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POST mutes/users/destroy

API version 1.1

Updated on Thu, 2014-05-01 06:46

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

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

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

Resource URL

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

Parameters

Either screen_name or user_id must be provided.

screen_name optional

The screen name of the potentially muted user. Helpful for disambiguating when a valid screen name is also a user ID.

Example Values: 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.

Example Values: 12345

Example Request

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

```
{
```
```
  "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": "<a href=\"http://twitter.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter for  iPhone</a>",

```
    "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
```
```
}
```