# Twitter/X User Profile Lookup

> Twitter/X User Profile Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from x402.orthogonal.com, paid per call via x402, $0.04/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches a Twitter/X user profile by handle, returning public profile data for the specified account.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.orthogonal.com/fiber/v1/twitter/profile
- Price: $0.04/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/twitter-x-user-profile-lookup-557b2b1f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Fo8eI0w7Vao97bwysyO4K

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 twitter-x-user-profile-lookup-557b2b1f -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the Twitter profile for @elonmusk — I want to see their bio, follower count, and account details?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need quick, structured Twitter/X profile data for a specific known handle — ideal for enriching contact records, vetting influencers, verifying journalist or public figure identities, or building social media intelligence pipelines. Prefer this over scraping Twitter directly since it handles authentication and anti-bot measures. Choose this over the Followers or User Posts sibling endpoints when you only need profile-level metadata rather than follower lists or post history.

## Known failure modes

- Handle does not exist — returns an error or empty result if the username is not found on Twitter/X
- Account suspended or deactivated — profile data unavailable for banned or deleted accounts
- Private/protected account — limited or no profile data returned for locked accounts
- Rate limiting by underlying Twitter/X platform — may return errors during high-traffic periods
- Malformed handle input — unexpected characters or formatting may cause lookup failure

## How this service works

Fetches a Twitter/X user profile by handle.

## Output

Returns public profile data for the specified Twitter/X user, typically including display name, handle, bio/description, follower count, following count, profile image URL, account creation date, and other publicly available account metadata.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "handle": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Twitter/X handle, with or without leading '@'."
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/twitter-x-user-profile-lookup-557b2b1f/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402.orthogonal.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402.orthogonal.com/llms.txt)