POST statuses/retweet/:id
post-statuses-retweet-id

POST statuses/retweet/:id

Retweets a tweet. Returns the original Tweet with Retweet details embedded.

Usage Notes:

  • This method is subject to update limits. A HTTP 403 will be returned if this limit as been hit.
  • Twitter will ignore attempts to perform duplicate retweets.
  • The retweet_count will be current as of when the payload is generated and may not reflect the exact count. It is intended as an approximation.

Resource URL

https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/retweet/:id.json

Resource Information

Response formats JSON
Requires authentication? Yes (user context only)
Rate limited? Yes
Requests / 3-hour window 300* per user; 300* per app

Please note - The 300 per 3 hours is a combined limit with the POST statuses/update endpoint. You can only post 300 Tweets or Retweets during a 3 hour period.

Parameters

Name Required Description Default Value Example
id required The numerical ID of the desired status. 123
trim_user optional When set to either true , t or 1 , each tweet returned in a timeline will include a user object including only the status authors numerical ID. Omit this parameter to receive the complete user object. true

Example Request

$ curl --request POST 
--url 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/retweet/TWEET_ID.json' 
--header 'authorization: OAuth oauth_consumer_key="YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY", oauth_nonce="AUTO_GENERATED_NONCE", oauth_signature="AUTO_GENERATED_SIGNATURE", oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1", oauth_timestamp="AUTO_GENERATED_TIMESTAMP", oauth_token="USERS_ACCESS_TOKEN", oauth_version="1.0"' 
--header 'content-type: application/json'

Example Response

{retweet-status-object,
"user": {retweeting-user-object},
"retweeted_status": {retweeted-status-object,
  "user": {retweeted-user-object}
}
}