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Get DM Event by ID

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

Get DM Event by ID Retrieves details of a specific direct message event by its ID. [GET /2/dm_events/{event_id}]

Name on the gateway: x_api__get_direct_messages_events_by_id · read-only.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`event_id` required	`string`	event_id parameter
`dm_event.fields`	`array`	A comma separated list of DmEvent fields to display.
`expansions`	`array`	A comma separated list of fields to expand.
`user.fields`	`array`	A comma separated list of User fields to display.
`post.fields`	`array`	A comma separated list of Post fields to display.
`media.fields`	`array`	A comma separated list of Media fields to display.

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__get_direct_messages_events_by_id",
  "arguments": {
    "event_id": "…"
  }
}

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"

Use the get dm event by id tool with event_id set to ….