GET lists/show
get-lists-show

GET lists/show

Returns the specified list. Private lists will only be shown if the authenticated user owns the specified list.

Resource URL

https://api.twitter.com/1.1/lists/show.json

Resource Information

Response formats JSON
Requires authentication? Yes
Rate limited? Yes
Requests / 15-min window (user auth) 75
Requests / 15-min window (app auth) 75

Parameters

Name Required Description Default Value Example
list_id required The numerical id of the list.
slug required You can identify a list by its slug instead of its numerical id. If you decide to do so, note that you'll also have to specify the list owner using the owner_id or owner_screen_name parameters.
owner_screen_name optional The screen name of the user who owns the list being requested by a slug .
owner_id optional The user ID of the user who owns the list being requested by a slug .

Example Request

GET https://api.twitter.com/1.1/lists/show.json?slug=team&owner_screen_name=twitter

Example Response

{
  "created_at": "Wed Sep 23 01:18:01 +0000 2009",
  "slug": "team",
  "name": "Team",
  "full_name": "@twitter/team",
  "description": "",
  "mode": "public",
  "following": false,
  "user": {
    "geo_enabled": true,
    "profile_background_image_url_https": "https://si0.twimg.com/images/themes/theme18/bg.gif",
    "profile_background_color": "ACDED6",
    "protected": false,
    "listed_count": 66019,
    "profile_background_tile": false,
    "created_at": "Tue Feb 20 14:35:54 +0000 2007",
    "friends_count": 695,
    "name": "Twitter",
    "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "F6F6F6",
    "notifications": false,
    "utc_offset": -28800,
    "profile_image_url_https": "https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1124040897/at-twitter_normal.png",
    "description": "Always wondering what's happening. ",
    "display_url": null,
    "following": false,
    "verified": true,
    "favourites_count": 16,
    "profile_sidebar_border_color": "EEEEEE",
    "followers_count": 6619092,
    "profile_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1124040897/at-twitter_normal.png",
    "default_profile_image": false,
    "contributors_enabled": true,
    "deactivated_bit": false,
    "statuses_count": 1218,
    "profile_use_background_image": true,
    "location": "San Francisco, CA",
    "id_str": "783214",
    "default_profile": false,
    "show_all_inline_media": true,
    "profile_text_color": "333333",
    "screen_name": "twitter",
    "follow_request_sent": false,
    "profile_background_image_url": "http://a1.twimg.com/images/themes/theme18/bg.gif",
    "url": "http://blog.twitter.com/",
    "expanded_url": null,
    "is_translator": false,
    "time_zone": "Pacific Time (US & Canada)",
    "profile_link_color": "038543",
    "id": 783214,
    "entities": {
      "urls": [],
      "user_mentions": [],
      "hashtags": []
    },
    "suspended": false,
    "lang": "en"
  },
  "member_count": 643,
  "id_str": "574",
  "subscriber_count": 76779,
  "id": 574,
  "uri": "/twitter/team"
}