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.
Resource URL
Parameters
The ID of the user for whom to return results for. Either an id or screen_name is required for this method.
Example Values: 12345
Note:: Specifies the ID of the user to befriend. Helpful for disambiguating when a valid user ID is also a valid screen name.
The screen name of the user for whom to return results for. Either a id or screen_name is required for this method.
Example Values: noradio
When set to either true, t or 1, each tweet will include a node called "entities,". This node offers a variety of metadata about the tweet in a discreet structure, including: user_mentions, urls, and hashtags. While entities are opt-in on timelines at present, they will be made a default component of output in the future. See Tweet Entities for more detail on entities.
Example Values: true
Extended description
You must be following a protected user to be able to see their most recent status update. If you don't follow a protected user, or request this method without autenticating, the users status will be removed.
The URL pattern /version/users/show/:screen_name_or_user_id.format is still accepted but not recommended. As a sequence of numbers is a valid screen name we recommend using the screen_name or user_id parameter instead.
Example Request
GET | |
{
"profile_sidebar_fill_color": "e0ff92",
"name": "Twitter API",
"profile_sidebar_border_color": "87bc44",
"profile_background_tile": false,
"created_at": "Wed May 23 06:01:13 +0000 2007",
"profile_image_url": "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/689684365/api_normal.png",
"location": "San Francisco, CA",
"follow_request_sent": false,
"id_str": "6253282",
"profile_link_color": "0000ff",
"is_translator": false,
"contributors_enabled": true,
"url": "http://dev.twitter.com",
"favourites_count": 15,
"utc_offset": -28800,
"id": 6253282,
"profile_use_background_image": true,
"listed_count": 6868,
"profile_text_color": "000000",
"protected": false,
"followers_count": 335343,
"lang": "en",
"notifications": false,
"geo_enabled": true,
"profile_background_color": "c1dfee",
"verified": true,
"description": "The Real Twitter API. I tweet about API changes, service issues and happily answer questions about Twitter and our API. Don't get an answer? It's on my website.",
"time_zone": "Pacific Time (US & Canada)",
"profile_background_image_url": "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/59931895/twitterapi-background-new.png",
"friends_count": 20,
"statuses_count": 2404,
"status": {
"coordinates": null,
"created_at": "Wed Dec 22 20:08:02 +0000 2010",
"favorited": false,
"truncated": false,
"id_str": "17672734540570624",
"entities": {
"urls": [
{
"expanded_url": "http://tumblr.com/xnr140f9mi",
"url": "http://t.co/37zl2jI",
"indices": [
93,
112
],
"display_url": "tumblr.com/xnr140f9mi"
}
],
"hashtags": [
],
"user_mentions": [
]
},
"in_reply_to_user_id_str": null,
"contributors": null,
"text": "Twitter downtime - Twitter is currently down. We are aware of the problem and working on it. http://t.co/37zl2jI",
"id": 17672734540570624,
"retweet_count": 30,
"in_reply_to_status_id_str": null,
"geo": null,
"retweeted": false,
"in_reply_to_user_id": null,
"source": "<a href=\"http://www.tumblr.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tumblr</a>",
"in_reply_to_screen_name": null,
"place": null,
"in_reply_to_status_id": null
},
"following": true,
"screen_name": "twitterapi",
"show_all_inline_media": false
}