Back to Collection Items
<?php
// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Http')
$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");
// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
$http->AuthToken = '<access_token>';
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbResponseBody = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$success = $http->QuickGetSb('https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id',$sbResponseBody);
if ($success == 0) {
print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
exit;
}
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$jResp = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->EmitCompact = 0;
print 'Response Body:' . "\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\n";
$respStatusCode = $http->LastStatus;
print 'Response Status Code = ' . $respStatusCode . "\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
print 'Response Header:' . "\n";
print $http->LastHeader . "\n";
print 'Failed.' . "\n";
exit;
}
// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
// {
// "errors": [
// {
// "detail": "Could not find user with id: [2244994946].",
// "title": "Not Found Error",
// "resource_type": "user",
// "parameter": "id",
// "value": "2244994946",
// "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->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/:id
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "User by ID",
"request": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"twitter",
"com"
],
"path": [
"2",
"users",
":id"
],
"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,reply_settings,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": "id",
"value": "",
"type": "string",
"description": "Required. Enter a single user ID."
}
]
},
"description": "This endpoint returns details about a user by ID.\n\nFor full details, see the [API reference](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/users/lookup/api-reference/get-users-id) for this endpoint.\n\n[Sign up](https://t.co/signup) for the Twitter API"
},
"response": [
{
"name": "200 Success - User Not Found",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"twitter",
"com"
],
"path": [
"2",
"users",
":id"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "user.fields",
"value": "",
"description": "created_at,description,entities,id,location,name,pinned_tweet_id,profile_image_url,protected,public_metrics,url,username,verified,withheld",
"disabled": true
},
{
"key": "expansions",
"value": "",
"description": "pinned_tweet_id",
"disabled": true
},
{
"key": "tweet.fields",
"value": "",
"description": "attachments,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",
"disabled": true
}
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "id",
"value": "2244994946"
}
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "content-disposition",
"value": "attachment; filename=json.json"
},
{
"key": "content-encoding",
"value": "gzip"
},
{
"key": "content-length",
"value": "186"
},
{
"key": "content-type",
"value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
},
{
"key": "date",
"value": "Fri, 26 Jun 2020 16:22:36 GMT"
},
{
"key": "server",
"value": "tsa_b"
},
{
"key": "strict-transport-security",
"value": "max-age=631138519"
},
{
"key": "x-access-level",
"value": "read"
},
{
"key": "x-connection-hash",
"value": "eae8bea11e85fe49e732de33763f0cf2"
},
{
"key": "x-content-type-options",
"value": "nosniff"
},
{
"key": "x-frame-options",
"value": "SAMEORIGIN"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-limit",
"value": "15"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-remaining",
"value": "12"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-reset",
"value": "1593189419"
},
{
"key": "x-response-time",
"value": "63"
},
{
"key": "x-xss-protection",
"value": "0"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"errors\": [\n {\n \"detail\": \"Could not find user with id: [2244994946].\",\n \"title\": \"Not Found Error\",\n \"resource_type\": \"user\",\n \"parameter\": \"id\",\n \"value\": \"2244994946\",\n \"type\": \"https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/resource-not-found\"\n }\n ]\n}"
},
{
"name": "429 Rate Limit Exceeded",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"twitter",
"com"
],
"path": [
"2",
"users",
":id"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "user.fields",
"value": "created_at,description,entities,id,location,name,pinned_tweet_id,profile_image_url,protected,url,username,verified,withheld",
"description": "created_at,description,entities,id,location,name,pinned_tweet_id,profile_image_url,protected,public_metrics,url,username,verified,withheld",
"disabled": true
},
{
"key": "expansions",
"value": "pinned_tweet_id",
"description": "pinned_tweet_id",
"disabled": true
},
{
"key": "tweet.fields",
"value": "attachments,author_id,conversation_id,created_at,entities,geo,id,in_reply_to_user_id,lang,possibly_sensitive,referenced_tweets,source,text,withheld",
"description": "attachments,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",
