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Python / Twitter API v2 / User by Username

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import sys
import chilkat

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

# Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.put_AuthToken("<access_token>")

sbResponseBody = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.twitter.com/2/users/by/username/:username",sbResponseBody)
if (success == False):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

jResp = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.put_EmitCompact(False)

print("Response Body:")
print(jResp.emit())

respStatusCode = http.get_LastStatus()
print("Response Status Code = " + str(respStatusCode))
if (respStatusCode >= 400):
    print("Response Header:")
    print(http.lastHeader())
    print("Failed.")
    sys.exit()

# Sample JSON response:
# (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

# {
#   "errors": [
#     {
#       "detail": "Could not find user with username: [TwitterDec].",
#       "title": "Not Found Error",
#       "resource_type": "user",
#       "parameter": "username",
#       "value": "TwitterDec",
#       "type": "https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/resource-not-found"
#     }
#   ]
# }

# Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code

i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("errors")
while i < count_i :
    jResp.put_I(i)
    detail = jResp.stringOf("errors[i].detail")
    title = jResp.stringOf("errors[i].title")
    resource_type = jResp.stringOf("errors[i].resource_type")
    parameter = jResp.stringOf("errors[i].parameter")
    value = jResp.stringOf("errors[i].value")
    v_type = jResp.stringOf("errors[i].type")
    i = i + 1

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://api.twitter.com/2/users/by/username/:username

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "User by Username",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/by/username/:username",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "twitter",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "2",
        "users",
        "by",
        "username",
        ":username"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "user.fields",
          "value": "",
          "description": "Comma-separated fields for the user object.\n\nAllowed values:\ncreated_at,description,entities,id,location,name,pinned_tweet_id,profile_image_url,protected,public_metrics,url,username,verified,withheld\n\nDefault values:\nid,name,username",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "expansions",
          "value": "",
          "description": "Expansions enable requests to expand an ID into a full object in the includes response object.\n\nAllowed value:\npinned_tweet_id\n\nDefault value: none",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "tweet.fields",
          "value": "",
          "description": "Comma-separated list of fields for the Tweet object. Expansion required.\n\nAllowed values:\nattachments,author_id,context_annotations,conversation_id,created_at,entities,geo,id,in_reply_to_user_id,lang,non_public_metrics,organic_metrics,possibly_sensitive,promoted_metrics,public_metrics,referenced_tweets,source,text,withheld\n\nDefault values:\nid,text\n\nOAuth1.0a User Context authorization required if any of the following fields are included in the request:\nnon_public_metrics,organic_metrics,promoted_metrics",
          "disabled": true
        }
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "username",
          "value": "",
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Required. Enter a single Twitter username (handle)."
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "This endpoint returns details about a user by username.\n\nFor full details, see the [API reference](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/users/lookup/api-reference/get-users-by-username-username) for this endpoint.\n\n[Sign up](https://t.co/signup) for the Twitter API"
  },
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      "name": "200 Success - User Not Found",
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        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/by/username/:username",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
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            "twitter",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "2",
            "users",
            "by",
            "username",
            ":username"
          ],
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              "key": "user.fields",
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              "disabled": true
            },
            {
              "key": "expansions",
              "value": "",
              "description": "pinned_tweet_id",
              "disabled": true
            },
            {
              "key": "tweet.fields",
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              "disabled": true
            }
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "username",
              "value": "TwitterDec"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
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        },
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        },
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    },
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        "header": [
        ],
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            "by",
            "username",
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}