# Twitter/X Direct Messages API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/twitter-x/twitter-x-direct-messages-api/  
**Provider:** Twitter/X — https://apis.io/providers/twitter-x/  
**Base URL:** https://api.x.com  
**Documentation:** https://docs.x.com/x-api/introduction

Twitter/X Direct Messages API is one of 22 APIs that [Twitter/X](https://apis.io/providers/twitter-x/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Direct Messages. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

Endpoints related to retrieving, managing Direct Messages

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/twitter-x/refs/heads/main/openapi/twitter-x-direct-messages-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.x.com/x-api/introduction
- **APIReference** — https://docs.x.com/x-api/introduction

## Other Twitter/X APIs (12)

- [Twitter/X Account Activity API](https://apis.io/apis/twitter-x/twitter-x-account-activity-api/)
- [Twitter/X Activity API](https://apis.io/apis/twitter-x/twitter-x-activity-api/)
- [Twitter/X Articles API](https://apis.io/apis/twitter-x/twitter-x-articles-api/)
- [Twitter/X Bookmarks API](https://apis.io/apis/twitter-x/twitter-x-bookmarks-api/)
- [Twitter/X Chat API](https://apis.io/apis/twitter-x/twitter-x-chat-api/)
- [Twitter/X Communities API](https://apis.io/apis/twitter-x/twitter-x-communities-api/)
- [Twitter/X Community Notes API](https://apis.io/apis/twitter-x/twitter-x-community-notes-api/)
- [Twitter/X Compliance API](https://apis.io/apis/twitter-x/twitter-x-compliance-api/)
- [Twitter/X Connections API](https://apis.io/apis/twitter-x/twitter-x-connections-api/)
- [Twitter/X General API](https://apis.io/apis/twitter-x/twitter-x-general-api/)
- [Twitter/X Likes API](https://apis.io/apis/twitter-x/twitter-x-likes-api/)
- [Twitter/X Lists API](https://apis.io/apis/twitter-x/twitter-x-lists-api/)

## Tags

Direct Messages

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/twitter-x/twitter-x-direct-messages-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/twitter-x/.