Twitter Verified Followers

Get the verified (blue checkmark) followers of a specific Twitter/X user. Only returns followers who have a verified account. Supports pagination.

Endpoint

GET /v1/twitter/user/verified-followers

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
`verified_followers`	array	Array of verified follower profiles
`verified_followers[].username`	string	Twitter username
`verified_followers[].name`	string	Display name
`verified_followers[].user_id`	string	Twitter user ID
`verified_followers[].description`	string	Bio / profile description
`verified_followers[].followers_count`	integer	Number of followers they have
`verified_followers[].following_count`	integer	Number of accounts they follow
`verified_followers[].tweet_count`	integer	Total tweets posted
`verified_followers[].verified`	boolean	Always `true` for this endpoint
`verified_followers[].profile_image_url`	string	URL to profile image
`verified_followers[].created_at`	string	Account creation date
`verified_followers[].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/verified-followers?username=elonmusk&pages=1" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

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

Example Response

{
  "verified_followers": [
    {
      "username": "verified_user",
      "name": "Verified User",
      "user_id": "987654321",
      "description": "Tech CEO",
      "followers_count": 500000,
      "following_count": 300,
      "tweet_count": 10000,
      "verified": true,
      "profile_image_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/.../photo.jpg",
      "created_at": "2018-06-10 14:00:00",
      "url": "https://twitter.com/verified_user"
    }
  ],
  "username": "elonmusk",
  "pages": 1,
  "count": 20
}