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GET
/
2
/
dm_events
/
{event_id}
Get DM event by ID
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.x.com/2/dm_events/{event_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "data": {
    "event_type": "MessageCreate",
    "id": "1146654567674912769",
    "attachments": {
      "card_ids": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "media_keys": [
        "<string>"
      ]
    },
    "cashtags": [
      {
        "end": 61,
        "start": 50,
        "tag": "TWTR"
      }
    ],
    "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "dm_conversation_id": "123123123-456456456",
    "hashtags": [
      {
        "end": 61,
        "start": 50,
        "tag": "MondayMotivation"
      }
    ],
    "mentions": [
      {
        "end": 61,
        "start": 50,
        "username": "<string>",
        "id": "2244994945"
      }
    ],
    "participant_ids": [
      "2244994945"
    ],
    "referenced_tweets": [
      {
        "id": "1346889436626259968"
      }
    ],
    "sender_id": "2244994945",
    "text": "<string>",
    "urls": [
      {
        "end": 61,
        "start": 50,
        "url": "https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api",
        "description": "This is a description of the website.",
        "display_url": "twittercommunity.com/t/introducing-…",
        "expanded_url": "https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api",
        "images": [
          {
            "height": 1,
            "url": "https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api",
            "width": 1
          }
        ],
        "media_key": "<string>",
        "status": 349,
        "title": "Introducing the v2 follow lookup endpoints",
        "unwound_url": "https://twittercommunity.com/t/introducing-the-v2-follow-lookup-endpoints/147118"
      }
    ]
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "title": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "detail": "<string>",
      "status": 123
    }
  ],
  "includes": {
    "media": [
      {
        "type": "<string>",
        "preview_image_url": "<string>",
        "variants": [
          {
            "bit_rate": 123,
            "content_type": "<string>",
            "url": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "height": 1,
        "media_key": "<string>",
        "width": 1
      }
    ],
    "places": [
      {
        "full_name": "Lakewood, CO",
        "id": "f7eb2fa2fea288b1",
        "contained_within": [
          "f7eb2fa2fea288b1"
        ],
        "country": "United States",
        "country_code": "US",
        "geo": {
          "bbox": [
            -105.193475,
            39.60973,
            -105.053164,
            39.761974
          ],
          "properties": {},
          "type": "Feature",
          "geometry": {
            "coordinates": [
              -105.18816086351444,
              40.247749999999996
            ],
            "type": "Point"
          }
        },
        "name": "Lakewood",
        "place_type": "city"
      }
    ],
    "polls": [
      {
        "id": "1365059861688410112",
        "options": [
          {
            "label": "<string>",
            "position": 123,
            "votes": 123
          }
        ],
        "duration_minutes": 5042,
        "end_datetime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "voting_status": "open"
      }
    ],
    "topics": [
      {
        "id": "<string>",
        "name": "Technology",
        "description": "All about technology"
      }
    ],
    "tweets": [
      {
        "author_id": "2244994945",
        "created_at": "Wed Jan 06 18:40:40 +0000 2021",
        "id": "1346889436626259968",
        "text": "Learn how to use the user Tweet timeline and user mention timeline endpoints in the X API v2 to explore Tweet\\u2026 https:\\/\\/t.co\\/56a0vZUx7i",
        "username": "XDevelopers"
      }
    ],
    "users": [
      {
        "created_at": "2013-12-14T04:35:55Z",
        "id": "2244994945",
        "name": "X Dev",
        "protected": false,
        "username": "TwitterDev"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://x-preview-mintlify-sse-streaming-1775019876.mintlify.app/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

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

Path Parameters

​
event_id
string
required

dm event id. Unique identifier of a DM Event.

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

"1146654567674912769"

Query Parameters

​
dm_event.fields
enum<string>[]

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

Minimum array length: 1
Available options:
attachments,
created_at,
dm_conversation_id,
entities,
event_type,
id,
participant_ids,
referenced_tweets,
sender_id,
text
Example:
[
  "attachments",
  "created_at",
  "dm_conversation_id",
  "entities",
  "event_type",
  "id",
  "participant_ids",
  "referenced_tweets",
  "sender_id",
  "text"
]
​
expansions
enum<string>[]

A comma separated list of fields to expand. The list of fields you can expand for a DmEvent object. If the field has an ID, it can be expanded into a full object.

Minimum array length: 1
Available options:
attachments.media_keys,
participant_ids,
referenced_tweets.id,
sender_id
Example:
[
  "attachments.media_keys",
  "participant_ids",
  "referenced_tweets.id",
  "sender_id"
]
​
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"
]
​
user.fields
enum<string>[]

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

Minimum array length: 1
Available options:
affiliation,
confirmed_email,
connection_status,
created_at,
description,
entities,
id,
is_identity_verified,
location,
most_recent_tweet_id,
name,
parody,
pinned_tweet_id,
profile_banner_url,
profile_image_url,
protected,
public_metrics,
receives_your_dm,
subscription,
subscription_type,
url,
username,
verified,
verified_followers_count,
verified_type,
withheld
Example:
[
  "affiliation",
  "confirmed_email",
  "connection_status",
  "created_at",
  "description",
  "entities",
  "id",
  "is_identity_verified",
  "location",
  "most_recent_tweet_id",
  "name",
  "parody",
  "pinned_tweet_id",
  "profile_banner_url",
  "profile_image_url",
  "protected",
  "public_metrics",
  "receives_your_dm",
  "subscription",
  "subscription_type",
  "url",
  "username",
  "verified",
  "verified_followers_count",
  "verified_type",
  "withheld"
]
​
tweet.fields
enum<string>[]

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

Minimum array length: 1
Available options:
article,
attachments,
author_id,
card_uri,
community_id,
context_annotations,
conversation_id,
created_at,
display_text_range,
edit_controls,
edit_history_tweet_ids,
entities,
geo,
id,
in_reply_to_user_id,
lang,
media_metadata,
non_public_metrics,
note_tweet,
organic_metrics,
possibly_sensitive,
promoted_metrics,
public_metrics,
referenced_tweets,
reply_settings,
scopes,
source,
suggested_source_links,
suggested_source_links_with_counts,
text,
withheld
Example:
[
  "article",
  "attachments",
  "author_id",
  "card_uri",
  "community_id",
  "context_annotations",
  "conversation_id",
  "created_at",
  "display_text_range",
  "edit_controls",
  "edit_history_tweet_ids",
  "entities",
  "geo",
  "id",
  "in_reply_to_user_id",
  "lang",
  "media_metadata",
  "non_public_metrics",
  "note_tweet",
  "organic_metrics",
  "possibly_sensitive",
  "promoted_metrics",
  "public_metrics",
  "referenced_tweets",
  "reply_settings",
  "scopes",
  "source",
  "suggested_source_links",
  "suggested_source_links_with_counts",
  "text",
  "withheld"
]

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).

​
includes
object