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POST
/
2
/
media
/
metadata
Create Media metadata
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.x.com/2/media/metadata \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "id": "1146654567674912769",
  "metadata": {
    "allow_download_status": {
      "allow_download": true
    },
    "audience_policy": {
      "creator_subscriptions": [
        "Any"
      ],
      "x_subscriptions": [
        "Any"
      ]
    },
    "geo_restrictions": {
      "blacklisted_country_codes": [
        "us"
      ],
      "whitelisted_country_codes": [
        "us"
      ]
    },
    "sensitive_media_warning": {
      "adult_content": true,
      "graphic_violence": true,
      "other": false
    }
  }
}
'
import requests

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

payload = {
    "id": "1146654567674912769",
    "metadata": {
        "allow_download_status": { "allow_download": True },
        "audience_policy": {
            "creator_subscriptions": ["Any"],
            "x_subscriptions": ["Any"]
        },
        "geo_restrictions": {
            "blacklisted_country_codes": ["us"],
            "whitelisted_country_codes": ["us"]
        },
        "sensitive_media_warning": {
            "adult_content": True,
            "graphic_violence": True,
            "other": False
        }
    }
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    id: '1146654567674912769',
    metadata: {
      allow_download_status: {allow_download: true},
      audience_policy: {creator_subscriptions: ['Any'], x_subscriptions: ['Any']},
      geo_restrictions: {blacklisted_country_codes: ['us'], whitelisted_country_codes: ['us']},
      sensitive_media_warning: {adult_content: true, graphic_violence: true, other: false}
    }
  })
};

fetch('https://api.x.com/2/media/metadata', 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/metadata",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'id' => '1146654567674912769',
    'metadata' => [
        'allow_download_status' => [
                'allow_download' => true
        ],
        'audience_policy' => [
                'creator_subscriptions' => [
                                'Any'
                ],
                'x_subscriptions' => [
                                'Any'
                ]
        ],
        'geo_restrictions' => [
                'blacklisted_country_codes' => [
                                'us'
                ],
                'whitelisted_country_codes' => [
                                'us'
                ]
        ],
        'sensitive_media_warning' => [
                'adult_content' => true,
                'graphic_violence' => true,
                'other' => false
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

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

curl_close($curl);

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

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

func main() {

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

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"id\": \"1146654567674912769\",\n  \"metadata\": {\n    \"allow_download_status\": {\n      \"allow_download\": true\n    },\n    \"audience_policy\": {\n      \"creator_subscriptions\": [\n        \"Any\"\n      ],\n      \"x_subscriptions\": [\n        \"Any\"\n      ]\n    },\n    \"geo_restrictions\": {\n      \"blacklisted_country_codes\": [\n        \"us\"\n      ],\n      \"whitelisted_country_codes\": [\n        \"us\"\n      ]\n    },\n    \"sensitive_media_warning\": {\n      \"adult_content\": true,\n      \"graphic_violence\": true,\n      \"other\": false\n    }\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.x.com/2/media/metadata")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"id\": \"1146654567674912769\",\n  \"metadata\": {\n    \"allow_download_status\": {\n      \"allow_download\": true\n    },\n    \"audience_policy\": {\n      \"creator_subscriptions\": [\n        \"Any\"\n      ],\n      \"x_subscriptions\": [\n        \"Any\"\n      ]\n    },\n    \"geo_restrictions\": {\n      \"blacklisted_country_codes\": [\n        \"us\"\n      ],\n      \"whitelisted_country_codes\": [\n        \"us\"\n      ]\n    },\n    \"sensitive_media_warning\": {\n      \"adult_content\": true,\n      \"graphic_violence\": true,\n      \"other\": false\n    }\n  }\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

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

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"id\": \"1146654567674912769\",\n  \"metadata\": {\n    \"allow_download_status\": {\n      \"allow_download\": true\n    },\n    \"audience_policy\": {\n      \"creator_subscriptions\": [\n        \"Any\"\n      ],\n      \"x_subscriptions\": [\n        \"Any\"\n      ]\n    },\n    \"geo_restrictions\": {\n      \"blacklisted_country_codes\": [\n        \"us\"\n      ],\n      \"whitelisted_country_codes\": [\n        \"us\"\n      ]\n    },\n    \"sensitive_media_warning\": {\n      \"adult_content\": true,\n      \"graphic_violence\": true,\n      \"other\": false\n    }\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": {
    "associated_metadata": {
      "allow_download_status": {
        "allow_download": true
      },
      "alt_text": {
        "text": "A dancing cat"
      },
      "audience_policy": {
        "creator_subscriptions": [
          "Any"
        ],
        "x_subscriptions": [
          "Any"
        ]
      },
      "content_expiration": {
        "timestamp_sec": 1740787200
      },
      "domain_restrictions": {
        "whitelist": [
          "<string>"
        ]
      },
      "found_media_origin": {
        "id": "u5BzatR15TZ04",
        "provider": "giphy"
      },
      "geo_restrictions": {
        "blacklisted_country_codes": [
          "us"
        ],
        "whitelisted_country_codes": [
          "us"
        ]
      },
      "management_info": {
        "managed": false
      },
      "preview_image": {
        "media_key": {
          "media": "1146654567674912769",
          "media_category": "TweetImage"
        }
      },
      "sensitive_media_warning": {
        "adult_content": true,
        "graphic_violence": true,
        "other": false
      },
      "shared_info": {
        "shared": false
      },
      "sticker_info": {
        "stickers": [
          {
            "aspect_ratio": 1.78,
            "group_annotation_id": 987654321098765,
            "id": "12345",
            "sticker_set_annotation_id": 123456789012345,
            "transform_a": 1,
            "transform_b": 0,
            "transform_c": 0,
            "transform_d": 1,
            "transform_tx": 10.5,
            "transform_ty": -5.2
          }
        ]
      },
      "upload_source": {
        "upload_source": "gallery"
      }
    },
    "id": "1146654567674912769"
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "title": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "detail": "<string>",
      "status": 123
    }
  ]
}
{
  "code": 123,
  "message": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

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

Body

application/json
​
id
string
required

The unique identifier of this Media.

Pattern: ^[0-9]{1,19}$
Example:

"1146654567674912769"

​
metadata
object

Response

The request has succeeded.

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

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