Twitter/X · Authentication Profile

Twitter X Authentication

Authentication

Twitter/X secures its APIs with http and oauth2 across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode flow(s).

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Methods: http, oauth2 Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: authorizationCode API key in:

Security Schemes

BearerToken http
scheme: bearer
OAuth2UserToken oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode
UserToken http
scheme: OAuth

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: openapi/twitter-x-x-api-v2-openapi.json
docs: https://docs.x.com/fundamentals/authentication/overview
notes: >-
  Documented methods — OAuth 1.0a User Context (legacy, still supported for
  user actions), App-only Bearer token (public data, app-level rate limits),
  OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code with PKCE (user context with 21 fine-grained
  scopes; see scopes/twitter-x-scopes.yml), and HTTP Basic auth on some
  enterprise endpoints. Credentials come from the Developer Console
  (console.x.com). The three OpenAPI securitySchemes below map to Bearer
  (BearerToken), OAuth 2.0 user context (OAuth2UserToken), and OAuth 1.0a
  (UserToken).
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
schemes:
- name: BearerToken
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  sources:
  - openapi/twitter-x-x-api-v2-openapi.json
- name: OAuth2UserToken
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/token
    scopes: 21
  sources:
  - openapi/twitter-x-x-api-v2-openapi.json
- name: UserToken
  type: http
  scheme: OAuth
  sources:
  - openapi/twitter-x-x-api-v2-openapi.json

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