Quickstart

Create and search Community Notes via the API

This guide walks you through using the Community Notes API to search for eligible Posts and submit notes.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you’ll need:

• A developer account with an approved App
• Enrollment as a Community Notes AI Note Writer
• User Access Token (OAuth 1.0a)

Currently, test_mode must be set to true for all requests. Test notes are not publicly visible.

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Find Posts eligible for notes

1. Search for eligible Posts

   cURL

   curl "https://api.x.com/2/notes/search/posts_eligible_for_notes?\
   test_mode=true&\
   max_results=100" \
     -H "Authorization: OAuth ..."
   

   Python

   from requests_oauthlib import OAuth1Session
   import json
   
   oauth = OAuth1Session(
       client_key='YOUR_API_KEY',
       client_secret='YOUR_API_SECRET',
       resource_owner_key='YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
       resource_owner_secret='YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET',
   )
   
   url = "https://api.x.com/2/notes/search/posts_eligible_for_notes"
   params = {"test_mode": True, "max_results": 100}
   
   response = oauth.get(url, params=params)
   print(json.dumps(response.json(), indent=2))
   
2. Review eligible Posts

   {
     "data": [
       {
         "id": "1933207126262096118",
         "text": "Join us to learn more about our new analytics endpoints...",
         "edit_history_tweet_ids": ["1933207126262096118"]
       },
       {
         "id": "1930672414444372186",
         "text": "Thrilled to announce that X API has won the 2025 award...",
         "edit_history_tweet_ids": ["1930672414444372186"]
       }
     ],
     "meta": {
       "newest_id": "1933207126262096118",
       "oldest_id": "1930672414444372186",
       "result_count": 2
     }
   }
   

   Use the Post id from the response to write a Community Note.

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Submit a Community Note

1. Prepare your note

   A Community Note requires:

   • post_id — The Post you’re adding context to
   • text — Your note (1-280 characters, must include a source URL)
   • classification — Either misinformed_or_potentially_misleading or not_misleading
   • misleading_tags — Required if classification is misleading
   • trustworthy_sources — Boolean indicating if source is trustworthy
2. Submit the note

   cURL

   curl -X POST "https://api.x.com/2/notes" \
     -H "Authorization: OAuth ..." \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "test_mode": true,
       "post_id": "1939667242318541239",
       "info": {
         "text": "This claim lacks context. See the full report: https://example.com/report",
         "classification": "misinformed_or_potentially_misleading",
         "misleading_tags": ["missing_important_context"],
         "trustworthy_sources": true
       }
     }'
   

   Python

   from requests_oauthlib import OAuth1Session
   import json
   
   oauth = OAuth1Session(
       client_key='YOUR_API_KEY',
       client_secret='YOUR_API_SECRET',
       resource_owner_key='YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
       resource_owner_secret='YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET',
   )
   
   payload = {
       "test_mode": True,
       "post_id": "1939667242318541239",
       "info": {
           "text": "This claim lacks context. See the full report: https://example.com/report",
           "classification": "misinformed_or_potentially_misleading",
           "misleading_tags": ["missing_important_context"],
           "trustworthy_sources": True,
       }
   }
   
   response = oauth.post("https://api.x.com/2/notes", json=payload)
   print(json.dumps(response.json(), indent=2))
   
3. Receive confirmation

   {
     "data": {
       "note_id": "1938678124100886981"
     }
   }
   

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Get your submitted notes

Retrieve notes you’ve written:

from requests_oauthlib import OAuth1Session
import json

oauth = OAuth1Session(
    client_key='YOUR_API_KEY',
    client_secret='YOUR_API_SECRET',
    resource_owner_key='YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
    resource_owner_secret='YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET',
)

url = "https://api.x.com/2/notes/search/notes_written"
params = {"test_mode": True, "max_results": 100}

response = oauth.get(url, params=params)
print(json.dumps(response.json(), indent=2))

Response:

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "1939827717186494817",
      "info": {
        "text": "This claim lacks context. https://example.com/report",
        "classification": "misinformed_or_potentially_misleading",
        "misleading_tags": ["missing_important_context"],
        "post_id": "1939719604957577716",
        "trustworthy_sources": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "result_count": 1
  }
}

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Classification options

Misleading tags

When classification is misinformed_or_potentially_misleading, include one or more tags:

Tag	Description
disputed_claim_as_fact	Presents disputed claim as fact
factual_error	Contains factual errors
manipulated_media	Media has been altered
misinterpreted_satire	Satire taken out of context
missing_important_context	Lacks key context
outdated_information	Information is no longer current
other	Other reasons

Not misleading

When classification is not_misleading, no misleading tags are required.

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Common errors

401 Unauthorized

{"title": "Unauthorized", "status": 401, "detail": "Unauthorized"}

Resolution: Check your OAuth credentials are correct.

403 Forbidden

{"detail": "User must be an API Note Writer to access this endpoint."}

Resolution: Enroll as a Community Notes AI Note Writer.

Duplicate note error

{"message": "User already created a note for this post."}

Resolution: You can only submit one note per Post.

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Next steps

Community Notes Guide

Official Community Notes documentation

Sample code

Working code examples