By Orlaith TraynorUsing this Twitter media scraper, learn how to scrape media like images, GIFs, and videos from Twitter accounts into a clean spreadsheet.
How to extract images from Twitter using PhantomBuster
We'll use PhantomBuster's Twitter Media Extractor Phantom for this. This operates as a Twitter image scraper (or a Twitter media scraper, if you prefer), gathering all the data on autopilot.
For this step, you'll need to be connected to Twitter on your desktop.
Click the "Connect to Twitter" button to connect using your Twitter session cookie. This will allow the Twitter media scraper Phantom to act on your behalf, working as a Twitter image scraper while you focus on other things.
In the "Media to scrape" section, you have many options about which data source to scrape. In the "A URL" section, add either a single Twitter profile URL or a spreadsheet filled with many Twitter profiles from which you want to scrape media.
For the latter, add either:
a Google Spreadsheet URL
a CSV URL
Keep in mind
Your spreadsheet file needs to be set as publicly available.
You can also scrape media from data you've already sourced via PhantomBuster. Click on the "My Phantoms" tab to see what you can scrape.
Next, in the "Behavior" section of this Phantom's setup, confirm the number of profiles to process per launch.
You don't need to do anything here; we recommend that you scrape 2 profiles per launch.
You can also name your results file here to keep the Twitter media scraper results organized.
Automation always produces better results in the long run. Set the Phantom to launch repeatedly and get results while you're away. This Twitter image scraper tool will work in the background, delivering the results in a neat CSV file.
All PhantomBuster automations run from the cloud, which means you don't even need to have your browser open or computer on for these launches to happen.
You've now created an automated way to scrape media, letting you keep a close eye on inspiring or envy-inducing content from your favorite Twitter profiles. Have fun with this Twitter media scraper tool!
How to scrape a list of Twitter profiles for key metrics
We can use the Twitter Profile Scraper Phantom for this. This will connect to Twitter using the browser extension.
Like above, add the URLs of the Twitter profiles you are interested in, whether you wish to process just one or multiple profiles.
In this Phantom's "Behavior" section, add the number of profiles you wish to scrape per launch.
Finish setting up your Phantom to run once or launch "Repeatedly."
The result?
You can now analyze the content of multiple Twitter profiles in seconds to help you better understand your followers or competitors.
Our top tip?
Make sure you stick to the recommended rate limits of the network you're automating when considering how many actions to automate each day.
Conclusion
That is it for this quick guide to our Twitter media scraper automation. You should now understand how to scrape media Twitter displays in record time.
