post-media-subtitles-create

POST media/subtitles/create

Overview

Use this endpoint to associate uploaded subtitles to an uploaded video. You can associate subtitles to video before or after Tweeting.

Request flow for associating subtitle to video before the video is Tweeted : 1. Upload video using the chunked upload endpoint and get the video media_id. 2. Upload subtitle using the chunked upload endpoint with media category set to “Subtitles” and get the subtitle media_id. 3. Call this endpoint to associate the subtitle to the video. 4. Create Tweet with the video media_id.

Request flow for associating subtitle to video after the video is Tweeted : 1. Upload video using the chunked upload endpoint and get the video media_id. 2. Create Tweet with the video media_id. 3. Upload subtitle using the chunked upload endpoint with media category set to SUBTITLES and get the subtitle media_id. 4. Call this endpoint to associate the subtitle to the video.

Request

Requests should be HTTP POST with a JSON content body, and Content-Type application/json; charset=UTF-8

Note: The domain for this endpoint is upload.twitter.com

Response

This endpoint returns the following HTTP responses:

Status	Text	Description
200	OK	The request to create the subtitle was successful.
400	Bad Request	Generally, this response occurs due to the presence of invalid JSON in the request, or where the request failed to send any JSON payload. In this case this error could indicate an invalid subtitle file.
403	Unauthorized	HTTP authentication failed due to invalid credentials. Check your OAuth keys and tokens.
404	Not Found	The resource was not found at the URL to which the request was sent, likely because an incorrect media_id
500	Internal Server Error	There was an error on Twitter's side. Retry your request using an exponential backoff pattern.
503	Service Unavailable	There was an error on Twitter's side. Retry your request using an exponential backoff pattern.

Resource URL

https://upload.twitter.com/1.1/media/subtitles/create.json

Resource Information

Response formats	JSON
Requires authentication?	Yes (user context only)
Rate limited?	Yes

Example Request

POST https://upload.twitter.com/1.1/media/subtitles/create.json

    {
      "media_id":"692797692624265216",
      "media_category":"TweetVideo",
      "subtitle_info": {
        "subtitles": [
          "media_id":"105195515189863968",
          "language_code":"EN", //The language code should be a BCP47 code (e.g. 'en", "sp"),
          "display_name":"English"
        ]
      }
    }

Example Result

// Successful response returns HTTP 2XX code without any content body.