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After opening its developer API to select companies for testing in March<\/a>, Meta\u2019s Twitter\/X competitor Threads is now introducing<\/a> developer documentation<\/a> and a sign-up sheet for interested parties<\/a> ahead of the API\u2019s public launch, planned<\/a> for June.<\/p>\n The new documentation details the API\u2019s current limitations and its endpoints, among other things, which could help developers get started on their Threads-connected apps and any other projects that integrate with the new social network.<\/p>\n For instance, those who want to track analytics around Threads\u2019 posts can use an 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, retrieve replies, and a series of troubleshooting tips.<\/p>\n The documentation indicates that Threads accounts are limited to 250 API-published posts within a 24-hour period and 1,000 replies \u2014 a measure to counteract spam or other excessive use. It also offers the image and video specifications for media uploaded with users\u2019 posts and notes that Threads\u2019 text post character counts have a hard limit of 500 characters \u2014 longer than old Twitter\u2019s 280 characters<\/a>, but far less than the 25,000 characters<\/a> X offers to paid subscribers or the now 100,000 characters<\/a> it permits in articles posted directly to its platform.<\/p>\n Whether or not Meta will ultimately favor certain kinds of apps over others remains to be seen.<\/p>\n So far, Threads API beta testers <\/a>have included social tool makers like Sprinklr, Sprout Social, Social News Desk, Hootsuite, and tech news board Techmeme.<\/p>\n Although Threads has begun its integration with the wider fediverse \u2014 the network of interconnected social networking services that includes Mastodon and others \u2014 it doesn\u2019t appear that fediverse sharing can be enabled or disabled through the API itself. Instead, users still have to visit their settings in the Threads app to publish to the fediverse.<\/p>\n Meta says the new documentation will be updated over time as it gathers feedback from developers. In addition, anyone interested in building with the new API and providing feedback can now request access via a sign-up page<\/a> \u2014 something that could also help Meta track the apps that are preparing to go live alongside the API\u2019s public launch.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n