POST blocks/destroy

Un-blocks the user specified in the ID parameter for the authenticating user. Returns the un-blocked user in the requested format when successful. If relationships existed before the block was instated, they will not be restored.

Resource URL

https://api.twitter.com/1.1/blocks/destroy.json

Resource Information

Response formats
JSON
Requires authentication?
Yes (user context only)
Rate limited?
Yes

Parameters

One of screen_name or id must be provided.

screen_name optional

The screen name of the potentially blocked user. Helpful for disambiguating when a valid screen name is also a user ID.

Example Values: noradio

user_id optional

The ID of the potentially blocked user. Helpful for disambiguating when a valid user ID is also a valid screen name.

Example Values: 12345

include_entities optional

The entities node will not be included when set to false.

Example Values: false

skip_status optional

When set to either true, t or 1 statuses will not be included in the returned user objects.

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Example Request

POST

https://api.twitter.com/1.1/blocks/destroy.json?screen_name=theSeanCook&skip_status=1

Example Result


{
    "contributors_enabled": true, 
    "created_at": "Sat May 09 17:58:22 +0000 2009", 
    "default_profile": false, 
    "default_profile_image": false, 
    "description": "I taught your phone that thing you like.  The Mobile Partner Engineer @Twitter. ", 
    "entities": {
        "description": {
            "urls": []
        }
    }, 
    "favourites_count": 586, 
    "follow_request_sent": false, 
    "followers_count": 10622, 
    "following": false, 
    "friends_count": 1181, 
    "geo_enabled": true, 
    "id": 38895958, 
    "id_str": "38895958", 
    "is_translator": false, 
    "lang": "en", 
    "listed_count": 190, 
    "location": "San Francisco", 
    "name": "Sean Cook", 
    "notifications": false, 
    "profile_background_color": "1A1B1F", 
    "profile_background_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/495742332/purty_wood.png", 
    "profile_background_image_url_https": "https://si0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/495742332/purty_wood.png", 
    "profile_background_tile": true, 
    "profile_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1751506047/dead_sexy_normal.JPG", 
    "profile_image_url_https": "https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1751506047/dead_sexy_normal.JPG", 
    "profile_link_color": "2FC2EF", 
    "profile_sidebar_border_color": "181A1E", 
    "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "252429", 
    "profile_text_color": "666666", 
    "profile_use_background_image": true, 
    "protected": false, 
    "screen_name": "theSeanCook", 
    "show_all_inline_media": true, 
    "statuses_count": 2609, 
    "time_zone": "Pacific Time (US & Canada)", 
    "url": null, 
    "utc_offset": -28800, 
    "verified": false
}