GET
/
2
/
users
/
search
User search
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.twitter.com/2/users/search \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "data": [
    {
      "created_at": "2013-12-14T04:35:55Z",
      "id": "2244994945",
      "name": "X Dev",
      "protected": false,
      "username": "TwitterDev"
    }
  ],
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "<string>",
      "status": 123,
      "title": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "includes": {
    "media": [
      {
        "height": 1,
        "media_key": "<string>",
        "type": "<string>",
        "width": 1
      }
    ],
    "places": [
      {
        "contained_within": [
          "f7eb2fa2fea288b1"
        ],
        "country": "United States",
        "country_code": "US",
        "full_name": "Lakewood, CO",
        "geo": {
          "bbox": [
            -105.193475,
            39.60973,
            -105.053164,
            39.761974
          ],
          "geometry": {
            "coordinates": [
              -105.18816086351444,
              40.247749999999996
            ],
            "type": "Point"
          },
          "properties": {},
          "type": "Feature"
        },
        "id": "f7eb2fa2fea288b1",
        "name": "Lakewood",
        "place_type": "city"
      }
    ],
    "polls": [
      {
        "duration_minutes": 5042,
        "end_datetime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "id": "1365059861688410112",
        "options": [
          {
            "label": "<string>",
            "position": 123,
            "votes": 123
          }
        ],
        "voting_status": "open"
      }
    ],
    "topics": [
      {
        "description": "All about technology",
        "id": "<string>",
        "name": "Technology"
      }
    ],
    "tweets": [
      {
        "author_id": "2244994945",
        "created_at": "Wed Jan 06 18:40:40 +0000 2021",
        "id": "1346889436626259968",
        "text": "Learn how to use the user Tweet timeline and user mention timeline endpoints in the X API v2 to explore Tweet\\u2026 https:\\/\\/t.co\\/56a0vZUx7i",
        "username": "XDevelopers"
      }
    ],
    "users": [
      {
        "created_at": "2013-12-14T04:35:55Z",
        "id": "2244994945",
        "name": "X Dev",
        "protected": false,
        "username": "TwitterDev"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "next_token": "<string>",
    "previous_token": "<string>"
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.

Query Parameters

​
query
string
required

TThe the query string by which to query for users.

​
max_results
integer
default:100

The maximum number of results.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 1000
​
next_token
string

This parameter is used to get the next 'page' of results. The value used with the parameter is pulled directly from the response provided by the API, and should not be modified.

Minimum length: 1
​
user.fields
enum<string>[]

A comma separated list of User fields to display.

Minimum length: 1
Example:
[
  "affiliation",
  "confirmed_email",
  "connection_status",
  "created_at",
  "description",
  "entities",
  "id",
  "is_identity_verified",
  "location",
  "most_recent_tweet_id",
  "name",
  "parody",
  "pinned_tweet_id",
  "profile_banner_url",
  "profile_image_url",
  "protected",
  "public_metrics",
  "receives_your_dm",
  "subscription",
  "subscription_type",
  "url",
  "username",
  "verified",
  "verified_followers_count",
  "verified_type",
  "withheld"
]
​
expansions
enum<string>[]

A comma separated list of fields to expand.

Minimum length: 1
Example:
[
  "affiliation.user_id",
  "most_recent_tweet_id",
  "pinned_tweet_id"
]
​
tweet.fields
enum<string>[]

A comma separated list of Tweet fields to display.

Minimum length: 1
Example:
[
  "article",
  "attachments",
  "author_id",
  "card_uri",
  "community_id",
  "context_annotations",
  "conversation_id",
  "created_at",
  "display_text_range",
  "edit_controls",
  "edit_history_tweet_ids",
  "entities",
  "geo",
  "id",
  "in_reply_to_user_id",
  "lang",
  "media_metadata",
  "non_public_metrics",
  "note_tweet",
  "organic_metrics",
  "possibly_sensitive",
  "promoted_metrics",
  "public_metrics",
  "referenced_tweets",
  "reply_settings",
  "scopes",
  "source",
  "text",
  "withheld"
]

Response

200
application/json

The request has succeeded.

The response is of type object.