diff --git a/actions/api.php b/actions/api.php
index 919a515ce9..ccebcd89e5 100644
--- a/actions/api.php
+++ b/actions/api.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ApiAction extends Action {
 			$this->content_type = strtolower($cmdext[1]);
 		}
 
-		if ($this->requires_auth()) {
+		if($this->requires_auth()) {
 			if (!isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])) {
 
 				# This header makes basic auth go
@@ -70,9 +70,13 @@ class ApiAction extends Action {
 			}
 		} else {
 
-			# Look for the user in the session
-			if (common_logged_in()) {
-			 	$this->user = common_current_user();
+			# Caller might give us a username even if not required
+			if (isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])) {
+				$user = User::staticGet('nickname', $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']);
+				if ($user) {
+					$this->user = $user;
+				}
+				# Twitter doesn't throw an error if the user isn't found
 			}
 
 			$this->process_command();
diff --git a/actions/twitapiaccount.php b/actions/twitapiaccount.php
index f6e955828e..c1960561e2 100644
--- a/actions/twitapiaccount.php
+++ b/actions/twitapiaccount.php
@@ -24,14 +24,17 @@ require_once(INSTALLDIR.'/lib/twitterapi.php');
 class TwitapiaccountAction extends TwitterapiAction {
 
 	function verify_credentials($args, $apidata) {
-		parent::handle($args);
 
-		if (!in_array($apidata['content-type'], array('xml', 'json'))) {
-			common_user_error(_('API method not found!'), $code = 404);
-			return;
+		if ($apidata['content-type'] == 'xml') {
+			header('Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8');
+			print '<authorized>true</authorized>';
+		} elseif ($apidata['content-type'] == 'json') {
+			header('Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8');
+			print '{"authorized":true}';
+		} else {
+			common_user_error(_('API method not found!'), $code=404);
 		}
 
-		$this->show_extended_profile($apidata['user'], $apidata);
 	}
 
 	function end_session($args, $apidata) {
diff --git a/actions/twitapiusers.php b/actions/twitapiusers.php
index 9e06efa642..337ec91d19 100644
--- a/actions/twitapiusers.php
+++ b/actions/twitapiusers.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class TwitapiusersAction extends TwitterapiAction {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		$this->auth_user = $apidata['user'];
 		$user = null;
 		$email = $this->arg('email');
 
@@ -46,7 +47,72 @@ class TwitapiusersAction extends TwitterapiAction {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		$this->show_extended_profile($user, $apidata);
-	}
+		$profile = $user->getProfile();
 
+		if (!$profile) {
+			common_server_error(_('User has no profile.'));
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$twitter_user = $this->twitter_user_array($profile, true);
+
+		// Add in extended user fields offered up by this method
+		$twitter_user['created_at'] = $this->date_twitter($profile->created);
+
+		$subbed = DB_DataObject::factory('subscription');
+		$subbed->subscriber = $profile->id;
+		$subbed_count = (int) $subbed->count() - 1;
+
+		$notices = DB_DataObject::factory('notice');
+		$notices->profile_id = $profile->id;
+		$notice_count = (int) $notices->count();
+
+		$twitter_user['friends_count'] = (is_int($subbed_count)) ? $subbed_count : 0;
+		$twitter_user['statuses_count'] = (is_int($notice_count)) ? $notice_count : 0;
+
+		// Other fields Twitter sends...
+		$twitter_user['profile_background_color'] = '';
+		$twitter_user['profile_text_color'] = '';
+		$twitter_user['profile_link_color'] = '';
+		$twitter_user['profile_sidebar_fill_color'] = '';
+
+		$faves = DB_DataObject::factory('fave');
+		$faves->user_id = $user->id;
+		$faves_count = (int) $faves->count();
+		$twitter_user['favourites_count'] = $faves_count;
+
+		$timezone = 'UTC';
+
+		if ($user->timezone) {
+			$timezone = $user->timezone;
+		}
+
+		$t = new DateTime;
+		$t->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone($timezone));
+		$twitter_user['utc_offset'] = $t->format('Z');
+		$twitter_user['time_zone'] = $timezone;
+
+		if (isset($this->auth_user)) {
+
+			if ($this->auth_user->isSubscribed($profile)) {
+				$twitter_user['following'] = 'true';
+			} else {
+				$twitter_user['following'] = 'false';
+			}
+
+			// Not implemented yet
+			$twitter_user['notifications'] = 'false';
+		}
+
+		if ($apidata['content-type'] == 'xml') {
+			$this->init_document('xml');
+			$this->show_twitter_xml_user($twitter_user);
+			$this->end_document('xml');
+		} elseif ($apidata['content-type'] == 'json') {
+			$this->init_document('json');
+			$this->show_json_objects($twitter_user);
+			$this->end_document('json');
+		}
+
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/twitterapi.php b/lib/twitterapi.php
index 2eb127525c..2083e89617 100644
--- a/lib/twitterapi.php
+++ b/lib/twitterapi.php
@@ -580,78 +580,4 @@ class TwitterapiAction extends Action {
 		return $source_name;
 	}
 
-	function show_extended_profile($user, $apidata) {
-
-		$this->auth_user = $apidata['user'];
-
-		$profile = $user->getProfile();
-
-		if (!$profile) {
-			common_server_error(_('User has no profile.'));
-			return;
-		}
-
-		$twitter_user = $this->twitter_user_array($profile, true);
-
-		// Add in extended user fields offered up by this method
-		$twitter_user['created_at'] = $this->date_twitter($profile->created);
-
-		$subbed = DB_DataObject::factory('subscription');
-		$subbed->subscriber = $profile->id;
-		$subbed_count = (int) $subbed->count() - 1;
-
-		$notices = DB_DataObject::factory('notice');
-		$notices->profile_id = $profile->id;
-		$notice_count = (int) $notices->count();
-
-		$twitter_user['friends_count'] = (is_int($subbed_count)) ? $subbed_count : 0;
-		$twitter_user['statuses_count'] = (is_int($notice_count)) ? $notice_count : 0;
-
-		// Other fields Twitter sends...
-		$twitter_user['profile_background_color'] = '';
-		$twitter_user['profile_text_color'] = '';
-		$twitter_user['profile_link_color'] = '';
-		$twitter_user['profile_sidebar_fill_color'] = '';
-
-		$faves = DB_DataObject::factory('fave');
-		$faves->user_id = $user->id;
-		$faves_count = (int) $faves->count();
-		$twitter_user['favourites_count'] = $faves_count;
-
-		$timezone = 'UTC';
-
-		if ($user->timezone) {
-			$timezone = $user->timezone;
-		}
-
-		$t = new DateTime;
-		$t->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone($timezone));
-		$twitter_user['utc_offset'] = $t->format('Z');
-		$twitter_user['time_zone'] = $timezone;
-
-		$following = 'false';
-
-		if (isset($this->auth_user)) {
-			if ($this->auth_user->isSubscribed($profile)) {
-				$following = 'true';
-			}
-
-			// Not implemented yet
-			$twitter_user['notifications'] = 'false';
-		}
-
-		$twitter_user['following'] = $following;
-
-		if ($apidata['content-type'] == 'xml') {
-			$this->init_document('xml');
-			$this->show_twitter_xml_user($twitter_user);
-			$this->end_document('xml');
-		} elseif ($apidata['content-type'] == 'json') {
-			$this->init_document('json');
-			$this->show_json_objects($twitter_user);
-			$this->end_document('json');
-		}
-
-	}
-
 }
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