Compliance Changes
It is important to us that we provide fully-compliant APIs to our customers. As data providers update their terms over time we need to adjust our APIs to ensure they remain compliant.
On this page we give details of upcoming and past changes to the API for compliance reasons. If you have any questions about the recent changes please contact our Support team.
26th April 2022: Removal of YouTube reach field
In order to maintain compliance with the Terms of Service for YouTube we are no longer able to provide reach values for YouTube.
18th November 2020: Changes to Twitter and YouTube fields
To stay compliant with the latest Terms of Service for Twitter and YouTube we made some changes to the fields we provide through the Meltwater API.
Twitter
Currently the Meltwater API provides Tweet URLs and Author handles for each tweet. We replaced these fields for tweets with the Tweet ID and the Author ID. Essentially the API provides Twitter's numeric identifiers for the tweet and its author, rather than the URL and handle.
| Product / format | Previous fields | New fields |
|---|---|---|
| Meltwater API - CSV | URL, Influencer | Tweet Id, Twitter Id |
| Meltwater API - JSON | document_url document_authors[].name | document_external_id document_authors[].author_external_id |
YouTube
The Meltwater API previously provided the AVE field for YouTube data. To comply with YouTube terms of service this field was redacted from the API.