"disabled": true
}
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "id",
"value": "2244994945"
}
]
}
},
"status": "Too Many Requests",
"code": 429,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "plain",
"header": [
{
"key": "content-encoding",
"value": "gzip"
},
{
"key": "content-length",
"value": "46"
},
{
"key": "content-type",
"value": "text/plain;charset=utf-8"
},
{
"key": "date",
"value": "Fri, 26 Jun 2020 15:34:56 GMT"
},
{
"key": "server",
"value": "tsa_b"
},
{
"key": "strict-transport-security",
"value": "max-age=631138519"
},
{
"key": "x-connection-hash",
"value": "bf6b8cccb0bc95bc56a50be4db9a2d09"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-limit",
"value": "15"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-remaining",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-reset",
"value": "1593186139"
},
{
"key": "x-response-time",
"value": "6"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "Rate limit exceeded\n"
},
{
"name": "200 Success - Default Payload",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"twitter",
"com"
],
"path": [
"2",
"users",
":id"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "user.fields",
"value": "",
"description": "created_at,description,entities,id,location,name,pinned_tweet_id,profile_image_url,protected,public_metrics,url,username,verified,withheld",
"disabled": true
},
{
"key": "expansions",
"value": "",
"description": "pinned_tweet_id",
"disabled": true
},
{
"key": "tweet.fields",
"value": "",
"description": "attachments,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",
"disabled": true
}
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "id",
"value": "2244994945"
}
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "content-disposition",
"value": "attachment; filename=json.json"
},
{
"key": "content-encoding",
"value": "gzip"
},
{
"key": "content-length",
"value": "83"
},
{
"key": "content-type",
"value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
},
{
"key": "date",
"value": "Fri, 26 Jun 2020 16:21:59 GMT"
},
{
"key": "server",
"value": "tsa_b"
},
{
"key": "strict-transport-security",
"value": "max-age=631138519"
},
{
"key": "x-access-level",
"value": "read"
},
{
"key": "x-connection-hash",
"value": "eae8bea11e85fe49e732de33763f0cf2"
},
{
"key": "x-content-type-options",
"value": "nosniff"
},
{
"key": "x-frame-options",
"value": "SAMEORIGIN"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-limit",
"value": "15"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-remaining",
"value": "14"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-reset",
"value": "1593189419"
},
{
"key": "x-response-time",
"value": "59"
},
{
"key": "x-xss-protection",
"value": "0"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"data\": {\n \"id\": \"2244994945\",\n \"name\": \"Twitter Dev\",\n \"username\": \"TwitterDev\"\n }\n}"
},
{
"name": "User by ID",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"twitter",
"com"
],
"path": [
"2",
"users",
":id"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "user.fields",
"value": "",
"description": "created_at,description,entities,id,location,name,pinned_tweet_id,profile_image_url,protected,public_metrics,url,username,verified,withheld",
"disabled": true
},
{
"key": "expansions",
"value": "",
"description": "pinned_tweet_id",
"disabled": true
},
{
"key": "tweet.fields",
"value": "",
"description": "attachments,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",
"disabled": true
}
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "id",
"value": ""
}
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "content-disposition",
"value": "attachment; filename=json.json"
},
{
"key": "content-encoding",
"value": "gzip"
},
{
"key": "content-length",
"value": "219"
},
{
"key": "content-type",
"value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
},
{
"key": "date",
"value": "Fri, 26 Jun 2020 16:25:31 GMT"
},
{
"key": "server",
"value": "tsa_b"
},
{
"key": "strict-transport-security",
"value": "max-age=631138519"
},
{
"key": "x-access-level",
"value": "read"
},
{
"key": "x-connection-hash",
"value": "eae8bea11e85fe49e732de33763f0cf2"
},
{
"key": "x-content-type-options",
"value": "nosniff"
},
{
"key": "x-frame-options",
"value": "SAMEORIGIN"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-limit",
"value": "15"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-remaining",
"value": "8"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-reset",
"value": "1593189419"
},
{
"key": "x-response-time",
"value": "29"
},
{
"key": "x-xss-protection",
"value": "0"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"data\": {\n \"created_at\": \"2020-06-17T19:10:19.000Z\",\n \"description\": \"\",\n \"id\": \"1273332037970202626\",\n \"name\": \"Clou\",\n \"profile_image_url\": \"https://abs.twimg.com/sticky/default_profile_images/default_profile_normal.png\",\n \"protected\": true,\n \"url\": \"\",\n \"username\": \"Clou18829992\",\n \"verified\": false\n }\n}"
},
{
