oEmbed API

The oEmbed API returns simple embed HTML in an oEmbed-compatible format. You can use the oEmbed API to programmatically return embedded content, such as Tweets and timelines.

The response from the oEmbed API will return an HTML snippet that will be automatically recognized when Twitter's widget JavaScript is included on the page.

Please note that the API is recommended for performing tasks in bulk, and we advise using our robust publish.twitter.com tool for embedding content.

The returned HTML snippet will be automatically recognized as an embedded timeline when Twitter's widget JavaScript is included on the page.

The oEmbed endpoint allows customization of the final appearance of an embedded timeline by setting the corresponding properties in HTML markup to be interpreted by Twitter's JavaScript bundled with the HTML response by default. The format of the returned markup may change over time as Twitter adds new features or adjusts its timeline representation.

For a Twitter timeline specified by the timeline URL, in an oEmbed-compatible JSON format. User and list timelines are supported. The timeline markup is meant to be cached on your servers for up to the suggested cache lifetime specified by the cache_age property.

Resource URL

https://publish.twitter.com/oembed

Resource Information

Response formats	JSON
Requires authentication?	No
Rate limited	No

Parameters

Name	Description	Example
url	The URL of the Twitter timeline to be embedded	https://twitter.com/TwitterDev https://twitter.com/TwitterDev/lists/national-parks
limit	Display up to N items where N is a value between 1 and 20 inclusive	6
maxwidth	Set the maximum width of the widget. Must be between 180 and 1200 inclusive	300
maxheight	Set the maximum height of the widget. Must be greater than 200	400
omit_script	Do not include a script element in the response	1
lang	A supported Twitter language code	es
theme	When set to dark, the timeline is displayed with light text over a dark background	dark
chrome	Remove a timeline display component with space-separated tokens noheader - hides the header nofooter - hides the footer, if visible noborders - removes all borders: around the widget, between Tweets, and inside a Tweet noscrollbar- crop and hide the timeline scrollbar, if visible transparent- remove background color	noheader%20nofooter
aria_polite	Set an assertive ARIA live region politeness value for Tweets added to a timeline	assertive
dnt	When set to true, the timeline and its embedded page on your site are not used for purposes that include personalized suggestions and personalized ads	true

Example Requests

      curl --request GET --url 'https://publish.twitter.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FInterior%2Fstatus%2F507185938620219395'
twurl -H publish.twitter.com "/oembed?url=https://twitter.com/Interior/status/463440424141459456"

Example Response

      {
  "url": "https://twitter.com/TwitterDev",
  "title": "",
  "html": "<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" href=\"https://twitter.com/TwitterDev\">Tweets by TwitterDev</a>\n<script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>",
  "width": null,
  "height": null,
  "type": "rich",
  "cache_age": "3153600000",
  "provider_name": "Twitter",
  "provider_url": "https://twitter.com",
  "version": "1.0"
}

The returned HTML snippet will be automatically recognized as an embedded Tweet when Twitter's widget JavaScript is included on the page.

The oEmbed endpoint allows customization of the final appearance of an Embedded Tweet by setting the corresponding properties in HTML markup to be interpreted by Twitter's JavaScript bundled with the HTML response by default. The format of the returned markup may change over time as Twitter adds new features or adjusts its Tweet representation.

The Tweet fallback markup is meant to be cached on your servers for up to the suggested cache lifetime specified by the cache_age property.

Resource URL

https://publish.twitter.com/oembed

Resource Information

Response formats	JSON
Requires authentication?	No
Rate limited	No

Parameters¶

Name	Default	Description
`url`required String		The URL of the Tweet to be embedded
`maxwidth` Int `[220..550]`	`325`	The maximum width of a rendered Tweet in whole pixels. A supplied value under or over the allowed range will be returned as the minimum or maximum supported width respectively; the reset width value will be reflected in the returned `width` property. Note that Twitter does not support the oEmbed `maxheight` parameter. Tweets are fundamentally text, and are therefore of unpredictable height that cannot be scaled like an image or video. Relatedly, the oEmbed response will not provide a value for `height`. Implementations that need consistent heights for Tweets should refer to the `hide_thread` and `hide_media` parameters below.
`hide_media` Boolean, String or Int	`false`	When set to `true`, `"t"`, or `1` links in a Tweet are not expanded to photo, video, or link previews.
`hide_thread` Boolean, String or Int	`false`	When set to `true`, `"t"`, or `1` a collapsed version of the previous Tweet in a conversation thread will not be displayed when the requested Tweet is in reply to another Tweet.
`omit_script` Boolean, String or Int	`false`	When set to `true`, `"t"`, or `1` the `<script>` responsible for loading `widgets.js` will not be returned. Your webpages should include their own reference to `widgets.js` for use across all Twitter widgets including Embedded Tweets.
`align` Enum `{left,right,center,none}`	`none`	Specifies whether the embedded Tweet should be floated left, right, or center in the page relative to the parent element.
`lang` Enum(Language)	`en`	Request returned HTML and a rendered Tweet in the specified Twitter language supported by embedded Tweets.
`theme` Enum `{light, dark}`	`light`	When set to `dark`, the Tweet is displayed with light text over a dark background.
`dnt` Boolean	`false`	When set to `true`, the Tweet and its embedded page on your site are not used for purposes that include personalized suggestions and personalized ads.

Example Requests

      curl --request GET --url 'https://publish.twitter.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ftwiterdev'
twurl -H publish.twitter.com "/oembed?url=https://twitter.com/TwitterDev"

Example Response

      {
  "url": "https:\/\/twitter.com\/Interior\/status\/463440424141459456",
  "author_name": "US Department of the Interior",
  "author_url": "https:\/\/twitter.com\/Interior",
  "html": "<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sunsets don&#39;t get much better than this one over <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrandTetonNPS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GrandTetonNPS<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nature?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nature<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sunset?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sunset<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/YuKy2rcjyU\">pic.twitter.com\/YuKy2rcjyU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; US Department of the Interior (@Interior) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Interior\/status\/463440424141459456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2014<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n",
  "width": 550,
  "height": null,
  "type": "rich",
  "cache_age": "3153600000",
  "provider_name": "Twitter",
  "provider_url": "https:\/\/twitter.com",
  "version": "1.0"
}