account/verify_credentials

• Verify if the user has registered weibo.
• It returns Http 200 user verification is passed, otherwise, returns http 403 error.
• There isn’t any other parameter except source in this API.

URL

http://api.t.sina.com.cn/account/verify_credentials.(json%7Cxml)

Supported Formats

XML/JSON

HTTP Request Method

GET

Requires Authentication

true
See the Authorization Mechanism Statement for authorization details

Requests Count Limitation

true
See the Interface Access Rights Statement for the Request Count Limitaiton details.

Request Parameters

Notes

• It returns “40313:Error: invalid weibo user!” If user registered Sina but not included weibo.
• If Sina account failed to authenticate, “40302:Error: auth faild!” is returned

Example Request

XML

curl -u "username:password" "http://api.t.sina.com.cn/account/verify_credentials.xml?source=appkey"

JSON

curl -u "username:password" "http://api.t.sina.com.cn/account/verify_credentials.json?source=appkey"

Response

XML Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<user>
  <id>1642466141</id>
  <screen_name>huchao</screen_name>
  <name>huchao</name>
  <province>11</province>
  <city>8</city>
  <location>北京 海淀区</location>
  <description>Blogger，苹果迷，Google粉。</description>
  <url>http://tuoniao.org</url>
  <profile_image_url>http://tp2.sinaimg.cn/1642466141/50/1281523744</profile_image_url>
  <domain>westy</domain>
  <gender>m</gender>
  <followers_count>65</followers_count>
  <friends_count>59</friends_count>
  <statuses_count>139</statuses_count>
  <favourites_count>1</favourites_count>
  <created_at>Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 +0800 2009</created_at>
  <following>false</following>
  <verified>false</verified>
  <allow_all_act_msg>false</allow_all_act_msg>
  <geo_enabled>false</geo_enabled>
  <status>
    <created_at>Tue Sep 14 15:16:49 +0800 2010</created_at>
    <id>2617110512</id>
    <text>请叫我杂务小队长[奥特曼] 哔哔哔哔~~~~~~（呼唤动感超人的表情）</text>
    <source>
      <a href="http://t.sina.com.cn">新浪微博</a>
    </source>
    <favorited>false</favorited>
    <truncated>false</truncated>
    <geo/>
    <in_reply_to_status_id/>
    <in_reply_to_user_id/>
    <in_reply_to_screen_name/>
  </status>
</user>

JSON Example

{
   "id":1642466141,
   "screen_name":"huchao",
   "name":"huchao",
   "province":"11",
   "city":"8",
   "location":"北京 海淀区",
   "description":"Blogger，苹果迷，Google粉。",
   "url":"http://tuoniao.org",
   "profile_image_url":"http://tp2.sinaimg.cn/1642466141/50/1281523744",
   "domain":"westy",
   "gender":"m",
   "followers_count":65,
   "friends_count":59,
   "statuses_count":139,
   "favourites_count":1,
   "created_at":"Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 +0800 2009",
   "following":false,
   "allow_all_act_msg":false,
   "geo_enabled":false,
   "verified":false,
   "status":{
      "created_at":"Tue Sep 14 15:16:49 +0800 2010",
      "id":2617110512,
      "text":"请叫我杂务小队长[奥特曼] 哔哔哔哔~~~~~~（呼唤动感超人的表情）",
      "source":"<a href=\"http://t.sina.com.cn\" rel=\"nofollow\">新浪微博</a>",
      "favorited":false,
      "truncated":false,
      "in_reply_to_status_id":"",
      "in_reply_to_user_id":"",
      "in_reply_to_screen_name":"",
      "geo":null
   }
}

Others

Java Example

Please download Java SDK from . Weibo SDK Development Kit Dowload Site
Sample Code:

package weibo4j.examples;

import weibo4j.User;
import weibo4j.Weibo;
import weibo4j.WeiboException;

public class VerifyCredentials {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
	System.setProperty("weibo4j.oauth.consumerKey", Weibo.CONSUMER_KEY);
	System.setProperty("weibo4j.oauth.consumerSecret", Weibo.CONSUMER_SECRET);
		try {
			User user = getWeibo(true,args).verifyCredentials();
			System.out.println(user.toString());
		} catch (WeiboException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
	
	private static Weibo getWeibo(boolean isOauth,String[] args) {
		Weibo weibo = new Weibo();
		if(isOauth) {//oauth验证方式 args[0]:访问的token；args[1]:访问的密匙
			weibo.setToken(args[0], args[1]);
		}else {//用户登录方式
   			weibo.setUserId(args[0]);//用户名/ID
   			weibo.setPassword(args[1]);//密码
		}
		return weibo;
	}
}

PHP Example

Please download PHP SDK with OAUTH supported from Weibo SDK Development Kit Dowload Site
. Sample Code:

//account/verify_credentials
$c = new WeiboClient( WB_AKEY , 
                      WB_SKEY , 
                      $_SESSION['last_key']['oauth_token'] , 
                      $_SESSION['last_key']['oauth_token_secret']  );

$msg = $c->verify_credentials();
if ($msg === false || $msg === null){
	echo "Error occured";
	return false;
}
if (isset($msg['error_code']) && isset($msg['error'])){
	echo ('Error_code: '.$msg['error_code'].';  Error: '.$msg['error'] );
	return false;
}
if (isset($msg['name'])){
	echo($msg['name']);
}