Specify attributes to return, instead of returning the whole user object, for users/lookup

hsadan · 2012-11-05T09:22:28.000Z

Rather than return the entire user object in users/lookup, is it possible to just request for certain attributes?

For example if all I need is their name and profile picture, it would save some time/bandwidth when looking up thousands of users.

episod · 2012-11-05T16:14:53.000Z

No, there’s no field selection capabilities in that API at this time. The trimmest you can get it would be to use a few mostly-global API parameters like:

include_entities=false&include_user_entities=false&skip_status=true

hsadan · 2012-11-06T02:42:19.000Z

Ok, thank you!

ventrix · 2013-04-02T19:51:35.000Z

[Feature Request] Would be nice to have though!