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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
' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.twitter.com/2/users/by/username/:username",sbResponseBody)
If (success = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())
Dim respStatusCode As Integer = http.LastStatus
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastHeader)
Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
Exit Sub
End If
' 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
Dim detail As String
Dim title As String
Dim resource_type As String
Dim parameter As String
Dim value As String
Dim v_type As String
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = 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
End While
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"
},
"response": [
{
"name": "200 Success - User Not Found",
"originalRequest": {
"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": "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": "username",
"value": "TwitterDec"
}
]
}
},
"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": "184"
},
{
"key": "content-type",
"value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
},
{
"key": "date",
"value": "Fri, 26 Jun 2020 15:32:08 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": "4"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-reset",
"value": "1593186139"
},
{
"key": "x-response-time",
"value": "207"
},
{
"key": "x-xss-protection",
"value": "0"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"errors\": [\n {\n \"detail\": \"Could not find user with username: [TwitterDec].\",\n \"title\": \"Not Found Error\",\n \"resource_type\": \"user\",\n \"parameter\": \"username\",\n \"value\": \"TwitterDec\",\n \"type\": \"https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/resource-not-found\"\n }\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/by/username/:username?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",
"by",
"username",
":username"
],
"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": "username",
"value": "TwitterDev"
}
]
}
},
"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 15:29:38 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": "8"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-reset",
"value": "1593186139"
},
{
"key": "x-response-time",
"value": "253"
},
{
"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}"
},
{
"name": "429 Rate Limit Exceeded",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/by/username/:username?user.fields=created_at,description,entities,id,location,name,pinned_tweet_id,profile_image_url,protected,public_metrics,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",
"by",
"username",
":username"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "user.fields",
"value": "created_at,description,entities,id,location,name,pinned_tweet_id,profile_image_url,protected,public_metrics,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": "username",
"value": "TwitterDev"
}
]
}
},
"status": "Too Many Requests",
"code": 429,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "plain",
"header": [
{
"key": "content-encoding",
"value": "gzip"
},
{
"key": "content-length",
"value": "46"
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{
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},
{
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"value": "tsa_b"
},
{
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{
"key": "x-connection-hash",
"value": "bf6b8cccb0bc95bc56a50be4db9a2d09"
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{
"key": "x-rate-limit-limit",
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{
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"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "x-rate-limit-reset",
"value": "1593185073"
},
{
"key": "x-response-time",
"value": "7"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "Rate limit exceeded\n"
},
{
"name": "200 Success - Default Payload",
"originalRequest": {
"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": "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": "username",
"value": "TwitterDev"
}
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
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"key": "content-disposition",
"value": "attachment; filename=json.json"
},
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},
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"value": "tsa_b"
},
{
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"value": "max-age=631138519"
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{
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"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",
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},
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"key": "x-rate-limit-remaining",
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"cookie": [
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}
]
}
