How to get UserID from Username

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2024! X / Twitter API scrapper with authorization support. Allows you to scrape search results, User's profiles (followers/following), Tweets (favoriters/retweeters) and more.

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How to get UserID from Username #139

Closed BrokedTV closed 8 months ago

BrokedTV commented 8 months ago

Most actions require the userID, how do i obtain it from a given username?

BrokedTV commented 8 months ago

I realized it's

api.user_by_login(user_login)

I would suggest renaming it to api.user_by_username()

which is more intiutive