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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. paulhennell/twitter-account-info AbandonedArchivedLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) paulhennell/twitter-account-info ================================ A package to get basic account info like follower count number for a twitter account without requiring a twitter API login. v1.0.0(3y ago)0301MITHTMLPHP ^8.1 Since Oct 12Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/paulhennell/twitter-account-info)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/paulhennell/twitter-account-info)[ Docs](https://github.com/paulhennell/twitter-account-info)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/paulhennell)[ RSS](/packages/paulhennell-twitter-account-info/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced today READMEChangelog (2)Dependencies (10)Versions (5)Used By (0) A package to get basic account info for a Twitter account without requiring a Twitter API login. ================================================================================================ [](#a-package-to-get-basic-account-info-for-a-twitter-account-without-requiring-a-twitter-api-login) [![Latest Version on Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/76d1fdbd8f4e77860b2776a87c1f87135fb5af8bdd812218ba8a59af44793bad/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f7061756c68656e6e656c6c2f747769747465722d6163636f756e742d696e666f2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/paulhennell/twitter-account-info)[![Tests](https://github.com/paulhennell/twitter-account-info/actions/workflows/run-tests.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/paulhennell/twitter-account-info/actions/workflows/run-tests.yml)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/34c6083952e7ada3836ceb1552c99d66d95e70e6f60f86b5ef9dee36c19a59fb/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f7061756c68656e6e656c6c2f747769747465722d6163636f756e742d696e666f2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/paulhennell/twitter-account-info) This is a basic package to get the number of followers and other basic account info from Twitter without the complications of the official Twitter API. As a non-official project it should not be considered totally reliable, and as of v1.0 this relies on a Nitter instance, so if they all break, this will too. Abandoned ========= [](#abandoned) With twitter cracking down on API and scraping systems, the nitter workaround is so unreliable this package has become unusuable. Installation ------------ [](#installation) You can install the package via composer: ``` composer require paulhennell/twitter-account-info ``` You may require a Http Client library if you don't have one in your project. [See here for more](https://docs.php-http.org/en/latest/httplug/users.html). For a fast fix you can simply install guzzle first like so: ``` composer require guzzlehttp/psr7 ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) You use the system by passing in a twitter username ``` $accountInfo = (new Paulhennell\TwitterAccountInfo())->getFromUsername("hennell_dev"); echo $accountInfo->followers_count; echo $accountInfo->tweet_count; //etc ``` If your HTTP Client isn't automatically discovered you can pass it into the constructor: ``` $accountInfo = (new Paulhennell\TwitterAccountInfo($httpClient))->getFromUsername("hennell_dev"); ``` ### Nitter [](#nitter) As of V1.0 this package relies on scraping the alternative twitter front end [Nitter](https://github.com/zedeus/nitter). Nitter has multiple instances and by default this package will randomly use one of four (see: RandomNitterUrl class). To specify a specific instance you can pass a url string in with the username: ``` $accountInfo = (new Paulhennell\TwitterAccountInfo())->getFromUsername("hennell_dev", "https://nitter.net"); ``` For more advance use (like random selection, or running an uptime check to pick a currently working nitter site) you can pass in any class that implements `NitterUrlInterface` - which simply needs to return a url string from a static method `getUrl`. You can find a helpful list of possible nitter instances [here](https://github.com/xnaas/nitter-instances) Testing ------- [](#testing) ``` composer test ``` For client packages be sure to avoid running tests that would execute a web request. Use Mockery to fake the Twitter AccountInfo class and return a manually created AccountInfo object. Changelog --------- [](#changelog) Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently. Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) Please see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/spatie/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details. Credits ------- [](#credits) - [Paul Hennell](https://github.com/paulhennell) License ------- [](#license) The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information. ### Health Score 27 — LowBetter than 47% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity8 Limited adoption so far Community11 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity59 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~139 days Total 2 Last Release 1220d ago Major Versions v0.5.0-alpha → v1.0.02023-02-28 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/332085?v=4)[Bill Hennell](/maintainers/hennell)[@hennell](https://github.com/hennell) --- Top Contributors [![paulhennell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4799852?v=4)](https://github.com/paulhennell "paulhennell (9 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (5 commits)")[![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4)](https://github.com/github-actions[bot] "github-actions[bot] (5 commits)") --- Tags paulhennelltwitter-account-info ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Code StylePHP CS Fixer ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/paulhennell-twitter-account-info/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/paulhennell-twitter-account-info/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/paulhennell-twitter-account-info) ``` ### Alternatives [razorpay/ifsc Razorpay IFSC Codes Library 385205.4k](/packages/razorpay-ifsc)[sylius/sylius E-Commerce platform for PHP, based on Symfony framework. 8.5k5.9M734](/packages/sylius-sylius)[florianv/exchanger PHP exchange rate provider layer for currency conversion: 30+ services, chain fallback, and caching. 1865.0M20](/packages/florianv-exchanger)[mcp/sdk Model Context Protocol SDK for Client and Server applications in PHP 1.5k1.5M86](/packages/mcp-sdk)[anthropic-ai/sdk Anthropic PHP SDK 163583.3k16](/packages/anthropic-ai-sdk)[telnyx/telnyx-php Official Telnyx PHP SDK — APIs for Voice, SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, Fax, SIP Trunking, Wireless IoT, Call Control, and more. 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