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With API 1.1 you can achieve this using these URLs: https://twitter.com/[screen_name]/profile_image?size=mini https://twitter.com/[screen_name]/profile_image?size=normal https://twitter.com/[screen_name]/profile_image?size=bigger https://twitter.com/[screen_name]/profile_image?size=original Official twitter documentation Profile Images and Banners Example https://twitter.com/TwitterEng/profile_image?size=original will redirect to https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/875168599299637248/84CkAq6s.jpg

This answer was written in 2010. The API it uses has since been retired. It is kept for historical interest only. Search for it. Make sure include_entities is set to true to get hashtag results. See Tweet Entities Returns 5 mixed results with Twitter.com user IDs plus entities for the term “blue angels”: GET http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=blue%20angels&rpp=5&include_entities=true&with_twitter_user_id=true&result_type=mixed

It was actually “account/verify_credentials” as seen here: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/accounts-and-users/manage-account-settings/api-reference/get-account-verify_credentials.html

Look into twitter cards. The trick is not in the button but rather the page you are sharing. Twitter Cards pull the image from the meta tags similar to facebook sharing. Example: <meta name=”twitter:card” content=”summary_large_image”> <meta name=”twitter:site” content=”@site_username”> <meta name=”twitter:title” content=”Top 10 Things Ever”> <meta name=”twitter:description” content=”Up than 200 characters.”> <meta name=”twitter:creator” content=”@creator_username”> <meta name=”twitter:image” … Read more

@Adjam & @Gibron You can use any user name and the url will redirect to the correct twitter handle. For instance, if I go to: twitter.com/anyuser/status/541278904204668929 The link redirects to: https://twitter.com/MarkTabNet/status/541278904204668929

I just managed to force it to update mine: https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator In validating it updates its cache.