get-users-lookup

GET users/lookup

Returns fully-hydrated user objects for up to 100 users per request, as specified by comma-separated values passed to the user_id and/or screen_name parameters.

This method is especially useful when used in conjunction with collections of user IDs returned from GET friends / ids and GET followers / ids.

GET users / show is used to retrieve a single user object.

There are a few things to note when using this method.

You must be following a protected user to be able to see their most recent status update. If you don't follow a protected user their status will be removed.
The order of user IDs or screen names may not match the order of users in the returned array.
If a requested user is unknown, suspended, or deleted, then that user will not be returned in the results list.
If none of your lookup criteria can be satisfied by returning a user object, a HTTP 404 will be thrown.
You are strongly encouraged to use a POST for larger requests.

Resource URL¶

https://api.twitter.com/1.1/users/lookup.json

Resource Information¶

Response formats	JSON
Requires authentication?	Yes
Rate limited?	Yes
Requests / 15-min window (user auth)	900
Requests / 15-min window (app auth)	300

Parameters¶

Name	Required	Description	Default Value	Example
screen_name	optional	A comma separated list of screen names, up to 100 are allowed in a single request. You are strongly encouraged to use a POST for larger (up to 100 screen names) requests.		twitterapi twitter
user_id	optional	A comma separated list of user IDs, up to 100 are allowed in a single request. You are strongly encouraged to use a POST for larger requests.		783214 6253282
include_entities	optional	The entities node that may appear within embedded statuses will not be included when set to false.		false
tweet_mode	optional	Valid request values are compat and extended, which give compatibility mode and extended mode, respectively for Tweets that contain over 140 characters		false

Example Requests¶

$ curl --request GET 
  --url 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/users/lookup.json?user_id=783214,6253282' 
  --header 'authorization: OAuth oauth_consumer_key="consumer-key-for-app", 
  oauth_nonce="generated-nonce", oauth_signature="generated-signature", 
  oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1", oauth_timestamp="generated-timestamp", 
  oauth_version="1.0"'

$ twurl /1.1/users/lookup.json?user_id=783214,6253282,2244994945

Example Response¶

[
  {
    {user-object},
    {user-object},
    {user-object}
  }
]

For more detail, see the user-object definition.