Create Media metadata
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.x.com/2/media/metadata \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"id": "1146654567674912769",
"metadata": {
"allow_download_status": {
"allow_download": true
},
"audience_policy": {
"creator_subscriptions": [
"Any"
],
"x_subscriptions": [
"Any"
]
},
"geo_restrictions": {
"blacklisted_country_codes": [
"us"
],
"whitelisted_country_codes": [
"us"
]
},
"sensitive_media_warning": {
"adult_content": true,
"graphic_violence": true,
"other": false
}
}
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.x.com/2/media/metadata"
payload = {
"id": "1146654567674912769",
"metadata": {
"allow_download_status": { "allow_download": True },
"audience_policy": {
"creator_subscriptions": ["Any"],
"x_subscriptions": ["Any"]
},
"geo_restrictions": {
"blacklisted_country_codes": ["us"],
"whitelisted_country_codes": ["us"]
},
"sensitive_media_warning": {
"adult_content": True,
"graphic_violence": True,
"other": 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({
id: '1146654567674912769',
metadata: {
allow_download_status: {allow_download: true},
audience_policy: {creator_subscriptions: ['Any'], x_subscriptions: ['Any']},
geo_restrictions: {blacklisted_country_codes: ['us'], whitelisted_country_codes: ['us']},
sensitive_media_warning: {adult_content: true, graphic_violence: true, other: false}
}
})
};
fetch('https://api.x.com/2/media/metadata', 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/metadata",
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([
'id' => '1146654567674912769',
'metadata' => [
'allow_download_status' => [
'allow_download' => true
],
'audience_policy' => [
'creator_subscriptions' => [
'Any'
],
'x_subscriptions' => [
'Any'
]
],
'geo_restrictions' => [
'blacklisted_country_codes' => [
'us'
],
'whitelisted_country_codes' => [
'us'
]
],
'sensitive_media_warning' => [
'adult_content' => true,
'graphic_violence' => true,
'other' => 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/metadata"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"id\": \"1146654567674912769\",\n \"metadata\": {\n \"allow_download_status\": {\n \"allow_download\": true\n },\n \"audience_policy\": {\n \"creator_subscriptions\": [\n \"Any\"\n ],\n \"x_subscriptions\": [\n \"Any\"\n ]\n },\n \"geo_restrictions\": {\n \"blacklisted_country_codes\": [\n \"us\"\n ],\n \"whitelisted_country_codes\": [\n \"us\"\n ]\n },\n \"sensitive_media_warning\": {\n \"adult_content\": true,\n \"graphic_violence\": true,\n \"other\": false\n }\n }\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/metadata")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"id\": \"1146654567674912769\",\n \"metadata\": {\n \"allow_download_status\": {\n \"allow_download\": true\n },\n \"audience_policy\": {\n \"creator_subscriptions\": [\n \"Any\"\n ],\n \"x_subscriptions\": [\n \"Any\"\n ]\n },\n \"geo_restrictions\": {\n \"blacklisted_country_codes\": [\n \"us\"\n ],\n \"whitelisted_country_codes\": [\n \"us\"\n ]\n },\n \"sensitive_media_warning\": {\n \"adult_content\": true,\n \"graphic_violence\": true,\n \"other\": false\n }\n }\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/media/metadata")
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 \"id\": \"1146654567674912769\",\n \"metadata\": {\n \"allow_download_status\": {\n \"allow_download\": true\n },\n \"audience_policy\": {\n \"creator_subscriptions\": [\n \"Any\"\n ],\n \"x_subscriptions\": [\n \"Any\"\n ]\n },\n \"geo_restrictions\": {\n \"blacklisted_country_codes\": [\n \"us\"\n ],\n \"whitelisted_country_codes\": [\n \"us\"\n ]\n },\n \"sensitive_media_warning\": {\n \"adult_content\": true,\n \"graphic_violence\": true,\n \"other\": false\n }\n }\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"associated_metadata": {
"allow_download_status": {
"allow_download": true
},
"alt_text": {
"text": "A dancing cat"
},
"audience_policy": {
"creator_subscriptions": [
"Any"
],
"x_subscriptions": [
"Any"
]
},
"content_expiration": {
"timestamp_sec": 1740787200
},
"domain_restrictions": {
"whitelist": [
"<string>"
]
},
"found_media_origin": {
"id": "u5BzatR15TZ04",
"provider": "giphy"
},
"geo_restrictions": {
"blacklisted_country_codes": [
"us"
],
"whitelisted_country_codes": [
"us"
]
},
"management_info": {
"managed": false
},
"preview_image": {
"media_key": {
"media": "1146654567674912769",
"media_category": "TweetImage"
}
},
"sensitive_media_warning": {
"adult_content": true,
"graphic_violence": true,
"other": false
},
"shared_info": {
"shared": false
},
"sticker_info": {
"stickers": [
{
"aspect_ratio": 1.78,
"group_annotation_id": 987654321098765,
"id": "12345",
"sticker_set_annotation_id": 123456789012345,
"transform_a": 1,
"transform_b": 0,
"transform_c": 0,
"transform_d": 1,
"transform_tx": 10.5,
"transform_ty": -5.2
}
]
},
"upload_source": {
"upload_source": "gallery"
}
},
"id": "1146654567674912769"
},
"errors": [
{
"title": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"detail": "<string>",
"status": 123
}
]
}{
"code": 123,
"message": "<string>"
}Metadata
Create Media metadata
Creates metadata for a Media file.
