Twitter User Following

Get the accounts that a specific Twitter/X user is following. Returns profile details for each followed account. Supports pagination.

Endpoint

GET /v1/twitter/user/following

Price: $0.006 per page Free tier: 50 requests/month

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
`username`	Yes	Twitter username (without @, max 50 characters)
`pages`	No	Number of pages to fetch, 1-10 (default: 1)

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`following`	array	Array of followed user profiles
`following[].username`	string	Twitter username
`following[].name`	string	Display name
`following[].user_id`	string	Twitter user ID
`following[].description`	string	Bio / profile description
`following[].followers_count`	integer	Number of followers they have
`following[].following_count`	integer	Number of accounts they follow
`following[].tweet_count`	integer	Total tweets posted
`following[].verified`	boolean	Whether they are verified
`following[].profile_image_url`	string	URL to profile image
`following[].created_at`	string	Account creation date
`following[].url`	string	Link to their profile
`username`	string	Requested username
`pages`	integer	Number of pages fetched
`count`	integer	Total results returned

Example Request

cURL

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

Python

import requests

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

Example Response

{
  "following": [
    {
      "username": "SpaceX",
      "name": "SpaceX",
      "user_id": "34743251",
      "description": "SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches...",
      "followers_count": 35000000,
      "following_count": 50,
      "tweet_count": 5000,
      "verified": true,
      "profile_image_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/.../photo.jpg",
      "created_at": "2009-04-23 19:30:00",
      "url": "https://twitter.com/SpaceX"
    }
  ],
  "username": "elonmusk",
  "pages": 1,
  "count": 20
}