Add a member to a list. The authenticated user must own the list to be able to add members to it. Note that lists cannot have more than 5,000 members.

Resource URL¶

https://api.twitter.com/1.1/lists/members/create.json

Resource Information¶

Response formats	JSON
Requires authentication?	Yes
Rate limited?	Yes

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.
user_id	required	The ID of the user for whom to return results. Helpful for disambiguating when a valid user ID is also a valid screen name.
screen_name	required	The screen name of the user for whom to return results. Helpful for disambiguating when a valid screen name is also a user ID.
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¶

POST https://api.twitter.com/1.1/lists/members/create.json?slug=team&owner_screen_name=twitter&screen_name=kurrik

Example Response¶

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