# Westminster City Council API: Follow PeopleFirst link

> Follows the PeopleFirst link on Westminster's residents page and returns the destination address, status, title and first 2,000 characters of main text.

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- Page: https://fous.com/methods/www.westminster.gov.uk/read-people-first-link
- Method: `www.westminster.gov.uk/read_people_first_link`, version 1
- Website: www.westminster.gov.uk
- Returns: source page and link, final destination URL, status code, page title, main visible text
- Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing)
- Sign-in: none needed
- Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free
- Verified: Nov 2, 2026

## Inputs

No inputs.

## Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened. Its input:

```json
{}
```

Its output:

```json
{
  "final_url": "https://www.peoplefirstinfo.org.uk/",
  "page_title": "Homepage | People First",
  "status_code": 200,
  "source_link_url": "https://www.westminster.gov.uk/node/21229",
  "source_page_url": "https://www.westminster.gov.uk/residents",
  "source_link_text": "PeopleFirst - adult social care",
  "main_visible_text": "Supporting independent living and health in Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster All services Health & wellbeing Health and self-care information, including nutrition, exercise, medical support and guides to common health conditions. At home Support to help people live safely and independently at …"
}
```

## Run it

From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output:

```bash
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"method":"www.westminster.gov.uk/read_people_first_link","input":{}}'
```

From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`.

## Ask your agent

- Can you check where the PeopleFirst link on the Westminster residents page leads and tell me the final URL, status code, and page title?
- I need to know what the PeopleFirst link on Westminster City Council's residents section actually opens. Please follow it and summarise the main text.
- Follow the PeopleFirst link from the council's residents page and report back the destination address, whether it loads successfully, and what the page says.
- What does the PeopleFirst link on the Westminster residents page go to? Give me the landing page title and the opening content.
- Trace the PeopleFirst link from the residents page and show me where it ends up, the HTTP status returned, and the first couple of thousand characters of visible text.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "source_page_url",
    "source_link_url",
    "source_link_text",
    "final_url",
    "status_code",
    "page_title",
    "main_visible_text"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "final_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Final destination link after redirects."
    },
    "page_title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Title of the destination page."
    },
    "status_code": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "HTTP status returned by the destination."
    },
    "source_link_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The PeopleFirst link as found on the residents page."
    },
    "source_page_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The Westminster residents page link."
    },
    "source_link_text": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The link label shown on the residents page."
    },
    "main_visible_text": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "First 2,000 characters of visible text in the destination main content."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

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