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latestOpenAPI 3.0.32026-07-213841124.9 KBTechnical Endpoints
Username to User ID
Returns the unique Twitter/X user ID for a given username. You provide the username, and the endpoint returns the corresponding stable user ID.
Use cases:
Developers converting usernames into IDs before making other API requests; SaaS platforms normalizing user identifiers in databases; analytics tools storing stable IDs instead of usernames; automation systems resolving usernames to internal identifiers; data pipelines preparing consistent user references for further processing.
get/username-to-id/{user_handle}
Path parameters
user_handlestring required
user_handle required
Response
OK
Example response
{
"id": "1"
}