X API: Get profile
Gets the public X profile for a username or profile link, including counts, verification, images and account details. Does not include posts or a timeline.
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Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.
- Username, required
username X handle with or without @, or an X profile link, for example NASA or https://x.com/NASA.
NASA
Input as JSON
{ "username": "NASA"}Output
{ "bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible. ✨", "posts": 74449, "location": "Pale Blue Dot", "username": "NASA", "followers": 92310285, "following": 115, "x_user_id": "11348282", "joined_date": "2007-12-19", "display_name": "NASA", "profile_link": "https://x.com/NASA" , "website_link": null, "banner_image_link": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/11348282/1788992290" , "verification_type": "none", "profile_picture_link": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1321163587679784960/0ZxKlEKB_400x400.jpg" }Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"x.com/get_profile","input":{"username":"NASA"}}' # Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "x.com/get_profile" , "input": { "username": "NASA" }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "x.com/get_profile" , "input": { "username": "NASA" } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run x.com/get_profile# with {"username":"NASA"}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "username" ], "properties": { "username": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "X handle with or without @, or an X profile link, for example NASA or https://x.com/NASA." } }}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "username", "display_name", "bio", "followers", "following", "posts", "joined_date", "verification_type", "location", "website_link", "profile_picture_link", "banner_image_link", "profile_link", "x_user_id" ], "properties": { "bio": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "posts": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "location": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "username": { "type": "string" }, "followers": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "following": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "x_user_id": { "type": "string" }, "joined_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "display_name": { "type": "string" }, "profile_link": { "type": "string" }, "website_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "banner_image_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "verification_type": { "type": "string" }, "profile_picture_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] } }}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
x.com/get_profile- Returns
- username, display name, bio, follower/following/post counts, joined date, verification, location, website, images, profile link, user ID
Use it from your agent
Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method x.com/get_profile with the inputs above.
Ask your agent
- Can you pull up the public profile for @elonmusk and tell me his follower count and when the account was created?
- I need the bio, location, and website listed on the X account at https://x.com/NASA.
- What's the verification status and user ID for the handle openai on X?
- Look up the X profile for jack and show me how many accounts he follows and his total post count.
- Get the profile details for the X account linked at x.com/BBCNews, including the profile image and banner.
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