Manage Likes: Standard v1.1 compared to X API v2

If you have been working with the standard v1.1 POST favorites/create and POST favorites/destroy endpoints, the goal of this guide is to help you understand the similarities and differences between the standard v1.1 and X API v2 manage Likes endpoints.

• Similarities
  • OAuth 1.0a User Context
• Differences
  • Endpoint URLs and HTTP methods
  • App and Project requirements
  • Request parameters

Similarities

OAuth 1.0a User Context authentication method

Both the endpoint versions support OAuth 1.0a User Context. Therefore, if you were previously using one of the standard v1.1 manage favorites endpoints, you can continue using the same authentication method if you migrate to the X API v2 version.

Differences

Endpoint URLs and HTTP methods

• Standard v1.1 endpoints:
  • POST https://api.twitter.com/1.1/favorites/create.json
    (like a Post)
  • POST https://api.twitter.com/1.1/favorites/destroy.json
    (unlike a Post)
• X API v2 endpoint:
  • POST https://api.twitter.com/2/tweets/:id/likes
    (like a Post)
  • DELETE https://api.twitter.com/2/tweets/:id/likes/:tweet_id
    (unlike a Post) 

App and Project requirements

The X API v2 endpoints require that you use credentials from a developer App that is associated to a Project when authenticating your requests. All X API v1.1 endpoints can use credentials from standalone Apps or Apps associated with a Project.

Request parameters

The following standard v1.1 request parameters have equivalents in X API v2:

Please note that the Standard v1.1 parameters are passed as query parameters, whereas the X API v2 parameters are passed as body parameters for the POST endpoint or path parameters for the DELETE endpoint.

Also, an id of the user liking a Post is not required when using the standard v1.1 endpoints since the Access Tokens passed with OAuth 1.0a User Context infer which user is initiating the like/unlike.