Overview The user command fetches and displays a Twitter user’s profile information, including their bio, follower counts, verification status, and account statistics.
Syntax twitter user SCREEN_NAME [OPTIONS]
Arguments The Twitter username (handle) to look up. You can include or omit the @ symbol. Examples: elonmusk, @elonmusk
Options Output the user profile as JSON instead of formatted display.
Examples Basic usage
JSON output
Parse with jq
# View a user's profile twitter user elonmusk twitter user @elonmusk
Output The command displays comprehensive profile information:
Display name and username
Bio/description
Location and website
Join date
Follower and following counts
Tweet count
Verification status
Profile and banner images
Example Output 🔐 Getting Twitter cookies... 👤 Fetching user @elonmusk... ╔══════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Elon Musk ║ ║ @elonmusk ║ ║ ✓ Verified ║ ╠══════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ CEO of Tesla and SpaceX ║ ║ ║ ║ 📍 Texas ║ ║ 🔗 tesla.com ║ ║ 📅 Joined June 2009 ║ ╠══════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ 👥 Followers: 169.2M ║ ║ 👤 Following: 523 ║ ║ 📝 Tweets: 38.4K ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════╝
JSON Output Structure { "id" : "44196397" , "screen_name" : "elonmusk" , "name" : "Elon Musk" , "description" : "CEO of Tesla and SpaceX" , "location" : "Texas" , "url" : "https://tesla.com" , "followers_count" : 169200000 , "following_count" : 523 , "tweet_count" : 38400 , "verified" : true , "created_at" : "2009-06-02T20:12:29.000Z" , "profile_image_url" : "https://..." , "profile_banner_url" : "https://..." }
The @ symbol is optional when specifying usernames. Both twitter user elonmusk and twitter user @elonmusk work identically.
Use the JSON output with jq to monitor account growth or extract specific information: # Track follower count twitter user elonmusk --json | jq '.followers_count' # Get account creation date twitter user elonmusk --json | jq '.created_at'
For more detailed user information, use these related commands:
user-posts - View tweets from a usertwitter user-posts elonmusk
likes - View tweets liked by a user
followers - List a user’s followerstwitter followers elonmusk
following - List accounts a user followstwitter following elonmusk
Use Cases
Profile research - Gather information about Twitter accountsVerification checking - Confirm account authenticityNetwork analysis - Collect follower/following statisticsAccount monitoring - Track changes in profile data over time
search - Search for tweetsfeed - View your timelinetweet - View a specific tweet 