15-Resolving-User-Profile-Information.Rmd

# Resolving User Profile Information

## Problem

You have a collection of ids and need to resolve basic profile information (such as screen names) for these users.

## Solution

Use `rtweet::lookup_users()`.

## Discussion

The `rtweet` interface to the Twitter API makes this task very straightforward.

```{r 15_lib, message=FALSE, warning=FALSE}
library(rtweet)
library(tidyverse)
```
```{r 15_users, message=FALSE, warning=FALSE, cache=TRUE}
rstats <- rtweet::search_tweets("#rstats", n=30)

(recent_rtweeters <- lookup_users(unique(rstats$user_id)))

glimpse(recent_rtweeters)
```

## See Also

- [Official Twitter API documentation](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/accounts-and-users/follow-search-get-users/api-reference/get-users-lookup) on users.