

Request params

Field	Type	Required	Description
`maxItems`	integer	optional	Stop after this many accounts. Set 0 to check every username provided. Capped at 100 per call.
`concurrency`	integer	optional	How many lookups to run in parallel (1-10).

Each result contains

Field	Type	Description
`username`	string	Username
`userId`	string	User Id
`name`	string	Name
`accountBasedIn`	string	Account Based In
`countryAccurate`	boolean	Country Accurate
`locationAccurate`	boolean	Location Accurate
`signupSource`	string	Signup Source
`signupPlatform`	string	Signup Platform
`createdAt`	string	Created At
`accountAgeDays`	integer	Account Age Days
`accountAgeYears`	number	Account Age Years
`isNewAccount`	boolean	Is New Account
`usernameChangeCount`	integer	—
`hasChangedUsername`	boolean	—
`affiliateUsername`	null	—
`affiliateLabel`	null	—
`affiliateLabelType`	null	—
`affiliateBadgeUrl`	null	—
`isBlueVerified`	boolean	—
`isLegacyVerified`	boolean	—
`isIdentityVerified`	boolean	—
`verifiedSince`	string	—
`isProtected`	boolean	—
`profilePicture`	string	—
`profileUrl`	string	—
`flags`	array	—

Use X (Twitter) Account Origin Checker from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Pick your tool and connect in under a minute. Then just ask — for example: “Find the 50 most-liked tweets about 'MCP servers' this month and summarise the takes.”

Connect Claude

Web, desktop and mobile. Paste one URL.

1Copy your personal connector URL
2In Claude open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
3Paste the URL and click Add — done

Manual setup (config files, REST, Python) +

Claude Code

Adds the Sourcelane MCP server with your key as a header.

terminal

claude mcp add --transport http sourcelane https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"

Claude Desktop (config file)

Alternative to the connector URL: add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude.

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor & Windsurf

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or Windsurf's mcp_config.json).

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "url": "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Save as .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code prompts for your key once.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:sourcelane-key}"
      }
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sourcelane-key",
      "description": "Sourcelane agent key",
      "password": true
    }
  ]
}

ChatGPT Custom GPT (Actions)

Create a GPT → Actions → Import from URL, then Authentication: API Key, Bearer.

OpenAPI schema URL

https://usesourcelane.com/openapi.json

REST

One POST. Pass maxResults to cap cost.

curl

curl -X POST https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listing":"x-account-origin-checker","params":{"maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'

Python, LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK…

Wrap the REST call as a tool, or point an MCP client at the endpoint.

python

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"},
    json={
        "listing": "x-account-origin-checker",
        "params": {"maxItems":5},
        "maxResults": 10,
    },
    timeout=300,
)
body = res.json()
print(body["receipt"]["chargedMicros"], "micro-USD for", body["receipt"]["results"], "results")
print(body["data"])

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