Find the last username change

get-previous-username.sh

#!/bin/bash
# requires auth_token.

#auth_token=""
source ~/.env-twitter
screen_name=$1

usage() { echo -e "Show Twitter account location (requires auth_token)\n $0 <screen_name>"; exit 1; }
[[ ! "$auth_token" || ! "$screen_name" ]] && usage

# generate random ct0
x_csrf_token=$(tr -dc 0-9a-f < /dev/urandom | head -c 32)

bearer_token='AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANRILgAAAAAAnNwIzUejRCOuH5E6I8xnZz4puTs%3D1Zv7ttfk8LF81IUq16cHjhLTvJu4FA33AGWWjCpTnA'
header=(
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${bearer_token}"
  -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" 
  -H "X-Csrf-Token: ${x_csrf_token}"
  -H "Cookie: ct0=${x_csrf_token}; auth_token=${auth_token}"
)

url="https://x.com/i/api/graphql/XRqGa7EeokUU5kppkh13EA/AboutAccountQuery"
variables='{"screenName":"'"${screen_name}"'"}'

# quoted_user_id:122222313123 until:2025-11-07_18:21:04_UTC filter:media
# or lang:qme ?
query=$(curl -s -G "${header[@]}" "${url}" --data-urlencode "variables=${variables}" | jq -r '.data.user_result_by_screen_name.result | if(.about_profile.username_changes.last_changed_at_msec) then "quoted_user_id:\(.rest_id) \(.about_profile.username_changes.last_changed_at_msec[0:-3] | tonumber | strftime("until:%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S_UTC")) filter:media" else null end')

echo "search query: $query"

if [[ "$query" == "null" ]]; then echo "No previous username found"; exit 1; fi

########
# search

bearer_token='AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFXzAwAAAAAAMHCxpeSDG1gLNLghVe8d74hl6k4%3DRUMF4xAQLsbeBhTSRrCiQpJtxoGWeyHrDb5te2jpGskWDFW82F'
URL='https://api.twitter.com/graphql/gkjsKepM6gl_HmFWoWKfgg/SearchTimeline'
VARIABLES='{"rawQuery":"'"${query}"'","count":1,"querySource":"typed_query","product":"Latest"}'
FEATURES='{"android_graphql_skip_api_media_color_palette":false,"blue_business_profile_image_shape_enabled":false,"creator_subscriptions_subscription_count_enabled":false,"creator_subscriptions_tweet_preview_api_enabled":true,"freedom_of_speech_not_reach_fetch_enabled":false,"graphql_is_translatable_rweb_tweet_is_translatable_enabled":false,"hidden_profile_likes_enabled":false,"highlights_tweets_tab_ui_enabled":false,"interactive_text_enabled":false,"longform_notetweets_consumption_enabled":true,"longform_notetweets_inline_media_enabled":false,"longform_notetweets_richtext_consumption_enabled":true,"longform_notetweets_rich_text_read_enabled":false,"responsive_web_edit_tweet_api_enabled":false,"responsive_web_enhance_cards_enabled":false,"responsive_web_graphql_exclude_directive_enabled":true,"responsive_web_graphql_skip_user_profile_image_extensions_enabled":false,"responsive_web_graphql_timeline_navigation_enabled":false,"responsive_web_media_download_video_enabled":false,"responsive_web_text_conversations_enabled":false,"responsive_web_twitter_article_tweet_consumption_enabled":false,"responsive_web_twitter_blue_verified_badge_is_enabled":true,"rweb_lists_timeline_redesign_enabled":true,"spaces_2022_h2_clipping":true,"spaces_2022_h2_spaces_communities":true,"standardized_nudges_misinfo":false,"subscriptions_verification_info_enabled":true,"subscriptions_verification_info_reason_enabled":true,"subscriptions_verification_info_verified_since_enabled":true,"super_follow_badge_privacy_enabled":false,"super_follow_exclusive_tweet_notifications_enabled":false,"super_follow_tweet_api_enabled":false,"super_follow_user_api_enabled":false,"tweet_awards_web_tipping_enabled":false,"tweet_with_visibility_results_prefer_gql_limited_actions_policy_enabled":false,"tweetypie_unmention_optimization_enabled":false,"unified_cards_ad_metadata_container_dynamic_card_content_query_enabled":false,"verified_phone_label_enabled":false,"vibe_api_enabled":false,"view_counts_everywhere_api_enabled":false}'

header=(
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${bearer_token}"
  -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
  -H "X-Csrf-Token: ${x_csrf_token}"
  -H "Cookie: ct0=${x_csrf_token}; auth_token=${auth_token}"
)
# .quoted_status_result.result.legacy.extended_entities.media[0].expanded_url
# .legacy.entities.urls[1].expanded_url
curl -sG "${URL}" "${header[@]}" \
  --data-urlencode "variables=${VARIABLES}" \
  --data-urlencode "features=${FEATURES}" |
  jq -r '.data.search_by_raw_query.search_timeline.timeline.instructions[0].entries[0].content.itemContent.tweet_results.result | if (.legacy.entities.urls[1].expanded_url) then (.legacy.entities.urls[1].expanded_url | split("/")[3]) elif (.quoted_status_result.result.legacy.extended_entities.media[0].expanded_url) then (.quoted_status_result.result.legacy.extended_entities.media[0].expanded_url | split("/")[3]) else "Unable to find previous username" end'