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Likes lookup: Standard v1.1 compared to X API v2

If you have been working with the standard v1.1 GET favorites/list endpoint, the goal of this guide is to help you understand the similarities and differences between the standard v1.1 and X API v2 Likes lookup endpoints. With v2, we’ve also introduced a new liked users endpoint which allows you to get information about a Post’s liking users.
  • Similarities
    • Authentication
    • Rate limits
  • Differences
    • Endpoint URLs
    • Request limitations
    • App and Project requirements
    • Request parameters
    • New JSON format

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Similarities

Authentication Both the standard v1.1 and X API v2 Likes lookup endpoints use OAuth 1.0a User Context or OAuth 2.0 Bearer Token. Therefore, if you were previously using the GET favorites/list endpoints standard v1.1 endpoints, you can continue using the same authentication method if you migrate to the X API v2 version if you wish.  Depending on your authentication library/package of choice, Bearer Token authentication is probably the easiest way to get started and can be set with a simple request header. To learn how to generate a Bearer Token, see this OAuth 2.0 Bearer Token guide.    Rate limits The standard v1.1 GET favorites/list endpoint has a 75 requests per 15 minutes per user rate limit. The corresponding liked Posts endpoint in v2 also has this sam