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X Account API

Endpoints for managing the authenticated user's X Developer Platform account — 2 operation(s) in the X-published contract.

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Operations 2

GET /2/account Get developer account #
POST /2/account Ensure developer account #

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https://docs.x.com/x-api/introduction

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/x/refs/heads/main/openapi/x-account-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

x-account-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: X API v2 core endpoints
  version: '2.168'
  title: X API v2 Account API
  termsOfService: https://developer.x.com/en/developer-terms/agreement-and-policy.html
  contact:
    name: X Developers
    url: https://developer.x.com/
  license:
    name: X Developer Agreement and Policy
    url: https://developer.x.com/en/developer-terms/agreement-and-policy.html
servers:
- description: X API
  url: https://api.x.com
tags:
- name: Account
  description: Endpoints for managing the authenticated user's X Developer Platform account
  externalDocs:
    description: Find out more
    url: https://docs.x.com/x-api/introduction
paths:
  /2/account:
    get:
      security:
      - OAuth2UserToken:
        - developer.read
      tags:
      - Account
      summary: Get developer account
      description: Returns the authenticated user's X Developer Platform account. A user without an account gets a resource-not-found error entry.
      operationId: getDeveloperAccount
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The request has succeeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetDeveloperAccountResponse'
        default:
          description: The request has failed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
    post:
      security:
      - OAuth2UserToken:
        - developer.write
      tags:
      - Account
      summary: Ensure developer account
      description: 'Creates an X Developer Platform account for the authenticated user if they do not already have one, and returns it. Idempotent: when the user already has an account it is returned unchanged with `created` false.'
      operationId: ensureAccount
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnsureAccountRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The request has succeeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnsureAccountResponse'
        default:
          description: The request has failed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
components:
  schemas:
    NotAuthorizedForResourceProblem:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - title
      - detail
      - resource_type
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        parameter:
          type: string
        resource_id:
          type: string
        resource_type:
          type: string
        section:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - https://api.x.com/2/problems/not-authorized-for-resource
        value:
          type: string
    InvalidRequestProblem:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - title
      - detail
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        parameter:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - https://api.x.com/2/problems/invalid-request
        value:
          type: string
    ResourceUnavailableProblem:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - title
      - detail
      - resource_type
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        resource_id:
          type: string
        resource_type:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - https://api.x.com/2/problems/resource-unavailable
    EnsureAccountResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnsureAccountResponseData'
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
    Problem:
      oneOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFoundProblem'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestProblem'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotAuthorizedForResourceProblem'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotAuthorizedForFieldProblem'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldUnauthorizedProblem'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldHydrationFailureProblem'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceUnavailableProblem'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DisallowedResourceProblem'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalErrorProblem'
      discriminator:
        propertyName: type
        mapping:
          https://api.x.com/2/problems/disallowed-resource: '#/components/schemas/DisallowedResourceProblem'
          https://api.x.com/2/problems/field-hydration-failure: '#/components/schemas/FieldHydrationFailureProblem'
          https://api.x.com/2/problems/field-unauthorized: '#/components/schemas/FieldUnauthorizedProblem'
          https://api.x.com/2/problems/internal-error: '#/components/schemas/InternalErrorProblem'
          https://api.x.com/2/problems/invalid-request: '#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestProblem'
          https://api.x.com/2/problems/not-authorized-for-field: '#/components/schemas/NotAuthorizedForFieldProblem'
          https://api.x.com/2/problems/not-authorized-for-resource: '#/components/schemas/NotAuthorizedForResourceProblem'
          https://api.x.com/2/problems/resource-not-found: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFoundProblem'
          https://api.x.com/2/problems/resource-unavailable: '#/components/schemas/ResourceUnavailableProblem'
    GetDeveloperAccountResponseData:
      type: object
      required:
      - account_id
      - name
      - created_at
      properties:
        account_id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier of the developer account.
        created_at:
          type: string
          description: Creation time of the account (ISO 8601).
        name:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the developer account.
    DisallowedResourceProblem:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - title
      - detail
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        resource_id:
          type: string
        resource_type:
          type: string
        section:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - https://api.x.com/2/problems/disallowed-resource
    ResourceNotFoundProblem:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - title
      - detail
      - resource_type
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        parameter:
          type: string
        resource_id:
          type: string
        resource_type:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - https://api.x.com/2/problems/resource-not-found
        value:
          type: string
    EnsureAccountRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        metadata:
          type: string
          description: Optional provisioning-credit metadata (an opaque string, e.g. a subscription tier) to claim for the account, attributed to the calling app. Omit to just ensure the account.
          maxLength: 64
          pattern: ^[\x00-\x{FFFF}]*$
    NotAuthorizedForFieldProblem:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - title
      - detail
      - field
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        field:
          type: string
        parameter:
          type: string
        resource_id:
          type: string
        resource_type:
          type: string
        section:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - https://api.x.com/2/problems/not-authorized-for-field
        value:
          type: string
    FieldUnauthorizedProblem:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - title
      - detail
      - field
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        field:
          type: string
        resource_type:
          type: string
        section:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - https://api.x.com/2/problems/field-unauthorized
    FieldHydrationFailureProblem:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - title
      - detail
      - field
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        field:
          type: string
        resource_type:
          type: string
        section:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - https://api.x.com/2/problems/field-hydration-failure
    GetDeveloperAccountResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetDeveloperAccountResponseData'
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
    InternalErrorProblem:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - title
      - detail
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - https://api.x.com/2/problems/internal-error
    EnsureAccountResponseData:
      type: object
      required:
      - account_id
      - created
      properties:
        account_id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier of the developer account.
        created:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this request created the account.
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
      - code
      - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        message:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    BearerToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
    OAuth2UserToken:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/token
          scopes:
            block.read: View accounts you have blocked.
            block.write: Block and unblock accounts on your behalf.
            bookmark.read: Read your bookmarked Posts.
            bookmark.write: Create and delete your bookmarks.
            broadcast.read: View your live broadcasts and their chat.
            broadcast.write: Manage your live broadcasts and send chat messages on your behalf.
            developer.read: View your developer accounts, apps, and settings.
            developer.write: Create and manage your X Developer Platform account.
            dm.read: Read all your Direct Messages.
            dm.write: Send and manage your Direct Messages.
            follows.read: View accounts you follow and accounts following you.
            follows.write: Follow and unfollow accounts on your behalf.
            like.read: View Posts you have liked and likes you can see.
            like.write: Like and unlike Posts on your behalf.
            list.read: View Lists, members, and followers of Lists you created or are a member of, including private Lists.
            list.write: Create and manage Lists on your behalf.
            media.write: Upload media, such as photos and videos, on your behalf.
            mute.read: View accounts you have muted.
            mute.write: Mute and unmute accounts on your behalf.
            offline.access: Request a refresh token for the app.
            space.read: View all Spaces you have access to.
            timeline.read: View all Custom Timelines you can see.
            tweet.moderate.write: Hide and unhide replies to your posts.
            tweet.read: View all posts you can see, including those from protected accounts.
            tweet.write: Create and repost on your behalf.
            users.read: View any account you can see, including protected accounts.
    UserToken:
      type: http
      scheme: OAuth