GET favorites/list
get-favorites-list

GET favorites/list

Note: favorites are now known as likes.

Returns the 20 most recent Tweets liked by the authenticating or specified user.

Resource URL

https://api.twitter.com/1.1/favorites/list.json

Resource Information

Response formats JSON
Requires authentication? Yes
Rate limited? Yes
Requests / 15-min window (user auth) 75
Requests / 15-min window (app auth) 75

Parameters

Name Required Description Default Value Example
user_id optional The ID of the user for whom to return results. 12345
screen_name optional The screen name of the user for whom to return results. twitterdev
count optional Specifies the number of records to retrieve. Must be less than or equal to 200; defaults to 20. The value of count is best thought of as a limit to the number of Tweets to return because suspended or deleted content is removed after the count has been applied. 5
since_id optional Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID. There are limits to the number of Tweets which can be accessed through the API. If the limit of Tweets has occured since the since_id, the since_id will be forced to the oldest ID available. 12345
max_id optional Returns results with an ID less than (that is, older than) or equal to the specified ID. 54321
include_entities optional The entities node will be omitted when set to false . false
include_ext_edit_control optional

Must be set to true in order to return edited Tweet metadata as part of the Tweet object.

include_ext_edit_control=true

Note that historical Tweets may not contain edited Tweet metadata.

true

Example Request

GET https://api.twitter.com/1.1/favorites/list.json?count=200&screen_name=twitterdev

