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After opening its API to developers to select companies for testing in March, Twitter/X’s Meta competitor Threads is now live introduction Developer documentation And a Registration sheet for interested parties Ahead of the public launch of the API, scheduled for June.

The new documentation details the current limitations of the API and its endpoints, among other things, which could help developers get started on their Threads-related applications and any other projects that integrate with the new social network.

For example, those who want to track analytics around topic posts can use the Insights API to retrieve things like views, likes, replies, reposts, and quotes. There are also details on how to publish posts and media via the API, retrieving replies, and a series of troubleshooting tips.

The documents state that Threads accounts are limited to 250 API-published posts within a 24-hour period and 1,000 replies — a measure to counter spam or other excessive usage. It also provides image and video specifications for media uploaded with users’ posts and notes that the character limit for text thread posts has a strict 500 character limit — longer than the 280 characters of old Twitter, but much lower than the 25,000 characters that X offers for paid subscribers or 100,000. Letters that it now allows in articles published directly on its platform.

It remains to be seen whether or not Meta will eventually favor certain types of apps over others.

So far, beta testers of the Threads API have included social widget makers like Sprinklr, Sprout Social, Social News Desk, Hootsuite, and the technology news board Techmeme.

Although Threads has begun its integration with the broader Federated Network — the network of interconnected social networking services that includes Mastodon and others — it does not appear that Federated sharing can be enabled or disabled through the API itself. Instead, users still have to visit their settings in the Threads app itself to publish at the federal level.

Meta says the new documentation will be updated over time as it collects feedback from developers. Additionally, anyone interested in building with the new API and providing feedback can now request access via Registration page – something that can also help Meta track apps that are preparing for live deployment alongside the public launch of the API.