Comparing v1.1 and v2 Manage Direct Message endpoints
Both v1.1 and v2 versions of the Direct Messages endpoints provide methods for creating Direct Message messages. This guide is intended to help understand the differences and provide information for migrating to v2. A major difference between the two versions is that v1.1 supports only one-to-one conversations, while v2 introduces support for group conversations. One artifact of this is that v1.1 supports only “message created” events, while v2 also supports events associated with participants joining and leaving conversations. In fact, a fundamental v2 update is establishing dm_conversations as a core API object. With v1.1. there are two endpoints for managing Direct Messages:- POST direct_messages/events/new - Creates a one-to-one Direct Message. This v1.1 endpoint can only create one-to-one messages, and does not support group messages.
- DELETE direct_messages/events/destroy - Deletes a one-to-one message from the view of the authenticating user.
- POST /2/dm_conversations/with/:participant_id/messages - Creates a one-to-one Direct Message. This method either adds the message to an existing one-to-one conversation or creates a new one. The :participant_id path parameter is the User ID of the account receiving the message.
- POST /2/dm_conversations - Creates a new group conversation and adds a Direct Message to it. These requests require a list of conversation participants. Note that you can create multiple conversations with the same participant list. These requests will always return a new conversation ID.
- POST /2/dm_conversations/:dm_conversation_id/messages - Creates a Direct Message and adds it to an existing conversation. The :dm_conversation_id path parameter is the ID of the conversation that the message will be added to.
| Description | Standard v1.1 | X API v2 |
| Host domain | https://api.x.com | https://api.x.com |
| Endpoint root path | /1.1/direct_messages | /2/dm_conversations Direct Messages conversations are introduced as a fundamental API object. These endpoints retrieve MessageCreate, ParticipantsJoin, and ParticipantLeave events. |
| HTTP methods supported | POST | POST |
| Supports Group Direct Messages | ✔ | |
| Event types supported | message_create | MessageCreate, ParticipantsJoin, ParticipantsLeave |
| Authentication | OAuth 1.0a User Context | OAuth 1.0a User Context OAuth 2 User Context (scopes: dm.read, dm.write) |
| Requires the use of credentials from a developer App associated with a X API v2 Project | ✔ | |
| Default request rate limits* *All requests require user tokens | 1000 requests per user per 24 hours 15000 requests per app per 24 hours | 200 requests per 15 minutes per user 1000 requests per user per 24 hours 15000 requests per app per 24 hours These rate limits are shared across all dm_conversations POST endpoints. |
| Description | Standard v1.1 | X API v2 |
| Endpoint path | POST direct_messages/events/new (message_create) | POST /2/dm_conversations/with/:participant_id/messages |
| Default request rate limits | 1000 requests per user per 24 hours 15000 requests per app per 24 hours | 200 requests per 15 minutes per user 1000 requests per user per 24 hours 15000 requests per app per 24 hours These rate limits are shared across all dm_conversations POST endpoints. |
| Supports group Direct Messages | ✔ |
| Description | Standard v1.1 | X API v2 |
| Endpoint path | Not supported | POST /2/dm_conversations |
| Default request rate limits | 200 requests per 15 minutes per user 1000 requests per user per 24 hours 15000 requests per app per 24 hours These rate limits are shared across all dm_conversations POST endpoints. | |
| Supports group Direct Messages | ✔ |
| Description | Standard v1.1 | X API v2 |
| Endpoint path | Not supported | POST /2/dm_conversations/:dm_conversation_id/messages |
| Default request rate limits | 200 requests per 15 minutes per user 1000 requests per user per 24 hours 15000 requests per app per 24 hours These rate limits are shared across all dm_conversations POST endpoints. | |
| Supports group Direct Messages | ✔ |