Upload
Upload media
Uploads a media file for use in posts or other content.
POST
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media
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upload
Upload media
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.x.com/2/media/upload \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"media": "<string>",
"media_category": "tweet_image",
"additional_owners": [
"2244994945"
],
"media_type": "image/png",
"shared": false
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.x.com/2/media/upload"
payload = {
"media": "<string>",
"media_category": "tweet_image",
"additional_owners": ["2244994945"],
"media_type": "image/png",
"shared": False
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
media: '<string>',
media_category: 'tweet_image',
additional_owners: ['2244994945'],
media_type: 'image/png',
shared: false
})
};
fetch('https://api.x.com/2/media/upload', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.x.com/2/media/upload",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'media' => '<string>',
'media_category' => 'tweet_image',
'additional_owners' => [
'2244994945'
],
'media_type' => 'image/png',
'shared' => false
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.x.com/2/media/upload"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"media\": \"<string>\",\n \"media_category\": \"tweet_image\",\n \"additional_owners\": [\n \"2244994945\"\n ],\n \"media_type\": \"image/png\",\n \"shared\": false\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.x.com/2/media/upload")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"media\": \"<string>\",\n \"media_category\": \"tweet_image\",\n \"additional_owners\": [\n \"2244994945\"\n ],\n \"media_type\": \"image/png\",\n \"shared\": false\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/media/upload")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"media\": \"<string>\",\n \"media_category\": \"tweet_image\",\n \"additional_owners\": [\n \"2244994945\"\n ],\n \"media_type\": \"image/png\",\n \"shared\": false\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"expires_after_secs": 123,
"id": "1146654567674912769",
"media_key": "<string>",
"processing_info": {
"check_after_secs": 123,
"progress_percent": 123,
"state": "succeeded"
},
"size": 123
},
"errors": [
{
"title": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"detail": "<string>",
"status": 123
}
]
}{
"code": 123,
"message": "<string>"
}Authorizations
OAuth2UserTokenUserToken
The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.
FlowAuthorization Code
- Authorization URL
- https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/authorize
- Token URL
- https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/token
Scopes1
media.write
Upload media, such as photos and videos, on your behalf.
Body
application/jsonmultipart/form-data
The file to upload.
A string enum value which identifies a media use-case. This identifier is used to enforce use-case specific constraints (e.g. file size) and enable advanced features.
Available options:
tweet_image, dm_image, subtitles Example:
"tweet_image"
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.
Pattern:
^[0-9]{1,19}$The type of image or subtitle.
Available options:
text/srt, text/vtt, image/jpeg, image/bmp, image/png, image/webp, image/pjpeg, image/tiff Example:
"image/png"
Whether this media is shared or not.
Response
The request has succeeded.
A response from getting a media upload request status.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Minimum array length:
1An HTTP Problem Details object, as defined in IETF RFC 7807 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7807).
- Option 1
- Option 2
- Option 3
- Option 4
- Option 5
- Option 6
- Option 7
- Option 8
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- Option 11
- Option 12
- Option 13
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- Option 16
- Option 17
- Option 18
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⌘I
Upload media
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.x.com/2/media/upload \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"media": "<string>",
"media_category": "tweet_image",
"additional_owners": [
"2244994945"
],
"media_type": "image/png",
"shared": false
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.x.com/2/media/upload"
payload = {
"media": "<string>",
"media_category": "tweet_image",
"additional_owners": ["2244994945"],
"media_type": "image/png",
"shared": False
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
media: '<string>',
media_category: 'tweet_image',
additional_owners: ['2244994945'],
media_type: 'image/png',
shared: false
})
};
fetch('https://api.x.com/2/media/upload', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.x.com/2/media/upload",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'media' => '<string>',
'media_category' => 'tweet_image',
'additional_owners' => [
'2244994945'
],
'media_type' => 'image/png',
'shared' => false
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.x.com/2/media/upload"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"media\": \"<string>\",\n \"media_category\": \"tweet_image\",\n \"additional_owners\": [\n \"2244994945\"\n ],\n \"media_type\": \"image/png\",\n \"shared\": false\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.x.com/2/media/upload")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"media\": \"<string>\",\n \"media_category\": \"tweet_image\",\n \"additional_owners\": [\n \"2244994945\"\n ],\n \"media_type\": \"image/png\",\n \"shared\": false\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/media/upload")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"media\": \"<string>\",\n \"media_category\": \"tweet_image\",\n \"additional_owners\": [\n \"2244994945\"\n ],\n \"media_type\": \"image/png\",\n \"shared\": false\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"expires_after_secs": 123,
"id": "1146654567674912769",
"media_key": "<string>",
"processing_info": {
"check_after_secs": 123,
"progress_percent": 123,
"state": "succeeded"
},
"size": 123
},
"errors": [
{
"title": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"detail": "<string>",
"status": 123
}
]
}{
"code": 123,
"message": "<string>"
}