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7 years
Today we’re launching Twitter premium APIs to kick off the next era of innovation for Twitter developers. 🙌 These APIs provide a new transparent, predictable way to scale solutions on Twitter.
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Today, we’re clarifying our rules on automation using multiple accounts, as well as removing any possible ambiguity created by our own implementations. Please read, and note the March 23, 2018 deadline.
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For those still using our v1.1 API endpoints 🗣️ As part of our ongoing effort to modernize and transform our API platform, we are deprecating some of our v1.1 endpoints and asking you to migrate to the v2 equivalents. These deprecations will allow us to continue building support
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6 years
As a developer platform, our first responsibility is our users: to provide a place that supports the health of conversation on Twitter. To continue to prevent misuse of our platform, we are introducing a few new requirements for developers today.
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4 years
Twitter API v2: Early Access released Today we announced Early Access to the first endpoints of the new Twitter API! #TwitterAPI #EarlyAccess #VersionBump
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It’s finally here! 🥁 Say hello to the new #TwitterAPI . We’re rebuilding the Twitter API v2 from the ground up to better serve our developer community. And today’s launch is only the beginning.
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New year, new access for our developer community! 🎉 Today, we’re launching our premium Search Tweets: Full-archive endpoint — providing access all the way back to @jack ’s first Tweet in 2006.
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Today, our User Streams, Site Streams, and legacy Direct Message endpoints will begin a brief period of degraded service before being retired entirely. Developers using these services can learn more and find migration guides on the forum:
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11 years
Introducing custom timelines, a new type of timeline that you control.
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10 years
On May 28th PDT (UTC-7) we will launch support for composing tweets with multiple images via the REST API. Details:
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6 years
To make room for more expression, we will now count all emojis as equal—including those with gender‍‍‍ ‍‍and skin tone modifiers 👍🏻👍🏽👍🏿. This is now reflected in Twitter-Text, our Open Source library. Using Twitter-Text? See the forum post for detail:
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11 years
Thanks everyone! API v1 Retirement is complete. Please use API v1.1 instead.
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10 years
Now available, Beta by Crashlytics. Invite and manage testers for your apps.
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3 years
Today, we are announcing that the Twitter API v2 is now the primary version of the API. We are also introducing a new set of access levels, and a removal of language from our Developer Policy that previously restricted use cases on Twitter. #TwitterAPI
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3 years
Introducing a new era for the Twitter Developer Platform! 📣The Twitter API v2 is now the primary API and full of new features ⏱Immediate access for most use cases, or apply to get more access for free 📖Removed certain restrictions in the Policy
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12 years
If you're exploring the @twitterapi , be sure and bring this new field guide along. ^TS
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13 years
Search API will now always return "real" Twitter user IDs. The with_twitter_user_id parameter is no longer necessary. An era has ended. ^TS
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5 years
Today we are previewing changes to the rate limits of two commonly used Twitter standard API endpoints – user and mentions timeline. Read more about the new limit that we’ll implement on June 19, 2019 here:
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12 years
As promised, we just posted more details on upcoming changes to the platform and a new version of the API, v1.1
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8 years
Improved image sizes coming soon to the API. Details here on the dev forums, and on the blog
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7 years
Developers, what does this mean for you? Be sure you’ve built your apps with the flexibility to handle Tweets that contain >140 characters.
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6 years
Reminder‼️ This week, on August 16th, User Streams, Site Streams, and the legacy Direct Message endpoints will be deprecated. Today's forum post shares what to expect as well as instructions for those who have not yet migrated off of these endpoints.
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6 years
To strengthen the security of our systems, today we changed how apps can access images via the Direct Message API. If your app renders images from this API, please see today’s update for details.
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9 years
RT @Flight : Registration for Twitter Flight is now open! Join us on October 21 in SF. http://t.co/guK3LqTLN5 http://t.co/59eMxTA3Dx
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3 years
Today, we’re launching the new manage follows endpoints into Twitter API v2. #TwitterAPI #EarlyAccess #v2
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3 years
Go ahead, follow another puppy account. We won’t judge. Introducing the manage follows endpoints to the new #TwitterAPI . You can now use the v2 API to follow and unfollow accounts. Learn more
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6 years
Reminder: New default app-level POST rate limits take effect today. We’ve previously reached out to the small number of developers impacted by these changes with details on how to apply for free, elevated access. See today's post for details.
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10 years
Introducing analytics for Twitter Cards:
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8 years
The recent oEmbed updates for timelines make adding them to your site even easier, details here 👇
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8 years
We've made it a lot easier to add engaging Twitter timelines directly into your website.
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6 years
We’re making app creation even easier for premium API developers! Starting today, premium API devs with an approved developer account on can manage their apps and product subscriptions in one place. Learn more.
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10 years
Forthcoming tweak to streaming API error codes from June
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6 years
As announced last month, today marks the beginning of callback URL whitelisting enforcement. Apps using Sign in with Twitter who have not whitelisted their URLs will experience disruption. To whitelist your URLs, follow the guidance in our May forum post.
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12 years
Delivering a consistent Twitter experience
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9 years
The streaming endpoints are returning to normal.
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6 years
Our developer platform helps make Twitter better. Today we're sharing our core principles of transparency, control and approved uses that guide us as we continue to improve Twitter's data platform to help developers build useful solutions.
