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VB.NET / Twitter API v2 / Mute a user ID

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean

Dim sbRequestBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
sbRequestBody.Append("// Replace id-you-want-to-mute with the ID you wish to mute" & vbLf)
sbRequestBody.Append("{" & vbLf)
sbRequestBody.Append("    ""target_user_id"": ""id-you-want-to-mute\vbLf)
sbRequestBody.Append("}")

' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"

Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.PTextSb("POST","https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id/muting",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/text",False,False)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine(resp.StatusCode)
Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)

Curl Command

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

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Mute a user ID",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "// Replace id-you-want-to-mute with the ID you wish to mute\n{\n    \"target_user_id\": \"id-you-want-to-mute\"\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id/muting",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "twitter",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "2",
        "users",
        ":id",
        "muting"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "id",
          "value": "",
          "description": "Required. Enter a single user ID."
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Allows a user ID to mute another user.\n\nFor full details, see the [API reference](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/users/mutes/api-reference/post-users-user_id-muting) for this endpoint.\n\n[Sign up](https://t.co/signup) for the Twitter API"
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}