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GET
/
2
/
insights
/
historical
Get historical Post insights
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.x.com/2/insights/historical \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
import requests

url = "https://api.x.com/2/insights/historical"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.x.com/2/insights/historical', 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/insights/historical",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

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

curl_close($curl);

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

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.x.com/2/insights/historical"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.x.com/2/insights/historical")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/insights/historical")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": [
    {
      "errors": [
        {
          "error": "<string>",
          "tweets": [
            "<string>"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "measurement": {
        "metrics_time_series": [
          {
            "tweet_id": "1346889436626259968",
            "value": {
              "metric_values": [
                {
                  "metric_type": "<string>",
                  "metric_value": 123
                }
              ],
              "timestamp": {
                "iso8601_time": "<string>"
              }
            }
          }
        ],
        "metrics_total": [
          {
            "tweet_id": "1346889436626259968",
            "value": [
              {
                "metric_type": "<string>",
                "metric_value": 123
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "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.

Query Parameters

​
tweet_ids
string[]
required

List of PostIds for historical metrics.

Required array length: 1 - 25 elements

Unique identifier of this Tweet. This is returned as a string in order to avoid complications with languages and tools that cannot handle large integers.

Pattern: ^[0-9]{1,19}$
Example:
["20"]
​
end_time
string<date-time>
required

YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ. The UTC timestamp representing the end of the time range.

​
start_time
string<date-time>
required

YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ. The UTC timestamp representing the start of the time range.

​
granularity
enum<string>
required

granularity of metrics response.

Available options:
Daily,
Hourly,
Weekly,
Total
Example:

"Total"

​
requested_metrics
enum<string>[]
required

request metrics for historical request.

Minimum array length: 1
Available options:
AppInstallAttempts,
AppOpens,
DetailExpands,
EmailTweet,
Engagements,
Follows,
HashtagClicks,
Impressions,
Likes,
LinkClicks,
MediaEngagements,
MediaViews,
PermalinkClicks,
ProfileVisits,
QuoteTweets,
Replies,
Retweets,
UniqueVideoViews,
UrlClicks,
UserProfileClicks,
VideoCompletions,
VideoPlayed25Percent,
VideoPlayed50Percent,
VideoPlayed75Percent,
VideoStarts,
VideoViews
​
engagement.fields
enum<string>[]

A comma separated list of Engagement fields to display. The fields available for a Engagement object.

Minimum array length: 1
Available options:
errors,
measurement
Example:
["errors", "measurement"]

Response

The request has succeeded.

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

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