POST
/
2
/
media
/
upload
/
initialize
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.twitter.com/2/media/upload/initialize \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "additional_owners": [
    "2244994945"
  ],
  "media_category": "tweet_video",
  "media_type": "video/mp4",
  "shared": true,
  "total_bytes": 268435456
}'
{
  "data": {
    "expires_after_secs": 123,
    "id": "1146654567674912769",
    "media_key": "<string>",
    "processing_info": {
      "check_after_secs": 123,
      "progress_percent": 123,
      "state": "succeeded"
    },
    "size": 123
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "<string>",
      "status": 123,
      "title": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

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

Body

application/json

Response

200
application/json

The request has succeeded.

A response from getting a media upload request status.