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X (Twitter) Connections API

Endpoints related to streaming connections

X (Twitter) Connections API is one of 23 APIs that X (Twitter) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Connections. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, an API reference, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 4 operations across 3 paths, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 2.161.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.x.com.

4 operations 3 paths 10 schemas 3 DELETE1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
2.161
Base URL
https://api.x.com/2
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, OAuth 2.0, HTTP Oauth
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

X (Twitter) Connections API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerToken). It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2UserToken) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 21 scopes. It uses HTTP oauth authentication (UserToken).

Paths & Operations 4

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 3 DELETE, 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Connections 4

Endpoints related to streaming connections

DELETE
/2/connections
X Terminate Multiple Connections
deleteConnectionsByUuids body → 200default
GET
/2/connections
X Get Connection History
getConnectionHistory 5 params → 200default
DELETE
/2/connections/all
X Terminate All Connections
deleteAllConnections → 200default
DELETE
/2/connections/{endpoint_id}
X Terminate Connections by Endpoint
deleteConnectionsByEndpoint 1 param → 200default

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Connection (5 properties), Problem (4 properties), Get2ConnectionsResponse (3 properties), KillConnectionsByEndpointResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

KillAllConnectionsResponse
object
2 properties
NextToken
string
The next token.
KillConnectionsByUuidsResponse
object
2 properties
KillConnectionsByEndpointResponse
object
2 properties
Problem
object
An HTTP Problem Details object, as defined in IETF RFC 7807 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7807).
4 properties 2 required
Error
object
2 properties 2 required
Connection
object
5 properties 2 required
ResultCount
integer
The number of results returned in this response.
KillConnectionsByUuidsRequest
object
1 property 1 required
Get2ConnectionsResponse
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

twitter-connections-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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