POST /2/users/:id/likes

Causes the user ID identified in the path parameter to Like the target Tweet.

Endpoint URL

https://api.twitter.com/2/users/:id/likes

Authentication and rate limits

Authentication methods supported by this endpoint	OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code with PKCE OAuth 1.0a is also available for this endpoint.
Rate limit	User rate limit (User context): 50 requests per 15-minute window per each authenticated user

Authentication methods
supported by this endpoint

OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code with PKCE

OAuth 1.0a is also available for this endpoint.

Rate limit

User rate limit (User context): 50 requests per 15-minute window per each authenticated user

OAuth 2.0 scopes required by this endpoint

tweet.read

users.read

like.write

Learn more about OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code with PKCE

Path parameters

Name	Type	Description
`id` Required	string	The user ID who you are liking a Tweet on behalf of. It must match your own user ID or that of an authenticating user, meaning that you must pass the Access Tokens associated with the user ID when authenticating your request.

JSON body parameters

Name	Type	Description
`tweet_id` Required	string	The ID of the Tweet that you would like the user `id` to Like.

Example code with offical SDKs

      (async () => {
  try {
    const likeTweet = await twitterClient.tweets.usersIdLike(
      // The ID of the user that is requesting to like the tweet
      "1324848235714736129",

      {
        // The ID of the tweet that the user is requesting to like
        tweet_id: "1521887626935947265",
      }
    );
    console.dir(likeTweet, {
      depth: null,
    });
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error);
  }
})();

      // Set the params values

UsersLikesCreateRequest usersLikesCreateRequest = new UsersLikesCreateRequest();

// String | The ID of the user that is requesting to like the tweet
usersLikesCreateRequest.tweetId("1228393702244134912");

// String | The ID of the user that is requesting to like the tweet
String id = "2244994945";

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

Example responses

      {
  "data": {
    "liked": true
  }
}

Response fields

Name	Type	Description
`liked`	boolean	Indicates whether the user likes the specified Tweet as a result of this request.