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POST
/
2
/
media
/
subtitles
Create Media subtitles
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.x.com/2/media/subtitles \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "id": "1146654567674912769",
  "media_category": "TweetVideo",
  "subtitles": {
    "display_name": "English",
    "id": "1146654567674912769",
    "language_code": "EN"
  }
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.x.com/2/media/subtitles"

payload = {
    "id": "1146654567674912769",
    "media_category": "TweetVideo",
    "subtitles": {
        "display_name": "English",
        "id": "1146654567674912769",
        "language_code": "EN"
    }
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    id: '1146654567674912769',
    media_category: 'TweetVideo',
    subtitles: {display_name: 'English', id: '1146654567674912769', language_code: 'EN'}
  })
};

fetch('https://api.x.com/2/media/subtitles', 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/media/subtitles",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'id' => '1146654567674912769',
    'media_category' => 'TweetVideo',
    'subtitles' => [
        'display_name' => 'English',
        'id' => '1146654567674912769',
        'language_code' => 'EN'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

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

curl_close($curl);

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

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.x.com/2/media/subtitles"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"id\": \"1146654567674912769\",\n  \"media_category\": \"TweetVideo\",\n  \"subtitles\": {\n    \"display_name\": \"English\",\n    \"id\": \"1146654567674912769\",\n    \"language_code\": \"EN\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.x.com/2/media/subtitles")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"id\": \"1146654567674912769\",\n  \"media_category\": \"TweetVideo\",\n  \"subtitles\": {\n    \"display_name\": \"English\",\n    \"id\": \"1146654567674912769\",\n    \"language_code\": \"EN\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/media/subtitles")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"id\": \"1146654567674912769\",\n  \"media_category\": \"TweetVideo\",\n  \"subtitles\": {\n    \"display_name\": \"English\",\n    \"id\": \"1146654567674912769\",\n    \"language_code\": \"EN\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": {
    "associated_subtitles": [
      {
        "display_name": "English",
        "id": "1146654567674912769",
        "language_code": "EN"
      }
    ],
    "id": "1146654567674912769",
    "media_category": "TweetVideo"
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "title": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "detail": "<string>",
      "status": 123
    }
  ]
}
{
  "code": 123,
  "message": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

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

Body

application/json
​
id
string

The unique identifier of this Media.

Pattern: ^[0-9]{1,19}$
Example:

"1146654567674912769"

​
media_category
enum<string>

The media category of uploaded media to which subtitles should be added/deleted

Available options:
AmplifyVideo,
TweetVideo
Example:

"TweetVideo"

​
subtitles
object

Response

The request has succeeded.

​
data
object
​
errors
object[]
Minimum array length: 1

An HTTP Problem Details object, as defined in IETF RFC 7807 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7807).