# KiteEndpoints.ai - Twitter Followers Lookup

> KiteEndpoints.ai - Twitter Followers Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from kite-endpoints.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.16/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Retrieves the follower count or followers list for a given Twitter/X account

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://kite-endpoints.vercel.app/api/twitter-followers
- Price: $0.16/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/kiteendpoints-ai-twitter-followers-lookup-daf744b8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_0Axt7sVWnh7Cem7yoIxYa

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 kiteendpoints-ai-twitter-followers-lookup-daf744b8 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the current follower count for the Twitter account @elonmusk using KiteEndpoints?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need quick, pay-per-request Twitter follower data without committing to a full Twitter API subscription. Ideal for agents that need on-demand social media metrics for arbitrary accounts, influencer vetting, or audience benchmarking at low volume.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or suspended Twitter username returns an error or empty result
- Private/protected accounts may not expose follower data
- Rate limits on the underlying Twitter API may cause temporary failures
- Misspelled usernames return no data
- Payment failure in USDC on Base chain prevents the request from being processed

## How this service works

400+ paid API endpoints. Social media, AI, crypto, finance, weather, ecommerce, tools. Pay per request with USDC on Base chain.

## Output

Returns follower-related data for the specified Twitter/X account, including follower count and potentially a list of follower account details, wrapped in a result object.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "data": "example response"
  }
 },
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/kiteendpoints-ai-twitter-followers-lookup-daf744b8/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from kite-endpoints.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/kite-endpoints.vercel.app/llms.txt)