POST
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2
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media
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metadata
Create Media metadata
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.x.com/2/media/metadata \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"id": "1146654567674912769",
"metadata": {
"allow_download_status": {
"allow_download": true
},
"audience_policy": {
"creator_subscriptions": [
"Any"
],
"x_subscriptions": [
"Any"
]
},
"geo_restrictions": {
"blacklisted_country_codes": [
"us"
],
"whitelisted_country_codes": [
"us"
]
},
"sensitive_media_warning": {
"adult_content": true,
"graphic_violence": true,
"other": false
}
}
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.x.com/2/media/metadata"
payload = {
"id": "1146654567674912769",
"metadata": {
"allow_download_status": { "allow_download": True },
"audience_policy": {
"creator_subscriptions": ["Any"],
"x_subscriptions": ["Any"]
},
"geo_restrictions": {
"blacklisted_country_codes": ["us"],
"whitelisted_country_codes": ["us"]
},
"sensitive_media_warning": {
"adult_content": True,
"graphic_violence": True,
"other": 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({
id: '1146654567674912769',
metadata: {
allow_download_status: {allow_download: true},
audience_policy: {creator_subscriptions: ['Any'], x_subscriptions: ['Any']},
geo_restrictions: {blacklisted_country_codes: ['us'], whitelisted_country_codes: ['us']},
sensitive_media_warning: {adult_content: true, graphic_violence: true, other: false}
}
})
};
fetch('https://api.x.com/2/media/metadata', 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/metadata",
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([
'id' => '1146654567674912769',
'metadata' => [
'allow_download_status' => [
'allow_download' => true
],
'audience_policy' => [
'creator_subscriptions' => [
'Any'
],
'x_subscriptions' => [
'Any'
]
],
'geo_restrictions' => [
'blacklisted_country_codes' => [
'us'
],
'whitelisted_country_codes' => [
'us'
]
],
'sensitive_media_warning' => [
'adult_content' => true,
'graphic_violence' => true,
'other' => 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/metadata"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"id\": \"1146654567674912769\",\n \"metadata\": {\n \"allow_download_status\": {\n \"allow_download\": true\n },\n \"audience_policy\": {\n \"creator_subscriptions\": [\n \"Any\"\n ],\n \"x_subscriptions\": [\n \"Any\"\n ]\n },\n \"geo_restrictions\": {\n \"blacklisted_country_codes\": [\n \"us\"\n ],\n \"whitelisted_country_codes\": [\n \"us\"\n ]\n },\n \"sensitive_media_warning\": {\n \"adult_content\": true,\n \"graphic_violence\": true,\n \"other\": false\n }\n }\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/metadata")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"id\": \"1146654567674912769\",\n \"metadata\": {\n \"allow_download_status\": {\n \"allow_download\": true\n },\n \"audience_policy\": {\n \"creator_subscriptions\": [\n \"Any\"\n ],\n \"x_subscriptions\": [\n \"Any\"\n ]\n },\n \"geo_restrictions\": {\n \"blacklisted_country_codes\": [\n \"us\"\n ],\n \"whitelisted_country_codes\": [\n \"us\"\n ]\n },\n \"sensitive_media_warning\": {\n \"adult_content\": true,\n \"graphic_violence\": true,\n \"other\": false\n }\n }\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/media/metadata")
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 \"id\": \"1146654567674912769\",\n \"metadata\": {\n \"allow_download_status\": {\n \"allow_download\": true\n },\n \"audience_policy\": {\n \"creator_subscriptions\": [\n \"Any\"\n ],\n \"x_subscriptions\": [\n \"Any\"\n ]\n },\n \"geo_restrictions\": {\n \"blacklisted_country_codes\": [\n \"us\"\n ],\n \"whitelisted_country_codes\": [\n \"us\"\n ]\n },\n \"sensitive_media_warning\": {\n \"adult_content\": true,\n \"graphic_violence\": true,\n \"other\": false\n }\n }\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"associated_metadata": {
"allow_download_status": {
"allow_download": true
},
"alt_text": {
"text": "A dancing cat"
},
"audience_policy": {
"creator_subscriptions": [
"Any"
],
"x_subscriptions": [
"Any"
]
},
"content_expiration": {
"timestamp_sec": 1740787200
},
"domain_restrictions": {
"whitelist": [
"<string>"
]
},
"found_media_origin": {
"id": "u5BzatR15TZ04",
"provider": "giphy"
},
"geo_restrictions": {
"blacklisted_country_codes": [
"us"
],
"whitelisted_country_codes": [
"us"
]
},
"management_info": {
"managed": false
},
"preview_image": {
"media_key": {
"media": "1146654567674912769",
"media_category": "TweetImage"
}
},
"sensitive_media_warning": {
"adult_content": true,
"graphic_violence": true,
"other": false
},
"shared_info": {
"shared": false
},
"sticker_info": {
"stickers": [
{
"aspect_ratio": 1.78,
"group_annotation_id": 987654321098765,
"id": "12345",
"sticker_set_annotation_id": 123456789012345,
"transform_a": 1,
"transform_b": 0,
"transform_c": 0,
"transform_d": 1,
"transform_tx": 10.5,
"transform_ty": -5.2
}
]
},
"upload_source": {
"upload_source": "gallery"
}
},
"id": "1146654567674912769"
},
"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.
Scopes
media.write
Upload media, such as photos and videos, on your behalf.
Body
application/json
Response
The request has succeeded.
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).
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Show child attributes
Show child attributes