Twitter Get FollowingsIds

Scrapes the user IDs of accounts a specific Twitter user follows. This Actor takes a Twitter username as input, navigates to their following page, and extracts the unique IDs of each followed account. It's built on Apify's platform for reliable, scalable data extraction.

Key Features

• Targeted Data Extraction: Fetches the Twitter user IDs from a user's "Following" list.
• Built on Apify SDK: Utilizes the Apify SDK for robust Actor development, scheduling, and result storage.
• Structured Output: Stores the scraped user ID data in an Apify Dataset for easy access and integration.
• Core Tech Stack:
  • Axios Client: For making HTTP requests to fetch the Twitter page.
  • Cheerio: For parsing and extracting data from the page HTML.
• Input Schema: Uses a defined input schema to validate configuration, such as the target Twitter username.

How to Use

1. Configure Input: Provide the target Twitter username via the Actor's input settings.
2. Run the Actor: Start the Actor run from the Apify Console, via API, or through an integrated platform like Zapier.
3. Retrieve Results: Access the scraped list of following IDs from the Actor's output Dataset. Each record contains a user ID.

The process flow is:
1. The Actor receives the input (Twitter username).
2. It constructs the URL for the user's "Following" page and fetches the HTML using Axios.
3. Cheerio parses the page to locate and extract the account IDs.
4. Extracted IDs are pushed to the Dataset as structured data.

Input/Output

Input
The primary required input is:
- username: The Twitter handle (without the '@') of the user whose followings you want to scrape.

Output
The Actor outputs data to an Apify Dataset. Each item typically contains:
- userId: The unique identifier for a followed account.

You can access the results via the Apify Console, or by using the Apify API to fetch data from the Dataset.

Resources & Development

• Documentation: Apify Platform documentation
• SDK Reference: Apify SDK for JavaScript documentation
• Community: Join our developer community on Discord

For Local Development:
You can pull this Actor for local development using the Apify CLI:

# Install the CLI
npm -g install apify-cli

# Pull the Actor using its unique name or ID
apify pull <ActorId>

Find the Actor's unique name or ID on its page in the Apify Console.