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Basic Auth has been deprecated.

Attention! August 31, 2010 Basic Auth has been deprecated. All applications must now use OAuth. Read more »   x

Don't fret! @twitterapi is here to help! Feel free to reach out to us directly, or via our Twitter Development Talk group.

The switch to OAuth is a good thing! You, as the application developer,

  • don't have the burden of keeping potentially damaging credentials for your users (especially considering that a lot of people use the same password for multiple services);
  • don't have to worry about the user changing their password — a user can change his or her password and the OAuth "connection" to your app will still work;
  • don't have to worry about other applications masquerading as your application as only your application can set the byline with your application name;
  • will eventually have access to more trusted APIs from Twitter that will only be available to "trusted" OAuth-enabled applications; and
  • will be contributing to the web of trust between users, service providers, and applications.

Choose your authorization path.

POST :user/lists/:id

Home › Documentation › List Resources › :user/lists/:id

Updates the specified list.

URL

http://api.twitter.com/version/:user/lists/:id.format

Supported formats

xml, json

Supported request methods

POST, PUT

Requires Authentication

true About authentication »

Rate Limited

false About rate limiting »

Parameters

Optional

  • name The name for the list.
    • http://api.twitter.com/1/twitterapidocs/lists/:id.xml?name=Twitter%20API%20Team
  • mode Whether your list is public or private. Values can be public or private. If no mode is specified the list will be public.
    • http://api.twitter.com/1/twitterapidocs/lists/:id.xml?mode=private
  • description The description to give the list.
    • http://api.twitter.com/1/twitterapidocs/lists/:id.xml?description=A%20list%20of%20Twitter%20API%20team%20members