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GET
/
2
/
media
Get Media by media keys
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.x.com/2/media \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
import requests

url = "https://api.x.com/2/media"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.x.com/2/media', 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",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.x.com/2/media"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.x.com/2/media")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/media")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "<string>",
      "preview_image_url": "<string>",
      "variants": [
        {
          "bit_rate": 123,
          "content_type": "<string>",
          "url": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "height": 1,
      "media_key": "<string>",
      "width": 1
    }
  ],
  "errors": [
    {
      "title": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "detail": "<string>",
      "status": 123
    }
  ]
}
{
  "code": 123,
  "message": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Query Parameters

​
media_keys
string[]
required

A comma separated list of Media Keys. Up to 100 are allowed in a single request.

Required array length: 1 - 100 elements

The Media Key identifier for this attachment.

Pattern: ^([0-9]+)_([0-9]+)$
​
media.fields
enum<string>[]

A comma separated list of Media fields to display. The fields available for a Media object.

Minimum array length: 1
Available options:
alt_text,
duration_ms,
height,
media_key,
non_public_metrics,
organic_metrics,
preview_image_url,
promoted_metrics,
public_metrics,
type,
url,
variants,
width
Example:
[
  "alt_text",
  "duration_ms",
  "height",
  "media_key",
  "non_public_metrics",
  "organic_metrics",
  "preview_image_url",
  "promoted_metrics",
  "public_metrics",
  "type",
  "url",
  "variants",
  "width"
]

Response

The request has succeeded.

​
data
object[]
Minimum array length: 1
​
errors
object[]
Minimum array length: 1

An HTTP Problem Details object, as defined in IETF RFC 7807 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7807).