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GET account/verify_credentials

API version 1.1

Updated on Wed, 2012-09-05 10:22

Returns an HTTP 200 OK response code and a representation of the requesting user if authentication was successful; returns a 401 status code and an error message if not. Use this method to test if supplied user credentials are valid.

Resource URL

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

Parameters

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 Values: true

Example Request

GET	`https://api.twitter.com/1.1/account/verify_credentials.json`

```
{
```
```
    "contributors_enabled": true, 
```

    "created_at": "Sat May 09 17:58:22 +0000 2009",

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

    "description": "I taught your phone that thing you like.  The Mobile Partner Engineer @Twitter. ",

```
    "favourites_count": 588, 
```
```
    "follow_request_sent": null, 
```
```
    "followers_count": 10625, 
```
```
    "following": null, 
```
```
    "friends_count": 1181, 
```
```
    "geo_enabled": true, 
```
```
    "id": 38895958, 
```
```
    "id_str": "38895958", 
```
```
    "is_translator": false, 
```
```
    "lang": "en", 
```
```
    "listed_count": 190, 
```
```
    "location": "San Francisco", 
```
```
    "name": "Sean Cook", 
```
```
    "notifications": null, 
```

    "profile_background_color": "1A1B1F",

    "profile_background_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/495742332/purty_wood.png",

    "profile_background_image_url_https": "https://si0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/495742332/purty_wood.png",

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

    "profile_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1751506047/dead_sexy_normal.JPG",

    "profile_image_url_https": "https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1751506047/dead_sexy_normal.JPG",

```
    "profile_link_color": "2FC2EF", 
```

    "profile_sidebar_border_color": "181A1E",

    "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "252429",

```
    "profile_text_color": "666666", 
```

    "profile_use_background_image": true,

```
    "protected": false, 
```
```
    "screen_name": "theSeanCook", 
```
```
    "show_all_inline_media": true, 
```
```
    "status": {
```
```
        "contributors": null, 
```
```
        "coordinates": {
```
```
            "coordinates": [
```
```
                -122.45037293, 
```
```
                37.76484123
```
```
            ], 
```
```
            "type": "Point"
```
```
        }, 
```

        "created_at": "Tue Aug 28 05:44:24 +0000 2012",

```
        "favorited": false, 
```
```
        "geo": {
```
```
            "coordinates": [
```
```
                37.76484123, 
```
```
                -122.45037293
```
```
            ], 
```
```
            "type": "Point"
```
```
        }, 
```
```
        "id": 240323931419062272, 
```

        "id_str": "240323931419062272",

        "in_reply_to_screen_name": "messl",

        "in_reply_to_status_id": 240316959173009410,

        "in_reply_to_status_id_str": "240316959173009410",

        "in_reply_to_user_id": 18707866,

        "in_reply_to_user_id_str": "18707866",

```
        "place": {
```
```
            "attributes": {}, 
```
```
            "bounding_box": {
```
```
                "coordinates": [
```
```
                    [
```
```
                        [
```

                            -122.45778216,

```
                            37.75932999
```
```
                        ], 
```
```
                        [
```

                            -122.44248216,

```
                            37.75932999
```
```
                        ], 
```
```
                        [
```

                            -122.44248216,

```
                            37.76752899
```
```
                        ], 
```
```
                        [
```

                            -122.45778216,

```
                            37.76752899
```
```
                        ]
```
```
                    ]
```
```
                ], 
```
```
                "type": "Polygon"
```
```
            }, 
```

            "country": "United States",

```
            "country_code": "US", 
```

            "full_name": "Ashbury Heights, San Francisco",

```
            "id": "866269c983527d5a", 
```
```
            "name": "Ashbury Heights", 
```

            "place_type": "neighborhood",

            "url": "http://api.twitter.com/1/geo/id/866269c983527d5a.json"

```
        }, 
```
```
        "retweet_count": 0, 
```
```
        "retweeted": false, 
```

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

        "text": "@messl congrats! So happy for all 3 of you.",

```
        "truncated": false
```
```
    }, 
```
```
    "statuses_count": 2609, 
```

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

```
    "url": null, 
```
```
    "utc_offset": -28800, 
```
```
    "verified": false
```
```
}
```