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Twitter List Members API | Read a Public X List

Fetch the members of a public List by its numeric ID, cursor-paginated. Returns full user objects for every account in the List. Cost: $0.0008 per call.

List Members pages through every member of a public Twitter/X List by its numeric List ID, returned as cursor-paginated full user objects. Use it to read a curated set of accounts in one pass. The cursor is null on the final page for list endpoints, and the empty users array is the stop signal. Each page is one $0.0008 read.

GET
/list/members

Authorization

bearerAuth
AuthorizationBearer <token>

Pass your API key as a bearer token on every request: Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>.

In: header

Query Parameters

list_id*string

Numeric ID of the public List.

cursor?string

Pagination cursor from a previous response.

count?integer

Max items to return for this page. Default 20; clamped to 1-100.

fields?string

Comma-separated list of dotted field paths to keep in the response (one parameter, never repeated), applied to every object in the returned lists and to nested objects (for example fields=id,text,author.username; the list's own name may prefix a path, fields=tweets.id). A path prefix that lands on an array applies to each element (media.media_url_https). Pagination and envelope keys (next_cursor, cursor, has_more, count, partial, error, message, reason) are always kept. Unknown paths are ignored; up to 50 paths of up to 6 segments. Projection never changes status codes or billing, and applies to data reads only: account, feedback, session status, monitor (other than deliveries), webhook and stream-compat reads return their bodies unchanged.

compact?string

Set to 1 (or true) to apply the built-in compact preset: ids, url, text, created_at, lang, the engagement counts, the is_retweet/is_reply/is_quote flags, conversation ids, the author's id/username/name/followers_count/verification, and the quoted or retweeted tweet's id/url/author username. The preset trims what it recognises and leaves alone what it would empty, so it never turns a body into {}. Combine with fields to add paths on top of the preset. Typically cuts a tweet page by 70 to 90 percent for LLM tool callers.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X GET "https://example.com/list/members?list_id=1234567890123456789&count=20&fields=id%2Ctext%2Ccreated_at%2Cauthor.username&compact=1"
{  "users": [    {      "id": "745273",      "username": "naval",      "name": "Naval",      "verified": true    }  ],  "next_cursor": "DAABCgABF..."}
{  "error": "bad_request",  "message": "Missing or malformed parameter. Fix the request before retrying."}
{  "error": "unauthorized",  "message": "The API key is missing, malformed, or revoked. Check the Authorization header."}
{  "error": "insufficient_credits",  "message": "Your balance is exhausted. Top up your credits to continue.",  "top_up_url": "https://www.twitterapis.com/dashboard/buy-credits?utm_source=api&utm_medium=402"}
{  "error": "forbidden",  "message": "X refused this resource for the acting account: on a read, the account is not a participant in the DM thread, the target is protected or has blocked it, or the session was attestation-blocked for calling from a datacenter or rotating IP; on a write, the account is not authorized for the action or has no logged-in session. The credentials are still valid, so do not re-register."}
{  "error": "not_found",  "message": "The resource does not exist, for example a deleted tweet or a private account."}
{  "error": "rate_limited",  "message": "Too many requests. Back off and retry with exponential backoff."}
{  "error": "server_error",  "message": "Something failed on our side. Retry with backoff; if it persists, contact support."}

Pricing

UnitPrice
Per call$0.0008
Per 1,000 calls$0.80
Per 1,000 records (~20 per call)~$0.04

Each page is one $0.0008 read, so a large List costs one call per page. Most Lists return in a handful of pages.

When to use

Use it to read a curated account set, for example pulling every member of a public VC List.

Pagination

This endpoint is cursor-paginated and returns roughly 20 records per call. Pass the next_cursor from each response back as the cursor parameter to read the next page. Stop when the records array comes back empty: follower-graph endpoints return a non-null cursor even on the final page, so the empty array is the only reliable stop signal. See Pagination for the full loop.

FAQ

What identifier does List Members take?

The numeric List ID. The List must be public; private Lists are not readable. Each member comes back as a full user object.

How do I page through a large List?

Send next_cursor as the cursor parameter and repeat until the users array comes back empty, the universal stop signal.

Can I read a private List?

No. Only public Lists are readable. A private or deleted List ID returns no members.

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