account-backup

Account Backup & Data Export

Browser console scripts for exporting your X/Twitter account data without an API key.

Script Selection

Goal	File	Navigate to
Backup profile, tweets, likes, bookmarks, followers/following	src/backupAccount.js	x.com/USERNAME
Trigger X's official data archive download	src/downloadAccountData.js	x.com/settings/download_your_data
Export data via API	api/routes/portability.js	API endpoint /api/portability/export

Quick Start

Browser backup (no API needed)

1. Navigate to x.com/USERNAME (your own profile)
2. Open DevTools (F12) → Console
3. Paste src/backupAccount.js → Enter
4. JSON file auto-downloads when complete

Official X data archive

1. Navigate to x.com/settings/download_your_data
2. Open DevTools (F12) → Console
3. Paste src/downloadAccountData.js → Enter
4. Script triggers the request and monitors progress (checks every 30s, up to 60 min)

Configuration (backupAccount.js)

const CONFIG = {
  maxTweets: 100,       // Max tweets to scrape
  maxLikes: 100,        // Max likes to scrape
  maxBookmarks: 100,    // Max bookmarks to scrape
  maxFollowing: 200,    // Max following accounts
  maxFollowers: 200,    // Max follower accounts
  scrollDelay: 2000,    // ms between scroll actions
  autoDownload: true,   // Auto-download JSON on completion
  sections: {
    profile: true,
    tweets: true,
    likes: true,
    bookmarks: true,
    following: true,
    followers: true,
  },
};

Output Format

backupAccount.js exports a single JSON with:

{
  "meta": { "createdAt": "...", "source": "XActions Backup Tool", "version": "2.0.0" },
  "profile": { ... },
  "tweets": [ ... ],
  "likes": [ ... ],
  "bookmarks": [ ... ],
  "following": [ ... ],
  "followers": [ ... ]
}

Notes

• backupAccount.js scrapes live DOM — accuracy improves with higher scroll counts
• downloadAccountData.js relies on X's official export, which can take hours to days
• Official export includes full history; browser scrape is limited to visible/scrolled content
• Increase maxTweets / maxFollowers in CONFIG for deeper exports (slower)

Related Skills

• twitter-scraping — Scrape any profile, not just your own
• bookmarks-management — Export and organize bookmarks
• follower-monitoring — Track follower changes over time
• content-cleanup — Delete tweets and likes after backing up