Search Method (tokens, query)

Run a search for users similar to the Find People button on Twitter.com; the same results returned by people search on Twitter.com will be returned by using this API.

Declaration Syntax

C#	Visual Basic

public static TwitterResponse<TwitterUserCollection> Search(
	OAuthTokens tokens,
	string query
)

Public Shared Function Search ( _
	tokens As OAuthTokens, _
	query As String _
) As TwitterResponse(Of TwitterUserCollection)

Parameters

tokens (OAuthTokens): The OAuth access tokens.

query (String): The search query.

Return Value

A TwitterUserCollection instance.

Remarks

This method interacts with the users/search API endpoint. Documentation can be found here: http://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/users/search

Examples

CopyC#

// Declare the search query
string query = "from:twit_er_izer @twitterapi";

// Perform the search
TwitterResponse<TwitterUserCollection> searchResults = TwitterUser.Search(oauthTokens, query);

CopyVB.NET

'-- Declare the search query
Dim Query As String = "from:twit_er_izer @twitterapi"

'-- Perform the search
Dim searchResults As TwitterResponse(Of TwitterUserCollection) = TwitterUser.Search(oauthTokens, query)

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Indicates that a required argument was not supplied.
ArgumentException	Indicates that an argument supplied was not valid.
[!:Twitterizer.CommandValidationException<T>]	Indicates that a command failed pre-execution validation.