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X (Twitter) Usage API

The Usage API from X (Twitter) — 1 operation(s) for usage.

X (Twitter) Usage 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 Usage. 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 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 6 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.

1 operations 1 paths 6 schemas 1 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) Usage 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 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Usage 1
GET
/2/usage/tweets
X Get Usage
getUsage 2 params → 200default

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Usage (6 properties), Problem (4 properties), ClientAppUsage (3 properties), UsageFields (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Get2UsageTweetsResponse
object
2 properties
Usage
object
Usage per client app
6 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
UsageFields
object
Represents the data for Usage
2 properties
ClientAppUsage
object
Usage per client app
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

twitter-usage-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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