POST /2/tweets/search/stream/rules

POST /2/tweets/search/stream/rules

Add or delete rules to your stream.

Once you've added a rule or rules to your stream, you can retrieve all of the Tweets that match these rules by using the GET /tweets/search/stream endpoint.

To learn how to build a rule, please read our guide on building a rule.

To create one or more rules, submit an add JSON body with an array of rules and operators. Similarly, to delete one or more rules, submit a delete JSON body with an array of list of existing rule IDs.

Endpoint URL

https://api.twitter.com/2/tweets/search/stream/rules

Authentication and rate limits

Authentication methods
supported by this endpoint

OAuth 2.0 App-only

Rate limit

App rate limit (Application-only): 450 requests per 15-minute window shared among all users of your app

Query parameters

NameTypeDescription
delete_all
 Optional 
booleanSet to true to delete all existing rules.
dry_run
 Optional 
booleanSet to true to test the syntax of your rule without submitting it. This is useful if you want to check the syntax of a rule before removing one or more of your existing rules.


JSON body parameters

NameTypeDescription
add
 Required 
arraySpecifies the operation you want to perform on the rules.
add.value
 Required 
stringThe rule text. You can learn how to build a rule by following our guide on how to build a rule.

If you have Essential access, you can use basic operators to build your rule, can add up to 5 rules to your stream concurrently, and each rule can be 512 characters long.

If you have Elevated access, you can use basic operators, can add up to 25 rules to your stream, and each rule can be 512 characters long

If you have Academic Research access, you can use all operators, can add up to 1000 rules to your stream, and each rule can be 1024 characters long.

To learn more about Twitter API access levels, please visit our about Twitter API page.
delete
 Required 
objectSpecifies the operation you want to perform on the rules.
delete.ids
 Required 
arrayArray of rule IDs, each one representing a rule already active in your stream. IDs must be submitted as strings. You can find a rule ID by using the GET /tweets/search/stream/rules endpoint.
add.tag
 Optional 
stringThe tag label. This is a free-form text you can use to identify the rules that matched a specific Tweet in the streaming response. Tags can be the same across rules.

Learn more about tags from our matching returned Tweets guide.


Example code with offical SDKs

TypeScript
Java
      (async () => {
  try {
    const addOrDelete = await twitterClient.tweets.addOrDeleteRules(
      {
        add: [
          {
            //The value of the rule text
            value: "cat has:media",
            //A tag meant for the labeling of user provided rules.
            tag: "cats with media",
          },
          {
            value: "cat has:media -grumpy",
            tag: "happy cats with media",
          },
        ],

        //To delete rules comment out the add section and uncomment out the delete code
        /*
        delete: {
          //IDs of all deleted user-specified stream filtering rules.
          ids: ["1165037377523306498", "1165037377523306499"],
        },
        */
      },
      //Optional - Dry Run can be used with both the add and delete action, with the expected result given, but without actually taking any action in the system (meaning the end state will always be as it was when the request was submitted). This is particularly useful to validate rule changes.
      { dry_run: true }
    );
    console.dir(addOrDelete, {
      depth: null,
    });
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error);
  }
})();

    
      // Set the params values

AddOrDeleteRulesRequest addOrDeleteRulesRequest = new AddOrDeleteRulesRequest();


//To delete rule, uncomment out the block of code below
/*
List<String> ids = Arrays.asList("1165037377523306498","1165037377523306499"); // List<String> | IDs of all deleted user-specified stream filtering rules.
DeleteRulesRequest deleteRulesRequest = new DeleteRulesRequest();
DeleteRulesRequestDelete deleteRules = new DeleteRulesRequestDelete();

deleteRules.ids(ids);
deleteRulesRequest.delete(deleteRules);

addOrDeleteRulesRequest.setActualInstance(deleteRulesRequest);
*/

//
AddRulesRequest addRuleRequest = new AddRulesRequest();
RuleNoId newRule = new RuleNoId();

newRule.value("cat has:media");
newRule.tag("cats with media");

addRuleRequest.addAddItem(newRule);
addOrDeleteRulesRequest.setActualInstance(addRuleRequest);

// Boolean | Dry Run can be used with both the add and delete action, with the expected result given, but without actually taking any action in the system (meaning the end state will always be as it was when the request was submitted). This is particularly useful to validate rule changes.
Boolean dryRun = true;

try {
    AddOrDeleteRulesResponse result = apiInstance.tweets().addOrDeleteRules(addOrDeleteRulesRequest, dryRun);
    System.out.println(result);
} catch (ApiException e) {
    System.err.println("Exception when calling TweetsApi#addOrDeleteRules");
    System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
    System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
    System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
    e.printStackTrace();
}

    

Example responses

Create rules
Success
      {
  "data": [
    {
      "value": "meme",
      "tag": "funny things",
      "id": "1166895166390583299"
    },
    {
      "value": "cats has:media -grumpy",
      "tag": "happy cats with media",
      "id": "1166895166390583296"
    },
    {
      "value": "cat has:media",
      "tag": "cats with media",
      "id": "1166895166390583297"
    },
    {
      "value": "meme has:images",
      "id": "1166895166390583298"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "sent": "2019-08-29T02:07:42.205Z",
    "summary": {
      "created": 4,
      "not_created": 0
    }
  }
}
    
      {
  "meta": {
    "sent": "2019-08-29T01:48:54.633Z",
    "summary": {
      "deleted": 1,
      "not_deleted": 0
    }
  }
}
    

Response fields

NameTypeDescription
idstringUnique identifier of this rule. This is returned as a string in order to avoid complications with languages and tools that cannot handle large integers.
valuestringThe rule text as submitted when creating the rule.
tagstringThe tag label as defined when creating the rule.
meta
 Default 
objectContains information about when the rule was created, and whether the rule was either created or not created, or deleted or not deleted.
meta.sent
 Default 
numberThe time when the request body was returned.
meta.summary
 Default 
objectContains fields that describe whether you were successful or unsuccessful in creating or deleting the different rules that you passed in your request.
errorsobjectContains details about errors that affected any of the requested Tweets. See Status codes and error messages for more details.