# fetcher.sh Twitter User Profile API

> fetcher.sh Twitter User Profile API is a paid API for AI agents from fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Fetches public profile data for a Twitter/X user by their user ID, paid per call in USDC via x402.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://fetcher.sh/api/twitter/user/%7Bid%7D
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-twitter-user-profile-api-7e7686a9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_QrAp0UgL3QPx_H6G5jQHG

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 fetcher-sh-twitter-user-profile-api-7e7686a9
```

Example prompt: Pull the public Twitter profile for user ID 44196397 — I need their username, bio, follower count, and tweet count.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to look up Twitter/X user profile metadata by user ID without requiring OAuth credentials, a Twitter developer account, or a subscription. Ideal for AI agents that need on-demand, per-call access to Twitter profile data paid in USDC, particularly when building enrichment pipelines, monitoring influencers, or validating social identities at low volume with no upfront commitment.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent user ID returns a 404 or empty result
- Insufficient USDC balance causes a 402 Payment Required response
- Rate limiting or temporary Twitter/X platform blocks may result in 503 or timeout errors
- Private or suspended accounts may return limited or no data
- Malformed user ID (non-numeric or wrong format) returns a 400 error

## How this service works

fetcher.sh is an x402 web-data and scraping API: 111 endpoints for Twitter/X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Google, App Store, and Yelp — paid per call in USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana, or with prepaid credits. Built for AI agents: no accounts, no OAuth, no subscriptions.

## Output

Returns public Twitter/X user profile data including username, display name, bio, follower count, following count, tweet count, profile image URL, verified status, and account creation date for the given user ID.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-twitter-user-profile-api-7e7686a9/health.json
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