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Create a Stream Source for a User

An MCP tool from the X (Twitter) API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Create a Stream Source for a User Creates a persistent RTMP/RTMPS ingest point for the authenticated user. id must be the authenticated user. [POST /2/users/{id}/sources]

Name on the gateway: x_api__create_user_source · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
id requiredstringUnique identifier of a User
name requiredstringLabel for the source.
regionstringIngest data center, atla or pdxa (default). The AWS regions us-west-1 and…

How to call it

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "x_api__create_user_source",
  "arguments": {
    "id": "…",
    "name": "…"
  }
}

Or connect the X (Twitter) API server directly, which lists 258 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hj-x-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/x-api \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Try asking

Use the create a stream source for a user tool with id set to ….

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