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POST favorites/destroy

API version 1.1

Updated on Tue, 2012-09-04 17:33

Un-favorites the status specified in the ID parameter as the authenticating user. Returns the un-favorited status in the requested format when successful.

This process invoked by this method is asynchronous. The immediately returned status may not indicate the resultant favorited status of the tweet. A 200 OK response from this method will indicate whether the intended action was successful or not.

Resource URL

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

Parameters

id required

The numerical ID of the desired status.

Example Values: 123

include_entities optional

The entities node will be omitted when set to false.

Example Values: false

Example Request

POST	`https://api.twitter.com/1.1/favorites/destroy.json`
POST Data	`id=243138128959913986`

```
{
```
```
  "contributors": null, 
```
```
  "coordinates": null, 
```

  "created_at": "Wed Sep 05 00:07:01 +0000 2012",

```
  "entities": {
```
```
    "hashtags": [], 
```
```
    "urls": [], 
```
```
    "user_mentions": []
```
```
  }, 
```
```
  "favorited": false, 
```
```
  "geo": null, 
```
```
  "id": 243138128959913986, 
```
```
  "id_str": "243138128959913986", 
```
```
  "in_reply_to_screen_name": null, 
```
```
  "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, 
```
```
  "place": null, 
```
```
  "retweet_count": 0, 
```
```
  "retweeted": false, 
```

  "source": "<a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter for Mac</a>",

  "text": "That feel when you accidentally type Bash commands into Campfire, and you also make a typo in them.",

```
  "truncated": false, 
```
```
  "user": {
```
```
    "contributors_enabled": false, 
```

    "created_at": "Wed Apr 23 20:32:35 +0000 2008",

```
    "default_profile": false, 
```
```
    "default_profile_image": false, 
```

    "description": "Developer at GitHub in San Francisco, CA.\r\n\r\nChicken nuggets is like my family.",

```
    "entities": {
```
```
      "description": {
```
```
        "urls": []
```
```
      }, 
```
```
      "url": {
```
```
        "urls": [
```
```
          {
```
```
            "display_url": null, 
```
```
            "expanded_url": null, 
```
```
            "indices": [
```
```
              0, 
```
```
              21
```
```
            ], 
```

            "url": "http://jakeboxer.com/"

```
          }
```
```
        ]
```
```
      }
```
```
    }, 
```
```
    "favourites_count": 187, 
```
```
    "follow_request_sent": false, 
```
```
    "followers_count": 714, 
```
```
    "following": false, 
```
```
    "friends_count": 327, 
```
```
    "geo_enabled": true, 
```
```
    "id": 14500363, 
```
```
    "id_str": "14500363", 
```
```
    "is_translator": false, 
```
```
    "lang": "en", 
```
```
    "listed_count": 39, 
```
```
    "location": "San Francisco, CA", 
```
```
    "name": "Jake Boxer", 
```
```
    "notifications": false, 
```

    "profile_background_color": "352726",

    "profile_background_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/images/themes/theme5/bg.gif",

    "profile_background_image_url_https": "https://si0.twimg.com/images/themes/theme5/bg.gif",

```
    "profile_background_tile": false, 
```

    "profile_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1621757700/twitter_normal.png",

    "profile_image_url_https": "https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1621757700/twitter_normal.png",

```
    "profile_link_color": "D02B55", 
```

    "profile_sidebar_border_color": "829D5E",

    "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "99CC33",

```
    "profile_text_color": "3E4415", 
```

    "profile_use_background_image": true,

```
    "protected": false, 
```
```
    "screen_name": "jake_boxer", 
```
```
    "show_all_inline_media": false, 
```
```
    "statuses_count": 5398, 
```

    "time_zone": "Eastern Time (US & Canada)",

```
    "url": "http://jakeboxer.com/", 
```
```
    "utc_offset": -18000, 
```
```
    "verified": false
```
```
  }
```
```
}
```