"name": "200 Success - Request Fields for User and Expanded Pinned Tweet",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id?user.fields=created_at,description,entities,id,location,name,pinned_tweet_id,profile_image_url,protected,url,username,verified,withheld&expansions=pinned_tweet_id&tweet.fields=attachments,author_id,conversation_id,created_at,entities,geo,id,in_reply_to_user_id,lang,possibly_sensitive,referenced_tweets,source,text,withheld",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"twitter",
"com"
],
"path": [
"2",
"users",
":id"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "user.fields",
"value": "created_at,description,entities,id,location,name,pinned_tweet_id,profile_image_url,protected,url,username,verified,withheld",
"description": "created_at,description,entities,id,location,name,pinned_tweet_id,profile_image_url,protected,public_metrics,url,username,verified,withheld"
},
{
"key": "expansions",
"value": "pinned_tweet_id",
"description": "pinned_tweet_id"
},
{
"key": "tweet.fields",
"value": "attachments,author_id,conversation_id,created_at,entities,geo,id,in_reply_to_user_id,lang,possibly_sensitive,referenced_tweets,source,text,withheld",
"description": "attachments,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"
}
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "id",
"value": "2244994945"
}
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "content-disposition",
"value": "attachment; filename=json.json"
},
{
"key": "content-encoding",
"value": "gzip"
},
{
"key": "content-length",
"value": "1012"
},
{
"key": "content-type",
"value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
},
{
"key": "date",
"value": "Fri, 26 Jun 2020 15:33:41 GMT"
},
{
"key": "server",
"value": "tsa_b"
},
{
"key": "strict-transport-security",
"value": "max-age=631138519"
},
{
"key": "x-access-level",
"value": "read"
},
{
"key": "x-connection-hash",
"value": "bf6b8cccb0bc95bc56a50be4db9a2d09"
},
{
"key": "x-content-type-options",
"value": "nosniff"
},
{
"key": "x-frame-options",
"value": "SAMEORIGIN"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-limit",
"value": "15"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-remaining",
"value": "1"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-reset",
"value": "1593186139"
},
{
"key": "x-response-time",
"value": "76"
},
{
"key": "x-xss-protection",
"value": "0"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"data\": {\n \"created_at\": \"2013-12-14T04:35:55.000Z\",\n \"description\": \"The voice of Twitter's #DevRel team, and your official source for updates, news, & events about Twitter's API. \\n\\n#BlackLivesMatter\",\n \"entities\": {\n \"url\": {\n \"urls\": [\n {\n \"start\": 0,\n \"end\": 23,\n \"url\": \"https://t.co/3ZX3TNiZCY\",\n \"expanded_url\": \"https://developer.twitter.com/en/community\",\n \"display_url\": \"developer.twitter.com/en/community\"\n }\n ]\n },\n \"description\": {\n \"hashtags\": [\n {\n \"start\": 23,\n \"end\": 30,\n \"tag\": \"DevRel\"\n },\n {\n \"start\": 113,\n \"end\": 130,\n \"tag\": \"BlackLivesMatter\"\n }\n ]\n }\n },\n \"id\": \"2244994945\",\n \"location\": \"127.0.0.1\",\n \"name\": \"Twitter Dev\",\n \"pinned_tweet_id\": \"1255542774432063488\",\n \"profile_image_url\": \"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1267175364003901441/tBZNFAgA_normal.jpg\",\n \"protected\": false,\n \"url\": \"https://t.co/3ZX3TNiZCY\",\n \"username\": \"TwitterDev\",\n \"verified\": true\n },\n \"includes\": {\n \"tweets\": [\n {\n \"author_id\": \"2244994945\",\n \"conversation_id\": \"1255542774432063488\",\n \"created_at\": \"2020-04-29T17:01:38.000Z\",\n \"entities\": {\n \"urls\": [\n {\n \"start\": 264,\n \"end\": 287,\n \"url\": \"https://t.co/BPqMcQzhId\",\n \"expanded_url\": \"https://blog.twitter.com/developer/en_us/topics/tools/2020/covid19_public_conversation_data.html\",\n \"display_url\": \"blog.twitter.com/developer/en_u…\",\n \"images\": [\n {\n \"url\": \"https://pbs.twimg.com/news_img/1274730688919613440/SEsqlE16?format=jpg&name=orig\",\n \"width\": 1600,\n \"height\": 600\n },\n {\n \"url\": \"https://pbs.twimg.com/news_img/1274730688919613440/SEsqlE16?format=jpg&name=150x150\",\n \"width\": 150,\n \"height\": 150\n }\n ],\n \"status\": 200,\n \"title\": \"Enabling study of the public conversation in a time of crisis\",\n \"description\": \"To further support our company’s ongoing efforts, we want to enable developers and researchers to study the public conversation on COVID-19 in real-time.\",\n \"unwound_url\": \"https://blog.twitter.com/developer/en_us/topics/tools/2020/covid19_public_conversation_data.html\"\n }\n ]\n },\n \"id\": \"1255542774432063488\",\n \"lang\": \"en\",\n \"possibly_sensitive\": false,\n \"source\": \"Twitter Web App\",\n \"text\": \"During these unprecedented times, what’s happening on Twitter can help the world better understand & respond to the pandemic. \\n\\nWe're launching a free COVID-19 stream endpoint so qualified devs & researchers can study the public conversation in real-time. https://t.co/BPqMcQzhId\"\n }\n ]\n }\n}"
}
]
}
