GET users/search
Provides a simple, relevance-based search interface to public user accounts on Twitter. Try querying by topical interest, full name, company name, location, or other criteria. Exact match searches are not supported.
Only the first 1,000 matching results are available.
Resource URL
https://api.twitter.com/1.1/users/search.jsonResource Information
Response formats
JSON
Requires authentication?
Yes (user context only)
Rate limited?
Yes
Requests / 15-min window (user auth)
180
Parameters
q required
The search query to run against people search.
Example Values: Twitter%20API
page optional
Specifies the page of results to retrieve.
Example Values: 3
count optional
The number of potential user results to retrieve per page. This value has a maximum of 20.
Example Values: 5
include_entities optional
The entities node will be disincluded from embedded tweet objects when set to false.
Example Values: false
OAuth Signature Generator
Sign in to see a list of your registered applications.
Example Request
GET
https://api.twitter.com/1.1/users/search.json?q=Twitter%20API&page=1&count=3
Example Result
[
{
"profile_sidebar_fill_color": "DDEEF6",
"profile_background_tile": true,
"profile_sidebar_border_color": "C0DEED",
"name": "Twitter API",
"created_at": "Wed May 23 06:01:13 +0000 2007",
"profile_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/2284174872/7df3h38zabcvjylnyfe3_normal.png",
"location": "San Francisco, CA",
"follow_request_sent": false,
"id_str": "6253282",
"is_translator": false,
"profile_link_color": "0084B4",
"entities": {
"url": {
"urls": [
{
"expanded_url": null,
"url": "http://dev.twitter.com",
"indices": [
0,
22
],
"display_url": null
}
]
},
"description": {
"urls": [
]
}
},
"default_profile": false,
"contributors_enabled": false,
"favourites_count": 25,
"url": "http://dev.twitter.com",
"profile_banner_url": "https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_banners/6253282/1347394302",
"utc_offset": -28800,
"profile_image_url_https": "https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/2284174872/7df3h38zabcvjylnyfe3_normal.png",
"id": 6253282,
"listed_count": 11426,
"profile_use_background_image": true,
"lang": "en",
"profile_text_color": "333333",
"followers_count": 1562132,
"protected": false,
"verified": true,
"description": "The Real Twitter API. I tweet about API changes, service issues and happily answer questions about Twitter and our API. Don't get an answer? It's on my website.",
"geo_enabled": true,
"time_zone": "Pacific Time (US & Canada)",
"notifications": false,
"profile_background_image_url_https": "https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_background_images/656927849/miyt9dpjz77sc0w3d4vj.png",
"profile_background_color": "C0DEED",
"status": {
"coordinates": null,
"truncated": false,
"favorited": false,
"created_at": "Wed Mar 27 01:19:47 +0000 2013",
"id_str": "316721175038406658",
"entities": {
"urls": [
],
"hashtags": [
],
"user_mentions": [
{
"name": "TwitterDevJP",
"id_str": "70915829",
"id": 70915829,
"indices": [
106,
119
],
"screen_name": "TwitterDevJP"
}
]
},
"in_reply_to_user_id_str": null,
"text": "In case you didn't know, we have an official account tweeting about Twitter developer topics in Japanese: @TwitterDevJP",
"contributors": null,
"id": 316721175038406658,
"in_reply_to_status_id_str": null,
"retweet_count": 19,
"geo": null,
"retweeted": false,
"in_reply_to_user_id": null,
"source": "web",
"place": null,
"in_reply_to_screen_name": null,
"in_reply_to_status_id": null
},
"friends_count": 34,
"profile_background_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/656927849/miyt9dpjz77sc0w3d4vj.png",
"default_profile_image": false,
"statuses_count": 3406,
"screen_name": "twitterapi",
"following": true
},
{
"profile_sidebar_fill_color": "DDEEF6",
"profile_background_tile": true,
"profile_sidebar_border_color": "C0DEED",
"name": "Twitter Mobile",
"created_at": "Tue Apr 10 01:20:52 +0000 2007",
"profile_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/2284174879/uqyatg9dtld0rxx9anic_normal.png",
"location": "San Francisco, CA",
"is_translator": false,
"follow_request_sent": false,
"id_str": "3963481",
"profile_link_color": "0084B4",
"entities": {
"url": {
"urls": [
{
"expanded_url": null,
"url": "http://twitter.com",
"indices": [
0,
18
],
"display_url": null
}
]
},
"description": {
"urls": [
]
}
},
"default_profile": false,
"contributors_enabled": false,
"favourites_count": 2,
"url": "http://twitter.com",
"profile_image_url_https": "https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/2284174879/uqyatg9dtld0rxx9anic_normal.png",
"profile_banner_url": "https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_banners/3963481/1347394599",
"utc_offset": -28800,
"id": 3963481,
"listed_count": 7303,
"profile_use_background_image": true,
