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POST lists/subscribers/create

API version 1.1

Updated on Wed, 2012-09-05 12:37

Subscribes the authenticated user to the specified list.

Resource URL

https://api.twitter.com/1.1/lists/subscribers/create.json

Parameters

Either a list_id or a slug is required. If providing a list_slug, an owner_screen_name or owner_id is also required.

owner_screen_name optional

The screen name of the user who owns the list being requested by a slug.

owner_id optional

The user ID of the user who owns the list being requested by a slug.

list_id required

The numerical id of the list.

slug required

You can identify a list by its slug instead of its numerical id. If you decide to do so, note that you'll also have to specify the list owner using the owner_id or owner_screen_name parameters.

Example Request

POST	`https://api.twitter.com/1.1/lists/subscribers/create.json`
POST Data	`slug=team&owner_screen_name=twitter`

```
{
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   "created_at":"Wed Sep 23 01:18:01 +0000 2009",

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   "slug":"team",
```
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   "name":"Team",
```
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   "full_name":"@twitter\/team",
```
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   "description":"",
```
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   "mode":"public",
```
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   "following":false,
```
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   "user":{
```
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      "geo_enabled":true,
```

      "profile_background_color":"ACDED6",

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

      "created_at":"Tue Feb 20 14:35:54 +0000 2007",

      "profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/si0.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1124040897\/at-twitter_normal.png",

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      "name":"Twitter",
```
```
      "favourites_count":16,
```

      "profile_sidebar_fill_color":"F6F6F6",

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      "default_profile_image":false,
```
```
      "notifications":false,
```
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      "utc_offset":-28800,
```

      "description":"Always wondering what's happening. ",

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      "display_url":null,
```
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      "deactivated_bit":false,
```
```
      "statuses_count":1218,
```
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      "following":false,
```
```
      "verified":true,
```

      "profile_sidebar_border_color":"EEEEEE",

```
      "followers_count":6619949,
```

      "profile_image_url":"http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1124040897\/at-twitter_normal.png",

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      "contributors_enabled":true,
```
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      "follow_request_sent":false,
```

      "profile_use_background_image":true,

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      "location":"San Francisco, CA",
```
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      "id_str":"783214",
```
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      "is_translator":false,
```
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      "show_all_inline_media":true,
```
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      "profile_text_color":"333333",
```
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      "screen_name":"twitter",
```

      "profile_background_image_url":"http:\/\/a1.twimg.com\/images\/themes\/theme18\/bg.gif",

      "url":"http:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/",

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      "expanded_url":null,
```
```
      "default_profile":false,
```

      "profile_background_image_url_https":"https:\/\/si0.twimg.com\/images\/themes\/theme18\/bg.gif",

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

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      "profile_link_color":"038543",
```
```
      "id":783214,
```
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      "entities":{
```
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         "urls":[
```
```
 
```
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         ],
```
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         "user_mentions":[
```
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```
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         ],
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         "hashtags":[
```
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```
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         ]
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```
      },
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```
      "suspended":false,
```
```
      "listed_count":66018,
```
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      "lang":"en",
```
```
      "friends_count":695
```
```
   },
```
```
   "member_count":643,
```
```
   "id_str":"574",
```
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   "subscriber_count":76779,
```
```
   "id":574,
```
```
   "uri":"\/twitter\/team"
```
```
}
```