# x402 Social Intel – Twitter Following Lookup

> x402 Social Intel – Twitter Following Lookup 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 the list of accounts that a given Twitter user is following, delivered as paid social intelligence data over the x402 protocol on Base mainnet.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://social-hub-v5.vercel.app/api/twitter/following
- 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-twitter-following-lookup-c29a6bdd
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_RRvu7VFT6pT1dyjoZljWq

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-twitter-following-lookup-c29a6bdd -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull the full list of Twitter accounts that @elonmusk is following — I want to see who he's subscribed to.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic, paid-access retrieval of a Twitter user's following list without managing Twitter API credentials directly; especially useful in agentic workflows requiring social graph data on Base mainnet via x402 micropayments.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent Twitter username returns an error or empty result
- Insufficient USDC balance or failed x402 EVM payment causes request rejection
- Private/protected Twitter accounts may restrict following data access
- Rate limiting or upstream Twitter API restrictions may cause temporary failures
- Missing required username/user ID parameter returns a validation error

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns a list of Twitter accounts (handles, user IDs, and profile metadata) that the specified Twitter user is currently following, along with the total following count.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-twitter-following-lookup-c29a6bdd/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)