Download Chat Media

Downloads encrypted media bytes from an XChat conversation. The response body contains raw binary bytes. For 1:1 conversations, provide the recipient’s user ID; the server constructs the canonical conversation ID from the authenticated user and recipient.

GET /2/chat/media/{id}/{media_hash_key}

Download Chat Media

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.x.com/2/chat/media/{id}/{media_hash_key} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://api.x.com/2/chat/media/{id}/{media_hash_key}"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.x.com/2/chat/media/{id}/{media_hash_key}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.x.com/2/chat/media/{id}/{media_hash_key}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.x.com/2/chat/media/{id}/{media_hash_key}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.x.com/2/chat/media/{id}/{media_hash_key}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/chat/media/{id}/{media_hash_key}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

"<string>"

{
  "code": 123,
  "message": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

OAuth2UserTokenUserToken

Authorization · string · header · required

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

Path Parameters

id · string · required

The recipient's user ID for a 1:1 conversation, or a group conversation ID (prefixed with 'g'). Identifies the conversation target. Accepts three formats: (1) a recipient user ID for 1:1 conversations (e.g., '1215441834412953600'), (2) a legacy 1:1 conversation ID with two user IDs separated by a dash (e.g., '1215441834412953600-1603419180975409153'), or (3) a group conversation ID prefixed with 'g' (e.g., 'g1234567890123456789'). The server constructs the canonical conversation ID from the authenticated user and recipient when a single user ID is provided.

Pattern: ^([0-9]{1,19}|[0-9]{1,19}-[0-9]{1,19}|g[0-9]{1,19})$

Example:

"1215441834412953600"

media_hash_key · string · required

The media hash key returned from the upload initialize step. The media hash key returned from the upload initialize step. Alphanumeric characters only.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,50}$

Example:

"AGgkIbPRTG"

Response

200

application/octet-stream

The request has succeeded.

Raw binary data bytes.