From 4e5e5a527986e6aa1c7a7762f1d935d20772a7d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sweets Sweetman <sweetmantech@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:09:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] fallback username with getUsernameFromProfileUrl

---
 lib/apify/scrapeProfileUrl.ts            |  5 ++++-
 lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts

diff --git a/lib/apify/scrapeProfileUrl.ts b/lib/apify/scrapeProfileUrl.ts
index b786dd6..89e7448 100644
--- a/lib/apify/scrapeProfileUrl.ts
+++ b/lib/apify/scrapeProfileUrl.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import startTwitterProfileScraping from "../twitter/startTwitterProfileScraping"
 import startThreadsProfileScraping from "../threads/startThreadsProfileScraping";
 import startYoutubeProfileScraping from "../youtube/startYoutubeProfileScraping";
 import startFacebookProfileScraping from "../facebook/startFacebookProfileScraping";
+import { getUsernameFromProfileUrl } from "../socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl";
 
 type ScrapeRunner = (handle: string) => Promise<{
   runId: string;
@@ -71,8 +72,10 @@ export const scrapeProfileUrl = async (
     return null;
   }
 
+  const finalUsername = username || getUsernameFromProfileUrl(profileUrl);
+
   try {
-    const result = await platform.scraper(username);
+    const result = await platform.scraper(finalUsername ?? "");
 
     if (!result) {
       return {
diff --git a/lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts b/lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5029c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * Extracts username from a profile URL by pulling text after .com/ or .net/ until ? or /
+ * @param profileUrl - The profile URL to extract username from
+ * @returns The username or null if unable to extract
+ */
+export const getUsernameFromProfileUrl = (
+  profileUrl: string | null | undefined
+): string | null => {
+  if (!profileUrl) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const normalizedUrl = profileUrl.toLowerCase().trim();
+    const match = normalizedUrl.match(/(?:\.com|\.net)\/([^/?]+)/);
+    return match ? match[1] : null;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("[ERROR] Error extracting username from profile URL:", error);
+    return null;
+  }
+};

From bdd703fe6840435a33e4d5d5de62e36503588054 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sweets Sweetman <sweetmantech@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:15:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] always return string.

---
 lib/apify/scrapeProfileUrl.ts            | 2 +-
 lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/apify/scrapeProfileUrl.ts b/lib/apify/scrapeProfileUrl.ts
index 89e7448..2ca5934 100644
--- a/lib/apify/scrapeProfileUrl.ts
+++ b/lib/apify/scrapeProfileUrl.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export const scrapeProfileUrl = async (
   const finalUsername = username || getUsernameFromProfileUrl(profileUrl);
 
   try {
-    const result = await platform.scraper(finalUsername ?? "");
+    const result = await platform.scraper(finalUsername);
 
     if (!result) {
       return {
diff --git a/lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts b/lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts
index e5029c0..ae82cc8 100644
--- a/lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts
+++ b/lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
  */
 export const getUsernameFromProfileUrl = (
   profileUrl: string | null | undefined
-): string | null => {
+): string => {
   if (!profileUrl) {
-    return null;
+    return "";
   }
 
   try {
     const normalizedUrl = profileUrl.toLowerCase().trim();
     const match = normalizedUrl.match(/(?:\.com|\.net)\/([^/?]+)/);
-    return match ? match[1] : null;
+    return match ? match[1] : "";
   } catch (error) {
     console.error("[ERROR] Error extracting username from profile URL:", error);
-    return null;
+    return "";
   }
 };

From ff4111d17ac81c732a1dd9e16b9f5697e26d2cd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sweets Sweetman <sweetmantech@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:25:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] fix docs

---
 lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts b/lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts
index ae82cc8..c416728 100644
--- a/lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts
+++ b/lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * Extracts username from a profile URL by pulling text after .com/ or .net/ until ? or /
  * @param profileUrl - The profile URL to extract username from
- * @returns The username or null if unable to extract
+ * @returns The username or empty string if unable to extract
  */
 export const getUsernameFromProfileUrl = (
   profileUrl: string | null | undefined