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Twitter REST API Method: GET /:user/:list_id/members/:id

Check if a user is a member of the specified list.

URL:

http://api.twitter.com/1/user/list_id/members/id.format

Formats: 

xml, json

HTTP Method(s):

GET

Requires Authentication (about authentication):

true

API rate limited (about rate limiting):

true

Parameters:

• list_id.  Required. The id or slug of the list.
• id. Required. The id or screen name of the user who you want to know is a member or not of the specified list.

Usage examples:

cURL (about cURL):

curl -u user:password http://api.twitter.com/1/twitterapi/team/members/3191321.xml

Response (about return values): 

XML example:

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

<user>

  <id>3191321</id>

  <name>Marcel Molina</name>

  <screen_name>noradio</screen_name>

  <location>San Francisco, CA</location>

  <description>Engineer at Twitter on the @twitterapi team, obsessed with rock climbing & running. In a past life I was a member of the Rails Core team.</description>

  <profile_image_url>http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/53473799/marcel-euro-rails-conf_normal.jpg</profile_image_url>

  <url>http://project.ioni.st</url>

  <protected>false</protected>

  <followers_count>102274</followers_count>

  <profile_background_color>9AE4E8</profile_background_color>

  <profile_text_color>333333</profile_text_color>

  <profile_link_color>0084B4</profile_link_color>

  <profile_sidebar_fill_color>DDFFCC</profile_sidebar_fill_color>

  <profile_sidebar_border_color>BDDCAD</profile_sidebar_border_color>

  <friends_count>356</friends_count>

  <created_at>Mon Apr 02 07:47:28 +0000 2007</created_at>

  <favourites_count>137</favourites_count>

  <utc_offset>-28800</utc_offset>

  <time_zone>Pacific Time (US & Canada)</time_zone>

  <profile_background_image_url>http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/18156348/jessica_tiled.jpg.jpeg</profile_background_image_url>

  <profile_background_tile>true</profile_background_tile>

  <statuses_count>3529</statuses_count>

  <notifications>false</notifications>

  <geo_enabled>true</geo_enabled>

  <verified>false</verified>

  <following>false</following>

  <status>

    <created_at>Wed Nov 04 22:34:54 +0000 2009</created_at>

    <id>5432511443</id>

    <text>@seanhussey http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/whitespace/ ;-)</text>

    <source><a href="http://www.atebits.com/" rel="nofollow">Tweetie</a></source>

    <truncated>false</truncated>

    <in_reply_to_status_id>5432477985</in_reply_to_status_id>

    <in_reply_to_user_id>14685595</in_reply_to_user_id>

    <favorited>false</favorited>

    <in_reply_to_screen_name>seanhussey</in_reply_to_screen_name>

    <geo/>

  </status>

</user>