Create DM message by participant ID

Sends a new direct message to a specific participant by their ID.

POST /2/dm_conversations/with/{participant_id}/messages

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Create DM message by participant ID

cURL

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"
    }
  ]
}
'

201

{
  "data": {
    "dm_conversation_id": "123123123-456456456",
    "dm_event_id": "1146654567674912769"
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "title": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "detail": "<string>",
      "status": 123
    }
  ]
}

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.

Example:

"2244994945"

Body

application/json

Option 1

text · string · required

Text of the message.

Minimum string length: 1

attachments · object[]

Attachments to a DM Event.

Show child attributes

attachments. media_id · string · required

The unique identifier of this Media.

Example:

"1146654567674912769"

Response

201

application/json

The request has succeeded.

data · object

Show child attributes

data. dm_conversation_id · string · required

Unique identifier of a DM conversation. This can either be a numeric string, or a pair of numeric strings separated by a '-' character in the case of one-on-one DM Conversations.

Example:

"123123123-456456456"

data. dm_event_id · string · required

Unique identifier of a DM Event.

Example:

"1146654567674912769"

errors · object[]

Minimum array length: 1

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errors. title · string · required

errors. type · string · required

errors. detail · string

errors. status · integer