Example Response

[
  {
    "created_at": "Tue May 14 17:58:31 +0000 2019",
    "id": 1128358947772145672,
    "id_str": "1128358947772145672",
    "text": "Through the Twitter Developer Labs program, we'll soon preview new versions of GET /tweets and GET /users, followed… https://t.co/9i4c5bUUCu",
    "truncated": true,
    "entities": {
      "hashtags": [],
      "symbols": [],
      "user_mentions": [],
      "urls": [
        {
          "url": "https://t.co/9i4c5bUUCu",
          "expanded_url": "https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1128358947772145672",
          "display_url": "twitter.com/i/web/status/1…",
          "indices": [
            117,
            140
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    "source": "<a href="http://twitter.com" rel="nofollow">Twitter Web Client</a>",
    "in_reply_to_status_id": null,
    "in_reply_to_status_id_str": null,
    "in_reply_to_user_id": null,
    "in_reply_to_user_id_str": null,
    "in_reply_to_screen_name": null,
    "user": {
      "id": 6253282,
      "id_str": "6253282",
      "name": "Twitter API",
      "screen_name": "TwitterAPI",
      "location": "San Francisco, CA",
      "description": "The Real Twitter API. Tweets about API changes, service issues and our Developer Platform. Don't get an answer? It's on my website.",
      "url": "https://t.co/8IkCzCDr19",
      "entities": {
        "url": {
          "urls": [
            {
              "url": "https://t.co/8IkCzCDr19",
              "expanded_url": "https://developer.twitter.com",
              "display_url": "developer.twitter.com",
              "indices": [
                0,
                23
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "description": {
          "urls": []
        }
      },
      "protected": false,
      "followers_count": 6125649,
      "friends_count": 12,
      "listed_count": 12902,
      "created_at": "Wed May 23 06:01:13 +0000 2007",
      "favourites_count": 31,
      "utc_offset": null,
      "time_zone": null,
      "geo_enabled": null,
      "verified": true,
      "statuses_count": 3664,
      "lang": null,
      "contributors_enabled": null,
      "is_translator": null,
      "is_translation_enabled": null,
      "profile_background_color": "null",
      "profile_background_image_url": "null",
      "profile_background_image_url_https": "null",
      "profile_background_tile": null,
      "profile_image_url": "null",
      "profile_image_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/942858479592554497/BbazLO9L_normal.jpg",
      "profile_banner_url": "null",
      "profile_link_color": "null",
      "profile_sidebar_border_color": "null",
      "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "null",
      "profile_text_color": "null",
      "profile_use_background_image": null,
      "has_extended_profile": null,
      "default_profile": false,
      "default_profile_image": false,
      "following": null,
      "follow_request_sent": null,
      "notifications": null,
      "translator_type": "null"
    },
    "geo": null,
    "coordinates": null,
    "place": null,
    "contributors": null,
    "is_quote_status": true,
    "quoted_status_id": 1128357926823976960,
    "quoted_status_id_str": "1128357926823976960",
    "quoted_status": {
      "created_at": "Tue May 14 17:54:28 +0000 2019",
      "id": 1128357926823976960,
      "id_str": "1128357926823976960",
      "text": "📣We’re launching Twitter Developer Labs in the coming weeks so we can build the future of our API together with tho… https://t.co/OVUiDiZqep",
      "truncated": true,
      "entities": {
        "hashtags": [],
        "symbols": [],
        "user_mentions": [],
        "urls": [
          {
            "url": "https://t.co/OVUiDiZqep",
            "expanded_url": "https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1128357926823976960",
            "display_url": "twitter.com/i/web/status/1…",
            "indices": [
              117,
              140
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "source": "<a href="https://mobile.twitter.com" rel="nofollow">Twitter Web App</a>",
      "in_reply_to_status_id": null,
      "in_reply_to_status_id_str": null,
      "in_reply_to_user_id": null,
      "in_reply_to_user_id_str": null,
      "in_reply_to_screen_name": null,
      "user": {
        "id": 2244994945,
        "id_str": "2244994945",
        "name": "Twitter Dev",
        "screen_name": "TwitterDev",
        "location": "Internet",
        "description": "Your official source for Twitter Platform news, updates & events. Need technical help? Visit https://t.co/mGHnxZU8c1 ⌨️ #TapIntoTwitter",
        "url": "https://t.co/FGl7VOULyL",
        "entities": {
          "url": {
            "urls": [
              {
                "url": "https://t.co/FGl7VOULyL",
                "expanded_url": "https://developer.twitter.com/",
                "display_url": "developer.twitter.com",
                "indices": [
                  0,
                  23
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          "description": {
            "urls": [
              {
                "url": "https://t.co/mGHnxZU8c1",
                "expanded_url": "https://twittercommunity.com/",
                "display_url": "twittercommunity.com",
                "indices": [
                  93,
                  116
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "protected": false,
        "followers_count": 502258,
        "friends_count": 1475,
        "listed_count": 1519,
        "created_at": "Sat Dec 14 04:35:55 +0000 2013",
        "favourites_count": 2205,
        "utc_offset": null,
        "time_zone": null,
        "geo_enabled": null,
        "verified": true,
        "statuses_count": 3664,
        "lang": null,
        "contributors_enabled": null,
        "is_translator": null,
        "is_translation_enabled": null,
        "profile_background_color": "null",
        "profile_background_image_url": "null",
        "profile_background_image_url_https": "null",
        "profile_background_tile": null,
        "profile_image_url": "null",
        "profile_image_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/942858479592554497/BbazLO9L_normal.jpg",
        "profile_banner_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/6253282/1497491515",
        "profile_link_color": "null",
        "profile_sidebar_border_color": "null",
        "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "null",
        "profile_text_color": "null",
        "profile_use_background_image": null,
        "has_extended_profile": null,
        "default_profile": false,
        "default_profile_image": false,
        "following": null,
        "follow_request_sent": null,
        "notifications": null,
        "translator_type": "null"
        },
      "geo": null,
      "coordinates": null,
      "place": null,
      "contributors": null,
      "is_quote_status": false,
      "retweet_count": 169,
      "favorite_count": 350,
      "favorited": false,
      "retweeted": false,
      "possibly_sensitive": false,
      "lang": "en"
    },
    "retweet_count": 35,
    "favorite_count": 74,
    "favorited": false,
    "retweeted": false,
    "possibly_sensitive": false,
    "lang": "en"
  }
]