POST
/
2
/
media
/
upload
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.twitter.com/2/media/upload \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --form segment_index=123
{
  "data": {
    "expires_after_secs": 123,
    "id": "1146654567674912769",
    "media_key": "<string>",
    "processing_info": {
      "check_after_secs": 123,
      "progress_percent": 123,
      "state": "succeeded"
    },
    "size": 123
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "<string>",
      "status": 123,
      "title": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.

Query Parameters

​
media_id
string

The media id of the targeted media to APPEND/FINALIZE.

Example:

"1146654567674912769"

​
total_bytes
integer

Total number of bytes being uploaded.

​
media_type
string

The MIME type of the media being uploaded. For example, video/mp4.

​
media_category
enum<string>

A string enum value which identifies a media use-case. This identifier is used to enforce use-case specific constraints (e.g. file size, video duration) and enable advanced features.

Available options:
amplify_video,
tweet_gif,
tweet_image,
tweet_video,
dm_video,
subtitles
Example:

"tweet_video"

​
additional_owners
string[]

A comma-separated list of user IDs to set as additional owners allowed to use the returned media_id in Tweets or Cards. Up to 100 additional owners may be specified.

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.

​
command
enum<string>
required

The type of command to use.

Available options:
INIT,
APPEND,
FINALIZE
Example:

"APPEND"

Body

multipart/form-data
​
media
file

The file to upload.

​
segment_index
integer

The segment index for the media chunk.

Response

200
application/json
The request has succeeded.

A response from getting a media upload request status.

​
data
object
​
errors
object[]

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