Twitter Unveils First Major Overhaul of Its API Since 2012 [Video]

However, the first set of endpoints, which were scheduled to be made available to developers today, are on hold due to Wednesday’s security breach that affected several high-profile accounts. Instead, they’ll roll out early next week.

The social network’s first public API—which enables developers to incorporate data and functionality from Twitter into their apps—was released in 2006.

In 2012, the platform added new requirements and stricter policies to curb abuse and protect the platform. Executives hope this next iteration helps diversify its developer ecosystem.

“We know developers want flexibility. The Twitter API hasn’t addressed developer diversity well. Its pricing and access models are inflexible and limiting,” Twitter developer platform product lead Priyanka Shetty told reporters in a press briefing earlier this week.

The new API should be easier to use, with options including the ability to specify which fields get returned or to retrieve more tweets from a conversation within the same …