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Twitter User Followers

GET /v1/twitter/user/followers

Get the followers of a specific Twitter/X user. Returns profile details for each follower including username, bio, follower counts, and verification status. Supports pagination.

Cost

$0.006 per page

Free tier

50 requests/month

Parameters

username *

Twitter username (without @, max 50 characters)

pages

Number of pages to fetch, 1-10 (default: 1)

Example Request

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/twitter/user/followers?username=elonmusk&pages=1" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/twitter/user/followers",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={"username": "elonmusk", "pages": 1}
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "followers": [
    {
      "username": "user123",
      "name": "Example User",
      "user_id": "123456789",
      "description": "Tech enthusiast",
      "followers_count": 5000,
      "following_count": 200,
      "tweet_count": 1500,
      "verified": false,
      "profile_image_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/.../photo.jpg",
      "created_at": "2020-01-15 10:30:00",
      "url": "https://twitter.com/user123"
    }
  ],
  "username": "elonmusk",
  "pages": 1,
  "count": 20
}

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