Create Direct Messages by Conversation ID
POST
/
2
/
dm_conversations
/
{dm_conversation_id}
/
messages
Create Direct Messages by Conversation ID
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.x.com/2/dm_conversations/{dm_conversation_id}/messages \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"text": "<string>",
"attachments": [
{
"media_id": "<string>"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.x.com/2/dm_conversations/{dm_conversation_id}/messages"
payload = {
"text": "<string>",
"attachments": [{ "media_id": "<string>" }]
}
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({text: '<string>', attachments: [{media_id: '<string>'}]})
};
fetch('https://api.x.com/2/dm_conversations/{dm_conversation_id}/messages', 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/dm_conversations/{dm_conversation_id}/messages",
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([
'text' => '<string>',
'attachments' => [
[
'media_id' => '<string>'
]
]
]),
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/dm_conversations/{dm_conversation_id}/messages"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"text\": \"<string>\",\n \"attachments\": [\n {\n \"media_id\": \"<string>\"\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/dm_conversations/{dm_conversation_id}/messages")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"text\": \"<string>\",\n \"attachments\": [\n {\n \"media_id\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/dm_conversations/{dm_conversation_id}/messages")
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 \"text\": \"<string>\",\n \"attachments\": [\n {\n \"media_id\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"dm_conversation_id": "<string>",
"dm_event_id": "<string>"
},
"errors": [
{
"detail": "<string>",
"resource_type": "<string>",
"title": "<string>",
"type": "https://api.x.com/2/problems/resource-not-found",
"parameter": "<string>",
"resource_id": "<string>",
"status": 123,
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"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
Scopes3
dm.write
Send and manage your Direct Messages.
users.read
View any account you can see, including protected accounts.
tweet.read
View all posts you can see, including those from protected accounts.
Path Parameters
Body
application/json
⌘I
Create Direct Messages by Conversation ID
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.x.com/2/dm_conversations/{dm_conversation_id}/messages \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"text": "<string>",
"attachments": [
{
"media_id": "<string>"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.x.com/2/dm_conversations/{dm_conversation_id}/messages"
payload = {
"text": "<string>",
"attachments": [{ "media_id": "<string>" }]
}
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({text: '<string>', attachments: [{media_id: '<string>'}]})
};
fetch('https://api.x.com/2/dm_conversations/{dm_conversation_id}/messages', 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/dm_conversations/{dm_conversation_id}/messages",
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([
'text' => '<string>',
'attachments' => [
[
'media_id' => '<string>'
]
]
]),
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/dm_conversations/{dm_conversation_id}/messages"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"text\": \"<string>\",\n \"attachments\": [\n {\n \"media_id\": \"<string>\"\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/dm_conversations/{dm_conversation_id}/messages")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"text\": \"<string>\",\n \"attachments\": [\n {\n \"media_id\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/dm_conversations/{dm_conversation_id}/messages")
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 \"text\": \"<string>\",\n \"attachments\": [\n {\n \"media_id\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"dm_conversation_id": "<string>",
"dm_event_id": "<string>"
},
"errors": [
{
"detail": "<string>",
"resource_type": "<string>",
"title": "<string>",
"type": "https://api.x.com/2/problems/resource-not-found",
"parameter": "<string>",
"resource_id": "<string>",
"status": 123,
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"code": 123,
"message": "<string>"
}