POST mutes/users/destroy

Un-mutes the user specified in the ID parameter for the authenticating user.

Returns the unmuted user when successful. Returns a string describing the failure condition when unsuccessful.

Actions taken in this method are asynchronous. Changes will be eventually consistent.

Resource URL

https://api.twitter.com/1.1/mutes/users/destroy.json

Resource Information

Response formats JSON
Requires authentication? Yes (user context only)
Rate limited? Yes

Parameters

Name Required Description Default Value Example
screen_name optional The screen name of the potentially muted user. Helpful for disambiguating when a valid screen name is also a user ID.   whiteleaf
user_id optional The ID of the potentially muted user. Helpful for disambiguating when a valid user ID is also a valid screen name.   12345

Example Request

POST https://api.twitter.com/1.1/mutes/users/destroy.json?screen_name=evilpiper

Example Response


{
  "id": 54931584,
  "id_str": "54931584",
  "name": "Evil Piper",
  "screen_name": "evilpiper",
  "location": "",
  "description": "mwah-ha-haaaaa",
  "url": null,
  "entities": {
    "description": {
      "urls": [

      ]
    }
  },
  "protected": false,
  "followers_count": 16,
  "friends_count": 10,
  "listed_count": 0,
  "created_at": "Wed Jul 08 15:40:42 +0000 2009",
  "favourites_count": 1,
  "utc_offset": 3600,
  "time_zone": "London",
  "geo_enabled": false,
  "verified": false,
  "statuses_count": 71,
  "lang": "en",
  "status": {
    "created_at": "Tue Apr 15 00:10:23 +0000 2014",
    "id": 455860653731753984,
    "id_str": "455860653731753984",
    "text": "Super cool app to install http://t.co/ZiH6VOqLB3",
    "source": "Twitter for  iPhone",
    "truncated": false,
    "in_reply_to_status_id": null,
    "in_reply_to_status_id_str": null,
    "in_reply_to_user_id": null,
    "in_reply_to_user_id_str": null,
    "in_reply_to_screen_name": null,
    "geo": null,
    "coordinates": null,
    "place": null,
    "contributors": null,
    "retweet_count": 0,
    "favorite_count": 0,
    "entities": {
      "hashtags": [

      ],
      "symbols": [

      ],
      "urls": [
        {
          "url": "http://t.co/ZiH6VOqLB3",
          "expanded_url": "http://cards-demo.cfapps.io/owntracks.html",
          "display_url": "cards-demo.cfapps.io/owntracks.html",
          "indices": [
            26,
            48
          ]
        }
      ],
      "user_mentions": [

      ]
    },
    "favorited": false,
    "retweeted": false,
    "possibly_sensitive": false,
    "lang": "en"
  },
  "contributors_enabled": false,
  "is_translator": false,
  "is_translation_enabled": false,
  "profile_background_color": "1A1B1F",
  "profile_background_image_url": "http://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png",
  "profile_background_image_url_https": "https://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png",
  "profile_background_tile": false,
  "profile_image_url": "http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/307611594/evil_normal.png",
  "profile_image_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/307611594/evil_normal.png",
  "profile_link_color": "A6001E",
  "profile_sidebar_border_color": "181A1E",
  "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "949399",
  "profile_text_color": "120312",
  "profile_use_background_image": false,
  "default_profile": false,
  "default_profile_image": false,
  "following": true,
  "follow_request_sent": false,
  "notifications": false,
  "muting": true
}