Migrate

Comparing X API’s Posts lookup endpoints

The v2 Posts lookup endpoints will replace the standard v1.1 GET statuses/lookup and GET statuses/show endpoints, as well as the Labs Post lookup endpoints. If you have code, apps, or tools that use one of these versions of the Posts lookup endpoint, and are considering migrating to the newer X API v2 endpoint, then this set of guides is for you. 

The following tables compare the various types of Posts lookup endpoints:
 

Description

Standard v1.1

X API v2

HTTP methods supported

GET GET

Host domain

https://api.x.com https://api.x.com

Endpoint path

/1.1/statuses/show.json /1.1/statuses/lookup.json /2/tweets

Authentication

OAuth 1.0a User Context

OAuth 1.0a User Context

OAuth 2.0 App-Only

OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code with PKCE

Post JSON format

Standard v1.1 format

X API v2 format (determined by fields and expansions request parameters, not backward-compatible with v1.1 formats)

To learn more about how to migrate from the Standard v1.1 format to the X API v2 format, please visit our data formats migration guide.

Supports selecting which fields return in the payload

 

Supports the annotations fields  
Supports requesting new metrics fields  
Supports the conversation_id field  
Provides Post edit history
Requires the use of credentials from a developer App associated with a Project