"lang": "en",
"profile_text_color": "333333",
"followers_count": 2359548,
"protected": false,
"verified": true,
"description": null,
"geo_enabled": true,
"time_zone": "Pacific Time (US & Canada)",
"notifications": false,
"profile_background_image_url_https": "https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_background_images/656932170/urr667rpqtg6l7psohaf.png",
"profile_background_color": "C0DEED",
"status": {
"coordinates": null,
"truncated": false,
"favorited": false,
"created_at": "Wed Mar 20 12:55:51 +0000 2013",
"id_str": "314359633311588355",
"in_reply_to_user_id_str": null,
"entities": {
"urls": [
],
"hashtags": [
],
"user_mentions": [
]
},
"text": "Beeline subscribers in Armenia can now send and receive Tweets via SMS. Begin by sending START to 40404. Welcome to Twitter!",
"contributors": null,
"id": 314359633311588355,
"in_reply_to_status_id_str": null,
"retweet_count": 31,
"geo": null,
"retweeted": false,
"in_reply_to_user_id": null,
"source": "web",
"place": null,
"in_reply_to_screen_name": null,
"in_reply_to_status_id": null
},
"friends_count": 28,
"profile_background_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/656932170/urr667rpqtg6l7psohaf.png",
"default_profile_image": false,
"statuses_count": 338,
"screen_name": "twittermobile",
"following": true
},
{
"profile_sidebar_fill_color": "DAECF4",
"profile_background_tile": false,
"profile_sidebar_border_color": "C6E2EE",
"name": "Twitter Engineering",
"created_at": "Sat Jun 16 00:14:36 +0000 2007",
"profile_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/2284174594/apcu4c9tu2zkefnev0jt_normal.png",
"location": "San Francisco, CA",
"follow_request_sent": false,
"is_translator": false,
"id_str": "6844292",
"profile_link_color": "1F98C7",
"entities": {
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{
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"url": "http://engineering.twitter.com",
"indices": [
0,
30
],
"display_url": null
}
]
},
"description": {
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]
}
},
"default_profile": false,
"contributors_enabled": false,
"favourites_count": 0,
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"utc_offset": -28800,
"id": 6844292,
"listed_count": 2304,
"profile_use_background_image": true,
"lang": "en",
"profile_text_color": "663B12",
"followers_count": 343156,
"protected": false,
"verified": true,
"description": "The official account for Twitter Engineering.",
"geo_enabled": true,
"time_zone": "Pacific Time (US & Canada)",
"notifications": false,
"profile_background_image_url_https": "https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/images/themes/theme2/bg.gif",
"profile_background_color": "C6E2EE",
"status": {
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"truncated": false,
"favorited": false,
"created_at": "Mon Mar 18 17:50:28 +0000 2013",
"id_str": "313708997167419393",
"retweeted_status": {
"coordinates": null,
"truncated": false,
"favorited": false,
"created_at": "Thu Mar 14 10:57:20 +0000 2013",
"id_str": "312155480858431488",
"in_reply_to_user_id_str": null,
"entities": {
"urls": [
{
"expanded_url": "http://tweetdeck.posterous.com/flight-at-tweetdeck",
"url": "http://t.co/G9sRrGHgJY",
"indices": [
56,
78
],
"display_url": "tweetdeck.posterous.com/flight-at-twee…"
}
],
"hashtags": [
],
"user_mentions": [
]
},
"text": "Our use of the Flight JavaScript framework in TweetDeck http://t.co/G9sRrGHgJY",
"contributors": null,
"id": 312155480858431488,
"in_reply_to_status_id_str": null,
"retweet_count": 100,
"geo": null,
"retweeted": false,
"in_reply_to_user_id": null,
"possibly_sensitive": false,
"source": "TweetDeck",
"place": null,
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"in_reply_to_status_id": null
},
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"entities": {
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],
"display_url": "tweetdeck.posterous.com/flight-at-twee…"
}
],
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],
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{
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"id": 14803701,
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],
"screen_name": "TweetDeck"
}
]
},
"text": "RT @TweetDeck: Our use of the Flight JavaScript framework in TweetDeck http://t.co/G9sRrGHgJY",
"contributors": null,
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"geo": null,
"retweeted": false,
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"possibly_sensitive": false,
"source": "web",
"place": null,
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},
"friends_count": 0,
"profile_background_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/images/themes/theme2/bg.gif",
"default_profile_image": false,
"statuses_count": 153,
"screen_name": "TwitterEng",
"following": true
}
]