> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.scrape.st/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# About Account

> Get the "About this account" metadata for an X user

Retrieve the **About this account** panel for an X user — origin country, account
creation accuracy, username change history, and verification details.

## Query Parameters

<ParamField query="username" type="string" required>
  X username (without @)
</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField name="id" type="string">
  User's unique X ID
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="name" type="string">
  Display name
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="username" type="string">
  X handle
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="created_at" type="string">
  Account creation timestamp (ISO-8601)
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="about_profile" type="object">
  Origin and provenance metadata for the account.

  <Expandable title="properties">
    <ResponseField name="account_based_in" type="string">
      Country the account is based in
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="created_country_accurate" type="boolean">
      Whether the creation country is considered accurate
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="location_accurate" type="boolean">
      Whether the reported location is considered accurate
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="source" type="string">
      Source of the about-account data
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="username_changes" type="object">
      Username change history (`count`, `last_changed_at_msec`)
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="avatar" type="object">
  Profile image (`image_url`)
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="is_blue_verified" type="boolean">
  Whether the account has X Premium (blue) verification
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="privacy" type="object">
  Privacy settings (`protected`)
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="verification" type="object">
  Legacy verification status (`verified`)
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="verification_info" type="object">
  Identity verification details (`is_identity_verified`)
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash theme={null}
  curl -X GET "https://scrape.st/x/about-user?username=elonmusk" \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json theme={null}
  {
    "id": "44196397",
    "name": "Elon Musk",
    "username": "elonmusk",
    "created_at": "2009-06-02T20:12:29.000Z",
    "about_profile": {
      "account_based_in": "United States",
      "created_country_accurate": true,
      "location_accurate": true,
      "source": "TwitterApp",
      "username_changes": {
        "count": "2",
        "last_changed_at_msec": "1686787200000"
      }
    },
    "avatar": {
      "image_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/123456789/elonmusk_normal.jpg"
    },
    "is_blue_verified": true,
    "profile_image_shape": "Circle",
    "privacy": {
      "protected": false
    },
    "verification": {
      "verified": false
    },
    "verification_info": {
      "is_identity_verified": false
    }
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>