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X (Twitter) Direct Messages API

Endpoints related to retrieving, managing Direct Messages

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X (Twitter) Direct Messages 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 Direct Messages. 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 9 operations across 8 paths, and defines 73 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.161.

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

9 operations 8 paths 73 schemas 1 DELETE5 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.161
Base URL
https://api.x.com/2
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, OAuth 2.0, HTTP Oauth
Contact
X Developers
License
X Developer Agreement and Policy
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

X (Twitter) Direct Messages 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 9

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 1 DELETE, 5 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Direct Messages 9

Endpoints related to retrieving, managing Direct Messages

POST
/2/dm_conversations
X Create DM Conversation
createDirectMessagesConversation body → 201default
GET
/2/dm_conversations/media/{dm_id}/{media_id}/{resource_id}
X Download DM Media
dmConversationsMediaDownload 3 params → 200default
GET
/2/dm_conversations/with/{participant_id}/dm_events
X Get DM Events for a DM Conversation
getDirectMessagesEventsByParticipantId 9 params → 200default
POST
/2/dm_conversations/with/{participant_id}/messages
X Create DM Message by Participant ID
createDirectMessagesByParticipantId 1 param body → 201default
POST
/2/dm_conversations/{dm_conversation_id}/messages
X Create DM Message by Conversation ID
createDirectMessagesByConversationId 1 param body → 201default
GET
/2/dm_conversations/{id}/dm_events
X Get DM Events for a DM Conversation
getDirectMessagesEventsByConversationId 9 params → 200default
GET
/2/dm_events
X Get DM Events
getDirectMessagesEvents 8 params → 200default
DELETE
/2/dm_events/{event_id}
X Delete DM Event
deleteDirectMessagesEvents 1 param → 200default
GET
/2/dm_events/{event_id}
X Get DM Event by ID
getDirectMessagesEventsById 6 params → 200default

Schemas 73

The contract defines 73 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Tweet (29 properties), User (21 properties), DmEvent (13 properties), UrlFields (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

NextToken
string
The next token.
CashtagFields
object
Represent the portion of text recognized as a Cashtag, and its start and end position within the text.
1 property 1 required
NoteTweetText
string
The note content of the Tweet.
PlaceId
string
The identifier for this place.
Poll
object
Represent a Poll attached to a Tweet.
5 properties 2 required
DmResourceId
string
The resource identifier of the media file, including file extension.
Media
object
4 properties 1 required
DisplayTextRange
array
Represent a boundary range (start and end zero-based indices) for the portion of text that is displayed for a post. start must be smaller than end. The start i…
DmAttachments
array
Attachments to a DM Event.
UserWithheld
object
Indicates withholding details for [withheld content](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/tweet-withheld-by-country).
2 properties 1 required
PaginationToken32
string
A base32 pagination token.
Place
object
8 properties 2 required
MediaWidth
integer
The width of the media in pixels.
BinaryPayload
string
Raw binary data bytes.
DmEvent
object
13 properties 2 required
HashtagFields
object
Represent the portion of text recognized as a Hashtag, and its start and end position within the text.
1 property 1 required
TopicId
string
Unique identifier of this Topic.
MentionFields
object
Represent the portion of text recognized as a User mention, and its start and end position within the text.
2 properties 1 required
EntityIndicesInclusiveExclusive
object
Represent a boundary range (start and end index) for a recognized entity (for example a hashtag or a mention). start must be smaller than end. The start index…
2 properties 2 required
DmMediaAttachment
object
1 property 1 required
Error
object
2 properties 2 required
TweetWithheld
object
Indicates withholding details for [withheld content](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/tweet-withheld-by-country).
3 properties 2 required
Get2DmConversationsIdDmEventsResponse
object
4 properties
PreviousToken
string
The previous token.
TweetText
string
The content of the Tweet.
ContextAnnotationEntityFields
object
Represents the data for the context annotation entity.
3 properties 1 required
ResultCount
integer
The number of results returned in this response.
Expansions
object
6 properties
Tweet
object
29 properties
MediaKey
string
The Media Key identifier for this attachment.
HashtagEntity
DmParticipants
array
Participants for the DM Conversation.
CashtagEntity
PollOptionLabel
string
The text of a poll choice.
CreateDmConversationRequest
object
3 properties 3 required
CreateDmEventResponse
object
2 properties
DmEventId
string
Unique identifier of a DM Event.
Url
string
A validly formatted URL.
Problem
object
An HTTP Problem Details object, as defined in IETF RFC 7807 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7807).
4 properties 2 required
Point
object
A [GeoJson Point](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7946section-3.1.2) geometry object.
2 properties 2 required
UrlImage
object
Represent the information for the URL image.
3 properties
Topic
object
The topic of a Space, as selected by its creator.
3 properties 2 required
UrlEntity
Represent the portion of text recognized as a URL, and its start and end position within the text.
FullTextEntities
object
5 properties
HttpStatusCode
integer
HTTP Status Code.
DmConversationId
string
Unique identifier of a DM conversation. This can either be a numeric string, or a pair of numeric strings separated by a '-' character in the case of one-on-on…
UrlFields
object
Represent the portion of text recognized as a URL.
9 properties 1 required
MediaHeight
integer
The height of the media in pixels.
UserName
string
The X handle (screen name) of this user.
UrlEntityDm
Represent the portion of text recognized as a URL, and its start and end position within the text.
MediaId
string
The unique identifier of this Media.
PollId
string
Unique identifier of this poll.
PollOption
object
Describes a choice in a Poll object.
3 properties 3 required
MentionEntity
ContextAnnotation
object
Annotation inferred from the Tweet text.
2 properties 2 required
CountryCode
string
A two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
ReplySettingsWithVerifiedUsers
string
Shows who can reply a Tweet. Fields returned are everyone, mentionedusers, subscribers, verified and following.
ContextAnnotationDomainFields
object
Represents the data for the context annotation domain.
3 properties 1 required
TweetId
string
Unique identifier of this Tweet. This is returned as a string in order to avoid complications with languages and tools that cannot handle large integers.
Position
array
A [GeoJson Position](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7946section-3.1.1) in the format [longitude,latitude].
CreateAttachmentsMessageRequest
object
2 properties 1 required
Get2DmEventsEventIdResponse
object
3 properties
UserId
string
Unique identifier of this User. This is returned as a string in order to avoid complications with languages and tools that cannot handle large integers.
DeleteDmResponse
object
2 properties
Geo
object
4 properties 3 required
CreateMessageRequest
CommunityId
string
The unique identifier of this Community.
EntityIndicesInclusiveInclusive
object
Represent a boundary range (start and end index) for a recognized entity (for example a hashtag or a mention). start must be smaller than end. The start index…
2 properties 2 required
Get2DmEventsResponse
object
4 properties
PlaceType
string
User
object
The X User object.
21 properties 3 required
Get2DmConversationsWithParticipantIdDmEventsResponse
object
4 properties
CreateTextMessageRequest
object
2 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

twitter-direct-messages-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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ID
twitter:twitter-direct-messages-api
Base URL
https://api.x.com/2
Docs
https://docs.x.com/x-api
Provider
X (Twitter)
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