Get Twitter configuration details
GET help/configuration
Returns the current configuration used by Twitter including twitter.com slugs which are not usernames, maximum photo resolutions, and t.co shortened URL length.
It is recommended applications request this endpoint when they are loaded, but no more than once a day.
Resource URL¶
https://api.twitter.com/1.1/help/configuration.json
Resource Information¶
Response formats | JSON |
Requires authentication? | Yes |
Rate limited? | Yes |
Requests / 15-min window (user auth) | 15 |
Requests / 15-min window (app auth) | 15 |
Parameters¶
None
Example Request¶
GET https://api.twitter.com/1.1/help/configuration.json
Example Response¶
{
"characters_reserved_per_media": 24,
"dm_text_character_limit": 10000,
"max_media_per_upload": 1,
"photo_size_limit": 3145728,
"photo_sizes": {
"large": {
"h": 2048,
"resize": "fit",
"w": 1024
},
"medium": {
"h": 1200,
"resize": "fit",
"w": 600
},
"small": {
"h": 480,
"resize": "fit",
"w": 340
},
"thumb": {
"h": 150,
"resize": "crop",
"w": 150
}
},
"short_url_length": 23,
"short_url_length_https": 23,
"non_username_paths": [
"about",
"account",
"accounts",
"activity",
"all",
"announcements",
"anywhere",
"api_rules",
"api_terms",
"apirules",
"apps",
"auth",
"badges",
"blog",
"business",
"buttons",
"contacts",
"devices",
"direct_messages",
"download",
"downloads",
"edit_announcements",
"faq",
"favorites",
"find_sources",
"find_users",
"followers",
"following",
"friend_request",
"friendrequest",
"friends",
"goodies",
"help",
"home",
"i",
"im_account",
"inbox",
"invitations",
"invite",
"jobs",
"list",
"login",
"logo",
"logout",
"me",
"mentions",
"messages",
"mockview",
"newtwitter",
"notifications",
"nudge",
"oauth",
"phoenix_search",
"positions",
"privacy",
"public_timeline",
"related_tweets",
"replies",
"retweeted_of_mine",
"retweets",
"retweets_by_others",
"rules",
"saved_searches",
"search",
"sent",
"sessions",
"settings",
"share",
"signup",
"signin",
"similar_to",
"statistics",
"terms",
"tos",
"translate",
"trends",
"tweetbutton",
"twttr",
"update_discoverability",
"users",
"welcome",
"who_to_follow",
"widgets",
"zendesk_auth",
"media_signup"
]
}