Developer Program and API

This TWiT site is a departure from previous TWiT web sites and from almost any other site you've ever visited. Instead of building a traditional web site, the talented developers at Four Kitchens created a headless Drupal backend with a rich ReSTful API. Since then, we've worked with Kanopi Studios to fine tune the API as our needs have changed and through several Drupal upgrades. This site is but one consumer of the API. Other consumers of the API include third-party fan-made apps and maybe you, too!

We encourage everyone to play with our API and build new things. You can use any programming language and operating system you like, as long as you can make ReST calls and parse the JSON results. For more information on ReST start with this REST API Tutorial site. We have also done some episodes on Coding 101 on how to work with the TWiT API. (Look for episodes 74, 80, 81, 82, 83, and 91.)

The API documentation is available at apidocs.twit.tv. As of November 2026, you no longer need to create an account and get an access token to use the API. It's open for everyone!

We've published some guidelines (such as not referring to your app as "official", not charging a subscription fee, and not naming your app just "TWiT"), but in general have at it. If you want to ask about the API, email api@twit.tv.

Have fun. We can't wait to see what you do!