Get an X user's profile by user id API
One call returns one full user profile by user id. The answer is a single account in data; there is no cursor.
1 live route on X, from $0.00019 per call. Every route below answered our last live test on 2026-10-06; the gateway re-tests them daily.
Price per call, by route
The upstream price you are metered at, cheapest first. A route without a published price says so.
| Provider | Endpoint | Price |
|---|---|---|
twitter-api47RapidAPI listing | By User IDGET v3/user/by-id | $0.00019$0.19 / 1k calls |
What it returns
From a real call to the route: twitter-api47.
One call returns one full user profile by user id. The answer is a single account in data; there is no cursor.
data.iduser iddata.usernamehandledata.namedisplay namedata.biobiodata.followerCountfollower countdata.followingCountfollowing countdata.tweetCounttweet countdata.createdAtaccount creation timedata.isBlueVerifiedpaid-verified flagCall it
HTTP with your key in x-api-key, or the call_endpoint tool of our MCP server.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| userId | string · query | required | default 44196397 |
HTTP
curl "https://fetchapi.co/api/gw/rapidapi-twitter-api47/v3/user/by-id?userId=44196397" \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"
MCP
call_endpoint("rapidapi-twitter-api47.by_user_id", {"userId": "44196397"})Real example answer (trimmed) · 2026-10-03
{
"data": {
"id": "44196397",
"bio": "https://t.co/ZdBx5WABYx",
"name": "Elon Musk",
"avatar": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2103567689515954176/aR-Kjpp4_normal.jpg",
"banner": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/44196397/1774145451/1500x500",
"website": null,
"location": null,
"username": "elonmusk",
"verified": false,
"createdAt": "2009-06-02T20:12:29.000Z",
"mediaCount": 4728,
"tweetCount": 109417,
"isProtected": false,
"listedCount": 170752,
"…": "24 more fields"
}
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One key for every API on this page.
Call it over HTTP or from any MCP client. Each key has a rate limit and a monthly cap; calls are metered at the upstream price.