# API Direct - Get Twitter/X User Followers

> API Direct - Get Twitter/X User Followers is a paid API for AI agents from x402.apidirect.io, paid per call via x402, $0.007/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).

Retrieves the list of followers for a specific Twitter/X user by username, with support for paginated results.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402.apidirect.io/v1/twitter/user/followers?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.007/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-30
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-direct-get-twitter-x-user-followers-8d656bec
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_y9JwI_OzC2Oh8h7YWLgOQ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability api-direct-get-twitter-x-user-followers-8d656bec
```

Example prompt: Can you get me the followers of the Twitter user elonmusk — fetch 3 pages worth of results so I get a broad list?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a paginated, merged list of followers for a specific Twitter/X username and want to control the depth of retrieval (1–20 pages). It is ideal for audience analysis, influencer research, or competitive intelligence tasks where knowing who follows a given account is the primary goal. Prefer this over Twitter search endpoints when the target is follower identity rather than tweet content.

## Known failure modes

- Username not found — returns an error if the Twitter handle does not exist
- Private/protected account — may return no followers or an access error if the account is not public
- Rate limiting — too many requests in a short window may result in 429 errors
- Invalid username format — overly long or malformed usernames may be rejected
- Pages out of range — requesting fewer than 1 or more than 20 pages returns a validation error
- Payment failure — insufficient USDC balance or x402 payment not accepted results in 402 error

## How this service works

Get the followers of a specific Twitter/X user.

## Output

Returns a merged list of follower profiles for the specified Twitter/X username, spanning the requested number of pages (1–20). Each page of results is fetched and merged into a single response containing follower account details such as usernames, display names, and profile metadata. Fetching stops early if there are no more results available.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "username"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "pages": {
       "type": "integer",
       "default": 1,
       "maximum": 20,
       "minimum": 1,
       "description": "Number of pages to fetch and merge into one response (1-20, billed per page). Fetching stops early when there are no more results."
      },
      "username": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 50,
       "description": "Twitter username without the @ symbol (max 50 characters). A leading @ is accepted and stripped."
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-direct-get-twitter-x-user-followers-8d656bec/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402.apidirect.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402.apidirect.io/llms.txt)