# botsmith X Follower Sample

> botsmith X Follower Sample is a paid API for AI agents from x402.botsmith.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-31).

Returns the 40 newest followers of any X (Twitter) account with full profiles, verified-follower counts, and total follower stats — no X account or API key required.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402.botsmith.dev/x/followers?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-31
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/botsmith-x-follower-sample-53f948a6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_SlMamxvKfIxYw7Iy8gc7C

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 botsmith-x-follower-sample-53f948a6
```

Example prompt: Can you pull a follower sample for @elonmusk on X — I want to see the 40 newest followers with their bios, follower counts, account ages, and what share of them are verified?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, no-credentials audience sample for any public X account — especially useful for influencer vetting, audience quality audits, or bot detection without needing an X developer account or API key. Prefer it over the full X Account Dossier ($0.05) when you specifically need follower-level profile data rather than tweet history or account-level analytics.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent X handle returns an error
- Handle with no followers returns empty followers array
- Rate limiting or X platform unavailability may cause failures
- Truncated or missing profile fields when X does not expose them
- Payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient (x402 protocol)

## How this service works

X Follower Sample ($0.01/call): Sample an X (Twitter) account's audience: its 40 newest followers with full profiles (bio, follower counts, account age, verification), how many of them are verified (checked against the account's verified-follower list, not X's dead legacy flag) and that share, plus the account's total follower count. No X account or API key needed.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the target account's handle, total follower count, sample size (up to 40), count of verified followers in the sample, verified share percentage, a flag indicating if the verified count is a lower bound, and an array of up to 40 follower objects each containing handle, ID, display name, bio, URL, location, profile image URL, verification status (blue and type), follower count, following count, tweet count, account creation timestamp, and account age in days.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "handle"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "handle": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^@?[A-Za-z0-9_]{1,15}$",
       "description": "X handle, with or without the leading @"
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "handle",
      "totalFollowers",
      "sampleSize",
      "verifiedInSample",
      "verifiedShare",
      "verifiedIsLowerBound",
      "followers"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "handle": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "followers": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
         "handle",
         "id",
         "name",
         "bio",
         "url",
         "location",
         "profileImage",
         "verified",
         "followers",
         "following",
         "tweetCount",
         "createdAt",
         "accountAgeDays"
        ],
        "properties": {
         "id": {
          "anyOf": [
           {
            "type": "string"
           },
           {
            "type": "null"
           }
          ]
         },
         "bio": {
          "anyOf": [
           {
            "type": "string"
           },
           {
            "type": "null"
           }
          ]
         },
         "url": {
          "anyOf": [
           {
            "type": "string"
           },
           {
            "type": "null"
           }
          ]
         },
         "name": {
          "anyOf": [
           {
            "type": "string"
           },
           {
            "type": "null"
           }
          ]
         },
         "handle": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "location": {
          "anyOf": [
           {
            "type": "string"
           },
           {
            "type": "null"
           }
          ]
         },
     
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```

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