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users/show
Returns extended information of a given user, specified by ID or screen name as per the required id parameter. The author's most recent status will be returned inline.
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URL:
http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show.format
Formats:
xml, json
HTTP Method(s):
GET
Requires Authentication (about authentication):
false (see usage notes)
API rate limited (about rate limiting):
1 call per request
Parameters:
One of the following is required:
- id. The ID or screen name of a user.
- Example: http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show/12345.json or http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show/bob.xml
- user_id. Specfies the ID of the user to return. Helpful for disambiguating when a valid user ID is also a valid screen name.
- Example: http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show.xml?user_id=1401881
- screen_name. Specfies the screen name of the user to return. Helpful for disambiguating when a valid screen name is also a user ID.
- Example: http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show.xml?screen_name=101010
Usage Notes:
- Requests for protected users without credentials from 1) the user requested or 2) a user that is following the protected user will omit the nested status element. Only publicly available data will be returned in this case.
- [Deprecation] The notifications and following attributes will be removed in version 2 of the API. Use /friendships/show or /friendships/exists instead.
Response (about return values):
XML example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<user>
<id>1401881</id>
<name>Doug Williams</name>
<screen_name>dougw</screen_name>
<location>San Francisco, CA</location>
<description>Twitter API Support. Internet, greed, users, dougw and opportunities are my passions.</description>
<profile_image_url>http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/59648642/avatar_normal.png</profile_image_url>
<url>http://www.igudo.com</url>
<protected>false</protected>
<followers_count>1031</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>293</friends_count>
<created_at>Sun Mar 18 06:42:26 +0000 2007</created_at>
<favourites_count>0</favourites_count>
<utc_offset>-18000</utc_offset>
<time_zone>Eastern Time (US & Canada)</time_zone>
<profile_background_image_url>http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_background_images/2752608/twitter_bg_grass.jpg</profile_background_image_url>
<profile_background_tile>false</profile_background_tile>
<statuses_count>3390</statuses_count>
<notifications>false</notifications>
<following>false</following>
<verified>true</verified>
<status>
<created_at>Tue Apr 07 22:52:51 +0000 2009</created_at>
<id>1472669360</id>
<text>At least I can get your humor through tweets. RT @abdur: I don't mean this in a bad way, but genetically speaking you're a cul-de-sac.</text>
<source><a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com/">TweetDeck</a></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>
</status>
</user>
Usage examples:
cURL (about cURL):
curl http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show.xml?screen_name=dougw
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