GET
/
2
/
users
/
{id}
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.twitter.com/2/users/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "data": {
    "created_at": "2013-12-14T04:35:55Z",
    "id": "2244994945",
    "name": "X Dev",
    "protected": false,
    "username": "TwitterDev"
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "<string>",
      "status": 123,
      "title": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "includes": {
    "media": [
      {
        "height": 1,
        "media_key": "<string>",
        "type": "<string>",
        "width": 1
      }
    ],
    "places": [
      {
        "contained_within": [
          "f7eb2fa2fea288b1"
        ],
        "country": "United States",
        "country_code": "US",
        "full_name": "Lakewood, CO",
        "geo": {
          "bbox": [
            -105.193475,
            39.60973,
            -105.053164,
            39.761974
          ],
          "geometry": {
            "coordinates": [
              -105.18816086351444,
              40.247749999999996
            ],
            "type": "Point"
          },
          "properties": {},
          "type": "Feature"
        },
        "id": "f7eb2fa2fea288b1",
        "name": "Lakewood",
        "place_type": "city"
      }
    ],
    "polls": [
      {
        "duration_minutes": 5042,
        "end_datetime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "id": "1365059861688410112",
        "options": [
          {
            "label": "<string>",
            "position": 123,
            "votes": 123
          }
        ],
        "voting_status": "open"
      }
    ],
    "topics": [
      {
        "description": "All about technology",
        "id": "<string>",
        "name": "Technology"
      }
    ],
    "tweets": [
      {
        "author_id": "2244994945",
        "created_at": "Wed Jan 06 18:40:40 +0000 2021",
        "id": "1346889436626259968",
        "text": "Learn how to use the user Tweet timeline and user mention timeline endpoints in the X API v2 to explore Tweet\\u2026 https:\\/\\/t.co\\/56a0vZUx7i",
        "username": "XDevelopers"
      }
    ],
    "users": [
      {
        "created_at": "2013-12-14T04:35:55Z",
        "id": "2244994945",
        "name": "X Dev",
        "protected": false,
        "username": "TwitterDev"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

​
id
string
required

The ID of the User to lookup.

Example:

"2244994945"

Query Parameters

​
user.fields
enum<string>[]

A comma separated list of User fields to display.

Minimum length: 1
Example:
[
  "affiliation",
  "confirmed_email",
  "connection_status",
  "created_at",
  "description",
  "entities",
  "id",
  "is_identity_verified",
  "location",
  "most_recent_tweet_id",
  "name",
  "parody",
  "pinned_tweet_id",
  "profile_banner_url",
  "profile_image_url",
  "protected",
  "public_metrics",
  "receives_your_dm",
  "subscription",
  "subscription_type",
  "url",
  "username",
  "verified",
  "verified_followers_count",
  "verified_type",
  "withheld"
]
​
expansions
enum<string>[]

A comma separated list of fields to expand.

Minimum length: 1
Example:
[
  "affiliation.user_id",
  "most_recent_tweet_id",
  "pinned_tweet_id"
]
​
tweet.fields
enum<string>[]

A comma separated list of Tweet fields to display.

Minimum length: 1
Example:
[
  "article",
  "attachments",
  "author_id",
  "card_uri",
  "community_id",
  "context_annotations",
  "conversation_id",
  "created_at",
  "display_text_range",
  "edit_controls",
  "edit_history_tweet_ids",
  "entities",
  "geo",
  "id",
  "in_reply_to_user_id",
  "lang",
  "media_metadata",
  "non_public_metrics",
  "note_tweet",
  "organic_metrics",
  "possibly_sensitive",
  "promoted_metrics",
  "public_metrics",
  "referenced_tweets",
  "reply_settings",
  "scopes",
  "source",
  "text",
  "withheld"
]

Response

200
application/json

The request has succeeded.

The response is of type object.