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TCL / Twitter API v2 / Block a user ID

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load ./chilkat.dll

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

set http [new_CkHttp]

set sbRequestBody [new_CkStringBuilder]

CkStringBuilder_Append $sbRequestBody "// Replace id-you-want-to-block with the ID you wish to block\n"
CkStringBuilder_Append $sbRequestBody "{\n"
CkStringBuilder_Append $sbRequestBody "    \"target_user_id\": \"id-you-want-to-block\"\n"
CkStringBuilder_Append $sbRequestBody "}"

# Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
CkHttp_put_AuthToken $http "<access_token>"

set resp [new_CkHttpResponse]

set success [CkHttp_HttpSb $http "POST" "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id/blocking" $sbRequestBody "utf-8" "application/text" $resp]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbRequestBody
    delete_CkHttpResponse $resp
    exit
}

puts [CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp]
puts [CkHttpResponse_bodyStr $resp]

delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbRequestBody
delete_CkHttpResponse $resp

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-d '// Replace id-you-want-to-block with the ID you wish to block
{
    "target_user_id": "id-you-want-to-block"
}'
https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id/blocking

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Block a user ID",
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "oauth1",
      "oauth1": [
        {
          "key": "consumerKey",
          "value": "",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "key": "tokenSecret",
          "value": "",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "key": "token",
          "value": "",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "key": "consumerSecret",
          "value": "",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "key": "addParamsToHeader",
          "value": true,
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        {
          "key": "signatureMethod",
          "value": "HMAC-SHA1",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "key": "version",
          "value": "1.0",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "key": "addEmptyParamsToSign",
          "value": false,
          "type": "boolean"
        }
      ]
    },
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "// Replace id-you-want-to-block with the ID you wish to block\n{\n    \"target_user_id\": \"id-you-want-to-block\"\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id/blocking",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "twitter",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "2",
        "users",
        ":id",
        "blocking"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "id",
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Allows a user ID to block another user.\n\nFor full details, see the [API reference](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/users/blocks/api-reference/post-users-user_id-blocking) for this endpoint.\n\n[Sign up](https://t.co/signup) for the Twitter API"
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}