Quickstart

Look up Lists by ID or owner

This guide walks you through looking up List information using the List lookup endpoints.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you’ll need:

• A developer account with an approved App
• Your App’s Bearer Token

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Get a List by ID

Retrieve details for a specific List:

cURL

shellscript

curl "https://api.x.com/2/lists/1234567890?\
list.fields=description,owner_id,member_count,follower_count,private,created_at" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BEARER_TOKEN"

Response

{
  "data": {
    "id": "1234567890",
    "name": "Tech News",
    "description": "Top tech journalists and publications",
    "owner_id": "2244994945",
    "private": false,
    "member_count": 50,
    "follower_count": 1250,
    "created_at": "2023-01-15T10:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

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Get Lists owned by a user

Retrieve all Lists owned by a specific user:

cURL

shellscript

curl "https://api.x.com/2/users/2244994945/owned_lists?\
list.fields=description,member_count,follower_count&\
max_results=100" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BEARER_TOKEN"

Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "1234567890",
      "name": "Tech News",
      "description": "Top tech journalists",
      "member_count": 50,
      "follower_count": 1250
    },
    {
      "id": "9876543210",
      "name": "Developer Tools",
      "description": "Useful tools for developers",
      "member_count": 25,
      "follower_count": 500
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "result_count": 2
  }
}

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Include owner information

Expand the owner’s user data:

cURL

shellscript

curl "https://api.x.com/2/lists/1234567890?\
list.fields=description,owner_id&\
expansions=owner_id&\
user.fields=username,verified" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BEARER_TOKEN"

Response with expansion

{
  "data": {
    "id": "1234567890",
    "name": "Tech News",
    "description": "Top tech journalists",
    "owner_id": "2244994945"
  },
  "includes": {
    "users": [
      {
        "id": "2244994945",
        "username": "XDevelopers",
        "verified": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Available fields

Field	Description
description	List description
owner_id	Owner’s user ID
private	Whether List is private
member_count	Number of members
follower_count	Number of followers
created_at	List creation date

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Next steps

List Posts

Get Posts from a List

List members

Get List members

Manage Lists

Create and update Lists

API Reference

Full endpoint documentation