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POST
/
2
/
dm_conversations
/
with
/
{participant_id}
/
messages
Create DM message by participant ID
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.x.com/2/dm_conversations/with/{participant_id}/messages \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "text": "<string>",
  "attachments": [
    {
      "media_id": "1146654567674912769"
    }
  ]
}
'
{
  "data": {
    "dm_conversation_id": "123123123-456456456",
    "dm_event_id": "1146654567674912769"
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "title": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "detail": "<string>",
      "status": 123
    }
  ]
}

Documentation Index

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Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

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

Path Parameters

​
participant_id
string
required

The ID of the recipient user that will receive the DM. 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.

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

"2244994945"

Body

application/json
​
text
string
required

Text of the message.

Minimum string length: 1
​
attachments
object[]

Attachments to a DM Event.

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).