# x402 Social Intel – Medium User Profile Scraper

> x402 Social Intel – Medium User Profile Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from social-hub-v5.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches public profile and content data for a Medium user via a paid social media intelligence scraping API

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://social-hub-v5.vercel.app/api/medium/user
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-medium-user-profile-scraper-7962703e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_wdsX27wKyb7rQAxtVpD5u

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 x402-social-intel-medium-user-profile-scraper-7962703e -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the public profile data for the Medium user @towards-datascience — I need their follower count, bio, and recent articles?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic access to public Medium user profile data without a direct Medium API key, especially in agent workflows that require social media intelligence at low cost ($0.05 USDC per call) and payment via EVM/Base mainnet. Prefer this over manual browsing or direct Medium API when automating influencer research, content benchmarking, or monitoring publishing activity at scale.

## Known failure modes

- User not found or invalid username returns an error or empty result
- Rate limiting or blocking by Medium's anti-scraping mechanisms causing failure
- Payment not processed on Base mainnet results in 402 response and no data
- Profile is private or restricted, returning incomplete data
- Network timeout or Vercel cold-start latency causing slow or failed response

## How this service works

Paid social media intelligence API — TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Website scraper. All endpoints EVM-only on Base mainnet.

## Output

Returns scraped public profile data for the specified Medium user, likely including username, bio, follower/following counts, number of published stories, publication affiliations, and recent article metadata such as titles and engagement signals.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-medium-user-profile-scraper-7962703e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from social-hub-v5.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/social-hub-v5.vercel.app/llms.txt)