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POST account/update_profile_colors

API version 1.1

Updated on Wed, 2012-09-05 13:44

Sets one or more hex values that control the color scheme of the authenticating user's profile page on twitter.com. Each parameter's value must be a valid hexidecimal value, and may be either three or six characters (ex: #fff or #ffffff).

Resource URL

https://api.twitter.com/1.1/account/update_profile_colors.json

Parameters

profile_background_color optional

Profile background color.

Example Values: 3D3D3D

profile_link_color optional

Profile link color.

Example Values: 0000FF

profile_sidebar_border_color optional

Profile sidebar's border color.

Example Values: 0F0F0F

profile_sidebar_fill_color optional

Profile sidebar's background color.

Example Values: 00FF00

profile_text_color optional

Profile text color.

Example Values: 000000

include_entities optional

The entities node will not be included when set to false.

Example Values: false

skip_status optional

When set to either true, t or 1 statuses will not be included in the returned user objects.

Example Request

POST	`https://api.twitter.com/1.1/account/update_profile_colors.json`
POST Data	`profile_text_color=000000&profile_sidebar_border_color=ff0000&skip_status=1&profile_background_color=0000FF&include_entities=1`

```
{
```
```
    "contributors_enabled": false, 
```

    "created_at": "Thu Aug 23 19:45:07 +0000 2012",

```
    "default_profile": false, 
```
```
    "default_profile_image": false, 
```

    "description": "Keep calm and test",

```
    "entities": {
```
```
        "description": {
```
```
            "urls": []
```
```
        }, 
```
```
        "url": {
```
```
            "urls": [
```
```
                {
```

                    "display_url": null,

                    "expanded_url": null,

```
                    "indices": [
```
```
                        0, 
```
```
                        14
```
```
                    ], 
```

                    "url": "http://cnn.com"

```
                }
```
```
            ]
```
```
        }
```
```
    }, 
```
```
    "favourites_count": 0, 
```
```
    "follow_request_sent": false, 
```
```
    "followers_count": 0, 
```
```
    "following": false, 
```
```
    "friends_count": 10, 
```
```
    "geo_enabled": true, 
```
```
    "id": 776627022, 
```
```
    "id_str": "776627022", 
```
```
    "is_translator": false, 
```
```
    "lang": "en", 
```
```
    "listed_count": 0, 
```
```
    "location": "San Francisco, CA", 
```
```
    "name": "Mick Jagger", 
```
```
    "notifications": false, 
```

    "profile_background_color": "0000FF",

    "profile_background_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/644522235/cdjlccey99gy36j3em67.jpeg",

    "profile_background_image_url_https": "https://si0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/644522235/cdjlccey99gy36j3em67.jpeg",

```
    "profile_background_tile": true, 
```

    "profile_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/2550256790/hv5rtkvistn50nvcuydl_normal.jpeg",

    "profile_image_url_https": "https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/2550256790/hv5rtkvistn50nvcuydl_normal.jpeg",

```
    "profile_link_color": "000000", 
```

    "profile_sidebar_border_color": "ff0000",

    "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "000000",

```
    "profile_text_color": "000000", 
```

    "profile_use_background_image": false,

```
    "protected": false, 
```
```
    "screen_name": "s0c1alm3dia", 
```
```
    "show_all_inline_media": false, 
```
```
    "statuses_count": 0, 
```

    "time_zone": "Pacific Time (US & Canada)",

```
    "url": "http://cnn.com", 
```
```
    "utc_offset": -28800, 
```
```
    "verified": false
```
```
}
```