Twitter Bulk Username Checker

Twitter is soon going to release the usernames of inactive accounts (source1, source2). This tool can be used to check whether twitter usernames / handles are available, have an inactive account or are already taken.

Requirements

• Python3

Usage

1. Replace the TOKEN on top of checker.py with your own

2. Run the script

   usage: checker.py [-h] username_file
   
   positional arguments:
   username_file  Name of a text file that contains a list of usernames
   
   options:
   -h, --help     show this help message and exit
   

Example

Trouble Shooting

• Error: Too Many Requests: too many api calls were made, wait a little for the timeout
• Error: Unauthorized: make sure you added a token which is not expired