List members migration overview

Compare Standard v1.1 List members endpoints with X API v2 List members lookup and manage List members endpoints for migration planning.

Comparing X API’s List members endpoints

The v2 List members endpoint group will replace the standard v1.1 GET lists/members, GET lists/memberships, POST lists/members/create and POST lists/members/destroy endpoints. If you have code, apps, or tools that use one of these versions of the List member endpoints, and are considering migrating to the newer X API v2 endpoint, then this set of guides is for you. 

List members lookup

The v2 List members lookup endpoints will replace the standard  GET lists/members, GET lists/memberships, endpoints.

The following tables compare the standard v1.1 and X API v2 List endpoints:

List member Lookup

Description	Standard v1.1	X API v2
HTTP methods supported	GET	GET
Host domain	https://api.x.com	https://api.x.com
Endpoint path	/1.1/lists/members.json	/2/lists/:id/members
Authentication	OAuth 1.0a User Context App only	OAuth 1.0a User Context OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code with PKCE App only
Default request rate limits	900 requests per 15 min with OAuth 1.0a 75 requests per 15min with App only	900 requests per 15 min with OAuth 1.0a 900 requests per 15 min with OAuth 2.0 900 requests per 15 min with App only

List membership lookup

Description	Standard v1.1	X API v2
HTTP methods supported	GET	GET
Host domain	https://api.x.com	https://api.x.com
Endpoint path	/1.1/lists/memberships.json	/2/users/:id/list_memberships
Authentication	OAuth 1.0a User Context App only	OAuth 1.0a User Context OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code with PKCE App only
Default request rate limits	75 requests per 15 min with OAuth 1.0a 75 requests per 15min with App only	75 requests per 15 min with OAuth 1.0a 75 requests per 15 min with OAuth 2.0 75 requests per 15min with App only

Manage List members

The v2 manage List members endpoints will replace the standard POST lists/members/create, POST lists/members/destroy endpoints.

The following tables compare the standard v1.1 and X API v2 List endpoints:

Add member

Description	Standard v1.1	X API v2
HTTP methods supported	POST	POST
Host domain	https://api.x.com	https://api.x.com
Endpoint path	/1.1/lists/members/create.json	/2/lists/:id/members
Authentication	OAuth 1.0a User Context	OAuth 1.0a User Context OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code with PKCE
Default request rate limits	None	300 requests per 15 min (per user)

Remove member

Description	Standard v1.1	X API v2
HTTP methods supported	POST	DELETE
Host domain	https://api.x.com	https://api.x.com
Endpoint path	/1.1/lists/members/destroy.json	/2/lists/:id/:user_id
Authentication	OAuth 1.0a User Context	OAuth 1.0a User Context OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code with PKCE
Default request rate limits	None	300 requests per 15 min (per user)

To access the X API v2 endpoints, you must sign up for a developer account. When authenticating, you must use keys and tokens from a developer App that is located within a Project. 

Learn more about getting access to the X API v2 endpoints in our getting started page.

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