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Data API

Retrieve Twitter User Information by Username

Retrieve detailed user information by their Twitter username.

get/twitter/user/{username}

Path parameters

usernamestring required

The username of the target user profile without @.

Response

Request succeeded

OR

Example response

{
  "id_str": "6253282",
  "name": "Twitter API",
  "screen_name": "twitterapi",
  "location": "San Francisco, CA",
  "url": "https://developer.twitter.com",
  "description": "The Real Twitter API.",
  "protected": true,
  "followers_count": 21,
  "friends_count": 32,
  "listed_count": 9274,
  "favourites_count": 13,
  "statuses_count": 42,
  "created_at": "2009-06-02T20:12:29.000000Z",
  "profile_banner_url": "https://si0.twimg.com/profile_banners/819797/1348102824",
  "profile_image_url_https": "https://abs.twimg.com/sticky/default_profile_images/default_profile_normal.png"
}

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