Twitter announced its v2 API for developers last July under an ‘Early Access’ label. Now, the company is enabling wider access so more folks can take advantage of it.
So now if you’re using the Twitter API, you’ll be automatically accessing the new version and taking advantage of its features.
With this launch, the social media company is focusing on two primary areas: easy signups and access to more tweets per month.
If you’re starting out using Twitter’s API, you’ll get Essential level access. With that, you can have one app environment, and access to 500,000 tweets per month. The company has made the signup process easierto get started quickly with your development.
Developers who were already using Twitter’s v1.1 API will be automatically upgraded to an Elevated level. This will allow you to have three app environments and access to 2 million tweets per month. If you don’t have this access by default, you can apply for ithere.
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These will be beneficial for third-party clients such as Tweetbot, Ubersocial, and Fenix, who built some of their own unique features on top of the Twitter experience.
Twitter highlighted some of the new API’s use cases such as research onIndian diaspora and farmer’s protests in Indiathat took place earlier this year and theBlock Partyapplication, which lets you filter unwanted mentions.
During the launch last year, the company said with this new API, it wants to enable apps that encourage healthier conversations, useful bots, and provide tools to academic researchers.
After years of the allegation of alienating developers, Twitter seems to be opening up to the community. Recently, the companybrought back support for Instagram previewson the platform — almost eight years after discontinuing support.
In a conversation withThe Verge,Amir Shevat, developer platform lead at the company, saidthis change is one of the first steps in its long-term plan of becominga decentralized platformwith app experiences built on top of it. Thankfully, there’s no mention of a metaverse just yet.
You can read all documentation about API v2here.
Story byIvan Mehta
Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.“Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.”
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