Follow, search, and get users

GET friendships/lookup

Returns the relationships of the authenticating user to the comma-separated list of up to 100 screen_names or user_ids provided. Values for connections can be: following, following_requested, followed_by, none, blocking, muting.

Resource URL

https://api.twitter.com/1.1/friendships/lookup.json

Resource Information

Response formats JSON
Requires authentication? Yes (user context only)
Rate limited? Yes
Requests / 15-min window (user auth) 15

Parameters

Name Required Description Default Value Example
screen_name optional A comma separated list of screen names, up to 100 are allowed in a single request.   twitterapi twitter
user_id optional A comma separated list of user IDs, up to 100 are allowed in a single request.   783214 6253282

Example Requests

$ curl --request GET 
  --url 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/friendships/lookup.json?screen_name=andypiper%2Cbinary_aaron%2Ctwitterdev%2Chappycamper%2Charris_0ff' 
  --header 'authorization: OAuth oauth_consumer_key="consumer-key-for-app", 
  oauth_nonce="generated-nonce", oauth_signature="generated-signature", 
  oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1", oauth_timestamp="generated-timestamp", 
  oauth_token="access-token-for-authed-user", oauth_version="1.0"'

$ twurl /1.1/friendships/lookup.json?screen_name=andypiper,binary_aaron,twitterdev,happycamper,harris_0ff

Example Response

[
  {
    "name": "andy piper (pipes)",
    "screen_name": "andypiper",
    "id": 786491,
    "id_str": "786491",
    "connections": [
      "following"
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "λ🥑. 🍞",
    "screen_name": "binary_aaron",
    "id": 165837734,
    "id_str": "165837734",
    "connections": [
      "following",
      "followed_by"
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Twitter Dev",
    "screen_name": "TwitterDev",
    "id": 2244994945,
    "id_str": "2244994945",
    "connections": [
      "following"
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Emily Sheehan 🏕",
    "screen_name": "happycamper",
    "id": 63046977,
    "id_str": "63046977",
    "connections": [
      "none"
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Harrison Test",
    "screen_name": "Harris_0ff",
    "id": 4337869213,
    "id_str": "4337869213",
    "connections": [
      "following",
      "following_requested",
      "followed_by"
    ]
  }
]