Twitter is moving the Hide Replies API endpoint out of Twitter Developer Labs, the company’s testing ground for emerging developer services, and into general availability. Using the API developers are able to build applications that help people hide or unhide replies to their Tweets.
Twitter Introduces New Endpoint in the Fight Against COVID-19
Twitter has added a new endpoint to Twitter Developer Labs to help developers and researchers better study the global conversation around COVID-19. The endpoint is a dataset that includes the tens of millions of Tweets about the global pandemic that make there way through the Twittersphere every day.
First Twitter API Endpoints Available through Twitter Developer Labs Program
Last month, Twitter introduced Twitter Developer Labs, a program where developers can test and provide feedback on new API features. The first two endpoints under the Twitter Developer Labs program are now available. GET/users and GET/tweets are now available. Through the endpoints, developers can look up users or retrieve tweets based on a user's ID.
Twitter Unveils Twitter Developer Labs, First Step Toward Next Gen API
Twitter has announced its plans to build what it calls "the next generation of the Twitter API." The first step: a new program called Twitter Developer Labs, which will allow developers to test and provide feedback on new API features.