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POST
/
v1
/
users
/
twitter
/
subject
Lookup User by Twitter Subject
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.privy.io/v1/users/twitter/subject \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'privy-app-id: <privy-app-id>' \
  --data '
{
  "subject": "<string>"
}
'
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.privy.io/v1/users/twitter/subject")
.header("privy-app-id", "<privy-app-id>")
.header("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"subject\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'privy-app-id': '<privy-app-id>',
Authorization: 'Basic <encoded-value>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({subject: '<string>'})
};

fetch('https://api.privy.io/v1/users/twitter/subject', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.privy.io/v1/users/twitter/subject",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'subject' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>",
"Content-Type: application/json",
"privy-app-id: <privy-app-id>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.privy.io/v1/users/twitter/subject"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"subject\": \"<string>\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("privy-app-id", "<privy-app-id>")
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
{
  "id": "did:privy:cm3np4u9j001rc8b73seqmqqk",
  "created_at": 1731974895,
  "linked_accounts": [
    {
      "address": "[email protected]",
      "type": "email",
      "first_verified_at": 1674788927,
      "latest_verified_at": 1674788927,
      "verified_at": 1674788927
    },
    {
      "type": "farcaster",
      "fid": 4423,
      "owner_address": "0xE6bFb4137F3A8C069F98cc775f324A84FE45FdFF",
      "username": "payton",
      "display_name": "payton ↑",
      "bio": "engineering at /privy. building pixelpool.xyz, the first Farcaster video client. nyc. 👨‍💻🍎🏳️‍🌈  nf.td/payton",
      "profile_picture": "https://supercast.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmNexfCxdnFzWdJqKVgrjd27UGLMexNaw5FXu1XKR3cQF7?filename=IMG_2799.png",
      "profile_picture_url": "https://supercast.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmNexfCxdnFzWdJqKVgrjd27UGLMexNaw5FXu1XKR3cQF7?filename=IMG_2799.png",
      "verified_at": 1740678402,
      "first_verified_at": 1740678402,
      "latest_verified_at": 1741194370
    },
    {
      "type": "passkey",
      "credential_id": "Il5vP-3Tm3hNmDVBmDlREgXzIOJnZEaiVnT-XMliXe-BufP9GL1-d3qhozk9IkZwQ_",
      "authenticator_name": "1Password",
      "public_key": "pQECAyYgASFYIKdGwx5XxZ/7CJJzT8d5L6jyLNQdTH7X+rSZdPJ9Ux/QIlggRm4OcJ8F3aB5zYz3T9LxLdDfGpWvYkHgS4A8tPz9CqE=",
      "created_with_browser": "Chrome",
      "created_with_os": "Mac OS",
      "created_with_device": "Macintosh",
      "enrolled_in_mfa": true,
      "verified_at": 1741194420,
      "first_verified_at": 1741194420,
      "latest_verified_at": 1741194420
    }
  ],
  "mfa_methods": [
    {
      "type": "passkey",
      "verified_at": 1741194420
    }
  ],
  "has_accepted_terms": true,
  "is_guest": false
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Basic Auth header with your app ID as the username and your app secret as the password.

Headers

privy-app-id
string
required

ID of your Privy app.

Body

application/json
subject
string
required

Response

200 - application/json

Object with user data.

A Privy user object.

id
string
required
linked_accounts
(LinkedAccountEmail · object | LinkedAccountPhone · object | LinkedAccountEthereum · object | LinkedAccountSolana · object | LinkedAccountSmartWallet · object | LinkedAccountEthereumEmbeddedWallet · object | LinkedAccountSolanaEmbeddedWallet · object | LinkedAccountBitcoinSegwitEmbeddedWallet · object | LinkedAccountBitcoinTaprootEmbeddedWallet · object | LinkedAccountCurveSigningEmbeddedWallet · object | LinkedAccountGoogleOauth · object | LinkedAccountTwitterOauth · object | LinkedAccountDiscordOauth · object | LinkedAccountGithubOauth · object | LinkedAccountSpotifyOauth · object | LinkedAccountInstagramOauth · object | LinkedAccountTiktokOauth · object | LinkedAccountLineOauth · object | LinkedAccountTwitchOauth · object | LinkedAccountLinkedInOauth · object | LinkedAccountAppleOauth · object | LinkedAccountCustomOauth · object | LinkedAccountCustomJwt · object | LinkedAccountFarcaster · object | LinkedAccountPasskey · object | LinkedAccountTelegram · object | LinkedAccountCrossApp · object | LinkedAccountAuthorizationKey · object)[]
required

An email account linked to the user.

mfa_methods
(SmsMfaMethod · object | TotpMfaMethod · object | PasskeyMfaMethod · object)[]
required

A SMS MFA method.

created_at
number
required

Unix timestamp of when the user was created in seconds.

has_accepted_terms
boolean
required

Indicates if the user has accepted the terms of service.

is_guest
boolean
required

Indicates if the user is a guest account user.

custom_metadata
CustomMetadata · object

Custom metadata associated with the user.