X (Twitter) Verified Followers Scraper

X (Twitter)

Operated by Sourcelane✓ verified

A scraper that extracts only verified (blue-check) followers of any X/Twitter profile, returning newest-first follower records and rich profile metadata for each verified account. Technical capabilities include filtering to verified accounts only, newest-first ordering, extraction of profile identifiers and handles, display names, bios and locations, follower and following counts, tweet/media/likes counts, verification type, DM availability, account creation date, and profile and cover image URLs; the connector supports cursor-based pagination to capture large verified audiences across multiple runs.

Verified Sep 28, 3:56 AM

$0.0025

per profile

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

What people use it for

Influencer vetting — measure how many verified accounts follow a creator before partnering
High-value lead generation — identify established accounts and businesses for outreach
Blue-check audience analysis — analyze the premium segment of any profile's audience
Social proof research — find notable verified accounts following you or competitors
Competitive analysis — compare verified audiences of accounts within a niche

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-verified-followers-scraper","params":{"username":"elonmusk","maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'

Request params

Field	Type	Required	Description
`username`	string	required	X (Twitter) username whose verified followers you want to extract, with or without the @.
`maxItems`	integer	optional	Maximum verified followers to return. Set 0 for unlimited. Capped at 100 per call.
`pageId`	string	optional	Optional. Cursor from a previous run to resume. Paste NEXT_PAGE_ID from the previous run's Key-value store.

Each result contains

Field	Type	Description
`auditedUsername`	string	Audited Username
`auditedUserId`	string	Audited User Id
`username`	string	Username
`userId`	string	User Id
`name`	string	Name
`description`	null	Description
`location`	null	Location
`isBlueVerified`	boolean	Is Blue Verified
`verifiedType`	null	Verified Type
`followersCount`	integer	Followers Count
`followingCount`	integer	Following Count
`tweetsCount`	integer	Tweets Count
`mediaCount`	integer	—
`likesCount`	integer	—
`canDm`	boolean	—
`createdAt`	string	—
`profilePicture`	string	—
`coverPicture`	null	—
`profileUrl`	string	—

Use X (Twitter) Verified Followers Scraper 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-verified-followers-scraper","params":{"username":"elonmusk","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-verified-followers-scraper",
        "params": {"username":"elonmusk","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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