Download Chat Media

Downloads encrypted media bytes from an XChat conversation. The response body contains raw binary bytes. For 1:1 conversations, provide the recipient’s user ID; the server constructs the canonical conversation ID from the authenticated user and recipient.

GET /2/chat/media/{id}/{media_hash_key}

Download Chat Media

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.x.com/2/chat/media/{id}/{media_hash_key} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

200

"<string>"

Authorizations

OAuth2UserTokenUserToken

Authorization · string · header · required

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

Path Parameters

id · string · required

The recipient's user ID for a 1:1 conversation, or a group conversation ID (prefixed with 'g'). Identifies the conversation target. Accepts three formats: (1) a recipient user ID for 1:1 conversations (e.g., '1215441834412953600'), (2) a legacy 1:1 conversation ID with two user IDs separated by a dash (e.g., '1215441834412953600-1603419180975409153'), or (3) a group conversation ID prefixed with 'g' (e.g., 'g1234567890123456789'). The server constructs the canonical conversation ID from the authenticated user and recipient when a single user ID is provided.

Pattern: ^([0-9]{1,19}|[0-9]{1,19}-[0-9]{1,19}|g[0-9]{1,19})$

Example:

"1215441834412953600"

media_hash_key · string · required

The media hash key returned from the upload initialize step. The media hash key returned from the upload initialize step. Alphanumeric characters only.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,50}$

Example:

"AGgkIbPRTG"

Response

200

application/octet-stream

The request has succeeded.

Raw binary data bytes.