scraping-twitter-list-members

Scraping Twitter List Members

Exports all member profiles from any public Twitter/X list. Useful for curated industry lists, competitor watchlists, or pre-built audiences.

Prerequisites

• APIFY_TOKEN environment variable set
• Optional: Apify MCP server installed

Inputs

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Notes
startUrls	array	Optional	[]	Twitter list URLs (e.g. https://x.com/i/lists/12345)
listIds	array	Optional	[]	Twitter list IDs
maxItems	number	Optional	Unlimited	Maximum tweets to return
customMapFunction	string	Optional	—	JavaScript function to transform each output object

Workflow

Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: Validate list URL
- [ ] Step 2: Run twitter-list-scraper
- [ ] Step 3: Poll for SUCCEEDED
- [ ] Step 4: Deliver member dataset

Step 2: Run the Actor

Recommended — run_actor.js (handles waiting, output, and file saving automatically):

# Quick answer (prints table to chat)
node scripts/run_actor.js \
  --actor "apidojo~twitter-list-scraper" \
  --input '{"param": "value"}'

# Save as CSV
node scripts/run_actor.js \
  --actor "apidojo~twitter-list-scraper" \
  --input '{"param": "value"}' \
  --output YYYY-MM-DD_results.csv --format csv

# Save as JSON
node scripts/run_actor.js \
  --actor "apidojo~twitter-list-scraper" \
  --input '{"param": "value"}' \
  --output YYYY-MM-DD_results.json --format json

APIFY_TOKEN must be set in environment or .env file.

If Apify MCP is available:

Tool: apify:run-actor
Actor: "apidojo~twitter-list-scraper"
Input:
{
  "listUrl": "https://twitter.com/i/lists/<LIST_ID>",
  "maxItems": 500
}

REST API fallback:

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apidojo~twitter-list-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listUrl": "https://twitter.com/i/lists/<LIST_ID>"}'

Save id as RUN_ID. Poll until status = SUCCEEDED:

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/actor-runs/$RUN_ID?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" | grep '"status"'

Fetch results:

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/actor-runs/$RUN_ID/dataset/items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN&format=json"

Step 3: Handle Edge Cases

• Private list: Actor returns 0 results — inform user the list is not publicly accessible.
• List deleted or moved: Validate URL returns 200 before running actor.
• Very large lists (> 5000 members): May timeout — use maxItems: 2000 and paginate.

Output Format

# Twitter List Members: <list name>
List URL: <url> | Members collected: N

| Username | Display Name | Followers | Bio (truncated) | Location | Verified |
|----------|-------------|-----------|-----------------|----------|----------|
| ...      | ...         | ...       | ...             | ...      | ...      |

Troubleshooting

0 results: List is private or URL is malformed. Verify the list is public. Partial results: Large lists may be rate-limited — retry with smaller maxItems.