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8 years
Information on the upcoming changes to Tweets is now on the developer site
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10 years
Now you can mute users on Twitter - here are the new API endpoints
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6 years
Announcing a new API status page ->
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And, if you’re not already following our other channels for developer news, learn more about how to stay informed:
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12 years
" @urbandictionary grows daily followers 6.5x by implementing the Follow Button" - ^JC
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13 years
Introducing Twitter Web Analytics. http://t.co/ATcUdlf ^TS
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6 years
Don't miss a thing! 📣 Be among the first to know when updates are made to the Twitter developer platform by subscribing to a few (or all) of our channels 💬✉️🖥️. Learn more:
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5 years
TLS 1.2 reminder: this change will be enacted as of tomorrow, July 25, 2019. Please reference our developer forum post for more details.👇
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5 years
Starting July 15, 2019, all connections to the Twitter API (and all other Twitter domains) will require TLS 1.2. Read more about this change on our developer forum:
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10 years
Goal! Detecting the most important World Cup moments
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9 years
We are investigating an issue with the Streaming API endpoints at present.
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8 years
Update: our migration to 64-bit snowflake IDs is complete - saved searches, users and list IDs are now all 64-bit.
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9 years
Additional 64-bit entity ID migration coming in Feb 2016
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7 years
With premium APIs, we are bridging the access gap between our standard and enterprise APIs to help developers tap into what’s happening, as they grow. 📈
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6 years
Heads up! New European Union privacy rules are going into effect in just over a month‼️ Today, we’re sharing some of the changes we’re making to our Twitter developer platform to comply with these new laws.
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10 years
We have agreed to acquire @gnip , welcome to the flock!
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10 years
Twitter Developer Events: May 2014
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5 years
Today we’re previewing some changes to our API, including the deprecation of legacy values in user objects. We’re making these changes to provide accurate, useful data to the developers who build on Twitter APIs.
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11 years
The retirement of API v1 continues. Most inbound requests should now see HTTP 410, including to the old Search API.
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8 years
We've enhanced the documentation around our Media APIs, for upload and alt text support
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11 years
API v1's retirement will occur on May 7th, 2013. Additional blackout testing on April 16. More details: ^TS
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11 years
Important: On Jan 14, 2014 all requests to http://t.co/JJ1WIaJkjK will require SSL & disallow plaintext connections.
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6 years
On September 10th, we’re applying new default app-level rate limits on POST endpoints for Tweets, Retweets, DMs, follows, and likes. We will contact developers who may be impacted to help them continue high-volume access for policy-compliant usage.
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You'll find that /1.1/lists/statuses is now rate limited at 180 requests per 15 minutes per user. ^TS
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Twitter Data Grants: A pilot program to give researchers access to public and historical data. Learn more
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Full documentation for the API around the new alt text feature is coming soon.
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8 years
New platform products enabling publishers and developers to publish images with alt text on Twitter.
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6 years
Reminder! We shared earlier this year that the following products will go away on August 16th. - Legacy Direct Message endpoints - User Streams - Site Streams If you are using these products, visit the docs for instructions on how to avoid disruption.
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6 years
New apps must now be created in the new app management portal on (no longer at ) and require an approved developer account.
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8 years
The Streaming API has been fully operational. We’ve fixed an issue that incorrectly reported its status this week.
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6 years
Building on our recently launched premium Search Tweets API, this new endpoint is one more step in our commitment to provide a predictable way to scale solutions on Twitter
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5 years
Request limit change: today, we're implementing a change to two commonly used Twitter standard API endpoints - user and mentions timeline. Check out our forum post below to learn more 👇
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5 years
❗️Today, user and mentions timeline request limits go into effect. If you want to learn more about this change, take a look at our developer forum:
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7 years
We’re also introducing a self-serve, developer portal to monitor and manage your usage, subscriptions, and payments. 🔎
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Our premium APIs will provide greater access to Twitter data, starting today with our Search Tweets: 30-day endpoint.🗓 And there’s even more to come.
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Hide replies available in v2 Twitter API Today, we’re launching the new hide replies endpoint into the v2 Twitter API. This endpoint enables you to hide abusive, distracting, or misleading replies to Tweets. #TwitterAPI #EarlyAccess #v2
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4 years
The hide replies endpoint is launching today! Developers can hide replies to Tweets - a crucial way developers can help improve the health of the public conversation using the #TwitterAPI .
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Easily bring interactivity to Tweets that you display with Web Intents: http://t.co/yYWXiye - See our announcement: http://t.co/FILnKCZ ^TS
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11 years
Introducing application-only authentication for the Twitter REST API v1.1 ^TS
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The REST API now contains a field called "favorite_count". It represents the approximate number of times a tweet has been favorited. ^TS
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5 years
We’ve spoken with all developers who’ve contacted us to discuss these new rate limits and elevations, and as of today, Monday 6/24, we’ve completed the rollout of this change. Learn more:
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12 years
We just launched embeddable Timelines for your website. Learn more here:
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Attention Twitter developers - it's time to update to the new #Twitterbird if you're using a Twitter logo! ^JC
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Along with our new #Twitterbird , we've also updated our Display Guidelines: ^JC
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What does the premium Search Tweets: 30-day API have in common with puppy treats and squeaky toys? Happy dogs and influential parents! Learn how Ghergich & Co. identified the most influential dog lovers for their client's brand in a new case study.
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Today's forum post is for all developers still using User Streams, Site Streams, or the legacy Direct Message endpoints. 👀See the post for steps to migrate and a notification about new event types you will see in advance of the sunset of these products.
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9 years
We are working to resolve some 4xx and 5xx API issues.
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11 years
Reminder: Twitter User IDs will become 64-bit integers soon. Make sure your software & infrastructure are prepared.
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6 years
Experiencing momentary disruptions? This means you have not enabled whitelisting for your callback URLs. Be sure to follow our guidance on how to make these changes by June 12th or your callback URLs will fail. See our May forum post for guidance.
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9 years
Thank you for your patience, media entities in the streaming API should be returning to normal.
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Reminder‼️ We are rolling out a few changes to the developer platform in advance of new European Union regulations going into effect on May 25th. Please review our April forum post to ensure you take appropriate action.
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