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report_spam

The user specified in the id is blocked by the authenticated user and reported as a spammer.

URL:

http://api.twitter.com/1/report_spam.format

Formats: 

xml, json

HTTP Method:

POST

Requires Authentication (about authentication):

true

API rate limited (about rate limiting):

A user is allotted a fixed number of spam reports an hour.

Parameters:

One of the following is required:

• id.  Optional.  The ID or screen_name of the user you want to report as a spammer.
  • Example: 82228249
• user_id.  Optional.  The ID of the user you want to report as a spammer.. Helpful for disambiguating when a valid user ID is also a valid screen name.
  • Example: 82228249
• screen_name.  Optional.  The ID or screen_name of the user you want to report as a spammer.. Helpful for disambiguating when a valid screen name is also a user ID.
  • Example: examplespammer

Response (about return values): 

200 response: reported user payload

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<user>

  <id>82228249</id>

  <name>Example Spammer</name>

  <screen_name>examplespammer</screen_name>

  <location></location>

  <description></description>

  <profile_image_url>http://s.twimg.com/a/1255464717/images/default_profile_5_normal.png</profile_image_url>

  <url></url>

  <protected>false</protected>

  <followers_count>0</followers_count>

  <profile_background_color>9ae4e8</profile_background_color>

  <profile_text_color>000000</profile_text_color>

  <profile_link_color>0000ff</profile_link_color>

  <profile_sidebar_fill_color>e0ff92</profile_sidebar_fill_color>

  <profile_sidebar_border_color>87bc44</profile_sidebar_border_color>

  <friends_count>0</friends_count>

  <created_at>Wed Oct 14 00:02:48 +0000 2009</created_at>

  <favourites_count>0</favourites_count>

  <utc_offset></utc_offset>

  <time_zone></time_zone>

  <profile_background_image_url>http://s.twimg.com/a/1255464717/images/themes/theme1/bg.png</profile_background_image_url>

  <profile_background_tile>false</profile_background_tile>

  <statuses_count>1</statuses_count>

  <notifications></notifications>

  <geo_enabled>false</geo_enabled>

  <verified>false</verified>

  <following></following>

  <status>

    <created_at>Wed Oct 14 00:03:07 +0000 2009</created_at>

    <id>4848508228</id>

    <text>I am an example spam account!</text>

    <source>web</source>

    <truncated>false</truncated>

    <in_reply_to_status_id></in_reply_to_status_id>

    <in_reply_to_user_id></in_reply_to_user_id>

    <favorited>false</favorited>

    <in_reply_to_screen_name></in_reply_to_screen_name>

    <geo/>

  </status>

</user>

4XX response: error message 

Usage examples: 

cURL (about cURL):

curl -u username:password -d "screen_name=examplespammer" http://api.twitter.com/1/report_spam.xml

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