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Easy Twitter scraping with twitter-scraper-selenium

Scrape Twitter front-end with this Python package. For founders needing Twitter data.

From the repo · “Python's package to scrap Twitter's front-end easily ”

intermediate⏱ 30 minutes💵 Free
346 stars55 forksPythonGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Jun 29Updated 8/17/2026100% free · open source
What it is

Use this Python tool to extract data from Twitter's webpage easily.

Real use case example

"A solo developer wants to research their competitors on Twitter. They use this tool to extract profile information, such as follower counts and tweet history, and then visualize the data in a Google Sheets chart to spot trends and areas for improvement."

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When to use it
  • •You need to collect Twitter data for market research or social media monitoring.
  • •You want to track Twitter trends, hashtags, or user interactions for your startup.
  • •You require Twitter data for training machine learning models or data analysis.
Ready-to-paste prompt
scraper = TwitterScraper(); tweets = scraper.get_tweets('#startup', 100)
Heads up: Make sure you have the correct version of Selenium webdriver installed and configured, as TwitterScraperSelenium relies on it to interact with Twitter's front-end.
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mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/twitter-scraper-selenium && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/twitter-scraper-selenium/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/twitter-scraper-selenium/SKILL.md
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How Easy Twitter scraping with twitter-scraper-selenium works
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Free to inspect

Easy Twitter scraping with twitter-scraper-selenium is a small Python project (~2.2k lines across 15 code files, plus 2 test files). Setup is light: installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional. Last commit 2 months ago, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size
Small codebase
~2.2k lines · 15 code files · 19 min skim
Setup
One-command install
Installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional.
Runs on
Python
No API keys detected
Python 100%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    twitter_scraper_selenium/__init__.py
    Inside twitter_scraper_selenium/ — the main logic begins here
What's in each folder
twitter_scraper_selenium/Core code — the actual logic15 files
img/Images & static assets2 files
tests/Tests — proof it works2 files
READMEHas testsThin docsNo CIMIT licenseUpdated 2 mo ago
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Details
Creator
shaikhsajid1111
Language
Python
Category
devtools
Published
8/26/2021

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