curl --request GET \
--url https://api.sorsa.io/v3/check-shadowban \
--header 'ApiKey: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.sorsa.io/v3/check-shadowban"
headers = {"ApiKey": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {ApiKey: '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.sorsa.io/v3/check-shadowban', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sorsa.io/v3/check-shadowban",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"ApiKey: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.sorsa.io/v3/check-shadowban"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("ApiKey", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.sorsa.io/v3/check-shadowban")
.header("ApiKey", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.sorsa.io/v3/check-shadowban")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["ApiKey"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"account": {
"possibly_sensitive": false,
"protected": false,
"statuses_count": 41230
},
"checked_at": "2026-08-01T10:00:00Z",
"checks": {
"search_ban": {
"reason": "no_tweets",
"status": "clean",
"tweets_found": 18
},
"search_suggestion_ban": {
"reason": "no_tweets",
"status": "clean",
"tweets_found": 18
}
},
"is_shadowbanned": false,
"user_id": "44196397",
"username": "elonmusk"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}Check Shadowban
Checks whether a Twitter/X account is restricted in visibility. Runs two independent measurements: search_suggestion_ban — whether the account appears in search suggestions when its exact handle is typed — and search_ban — whether its posts are returned by search. Each check reports clean, banned or unknown; unknown carries a reason and means the measurement could not be made, never that the account is restricted. is_shadowbanned is true only when at least one check found an actual restriction. Profile flags (protected, possibly_sensitive) are reported separately and never count as a shadowban. Results are cached for an hour — see checked_at for the age of the data.
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.sorsa.io/v3/check-shadowban \
--header 'ApiKey: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.sorsa.io/v3/check-shadowban"
headers = {"ApiKey": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {ApiKey: '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.sorsa.io/v3/check-shadowban', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sorsa.io/v3/check-shadowban",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"ApiKey: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.sorsa.io/v3/check-shadowban"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("ApiKey", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.sorsa.io/v3/check-shadowban")
.header("ApiKey", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.sorsa.io/v3/check-shadowban")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["ApiKey"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"account": {
"possibly_sensitive": false,
"protected": false,
"statuses_count": 41230
},
"checked_at": "2026-08-01T10:00:00Z",
"checks": {
"search_ban": {
"reason": "no_tweets",
"status": "clean",
"tweets_found": 18
},
"search_suggestion_ban": {
"reason": "no_tweets",
"status": "clean",
"tweets_found": 18
}
},
"is_shadowbanned": false,
"user_id": "44196397",
"username": "elonmusk"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}Authorizations
Query Parameters
Twitter/X handle (without @).
Response
OK
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
When the measurement actually happened. Results are cached, so this can be older than the request.
"2026-08-01T10:00:00Z"
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
true when at least one check found a restriction. Checks that are unknown never count.
false
"44196397"
"elonmusk"
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