documentation/content/en/methods/notifications.md

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title: notifications API methods description: Receive notifications for activity on your account or statuses. menu: docs:

weight: 50
name: notifications
parent: methods
identifier: methods-notifications

aliases: [ "/methods/notifications", "/api/methods/notifications",

]

Get all notifications {#get}

GET /api/v1/notifications HTTP/1.1

Notifications concerning the user. This API returns Link headers containing links to the next/previous page. However, the links can also be constructed dynamically using query params and id values.

Types to filter include:

• mention = Someone mentioned you in their status
• status = Someone you enabled notifications for has posted a status
• reblog = Someone boosted one of your statuses
• follow = Someone followed you
• follow_request = Someone requested to follow you
• favourite = Someone favourited one of your statuses
• poll = A poll you have voted in or created has ended
• update = A status you boosted with has been edited
• admin.sign_up = Someone signed up (optionally sent to admins)
• admin.report = A new report has been filed

Returns: Array of Notification\ OAuth: User token + read:notifications\ Version history:\ 0.0.0 - added\ 2.6.0 - added min_id\ 2.9.0 - added account_id\ 3.1.0 - added follow_request type\ 3.3.0 - added status type; both min_id and max_id can be used at the same time now\ 3.5.0 - added types; add update and admin.sign_up types\ 4.0.0 - added admin.report type\ 4.1.0 - notification limit changed from 15 (max 30) to 40 (max 80)

Request

Headers

Authorization : {{}} Provide this header with Bearer <user token> to gain authorized access to this API method.

Query parameters

max_id : String. All results returned will be lesser than this ID. In effect, sets an upper bound on results.

since_id : String. All results returned will be greater than this ID. In effect, sets a lower bound on results.

min_id : String. Returns results immediately newer than this ID. In effect, sets a cursor at this ID and paginates forward.

limit : Integer. Maximum number of results to return. Defaults to 40 notifications. Max 80 notifications.

types[] : Array of String. Types to include in the result.

exclude_types[] : Array of String. Types to exclude from the results.

account_id : String. Return only notifications received from the specified account.

Response

Sample call with limit=2.

GET https://mastodon.social/api/v1/notifications?limit=2 HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer xxx

200: OK

The response body contains one page of notifications. You can use the HTTP Link header for further pagination.

Link: <https://mastodon.example/api/v1/notifications?max_id=34975535>; rel="next", <https://mastodon.example/api/v1/notifications?min_id=34975861>;

[
  {
    "id": "34975861",
    "type": "mention",
    "created_at": "2019-11-23T07:49:02.064Z",
    "account": {
      "id": "971724",
      "username": "zsc",
      "acct": "zsc",
      // ...
    },
    "status": {
      "id": "103186126728896492",
      "created_at": "2019-11-23T07:49:01.940Z",
      "in_reply_to_id": "103186038209478945",
      "in_reply_to_account_id": "14715",
      // ...
      "content": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@trwnh\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>trwnh</span></a></span> sup!</p>",
      // ...
      "account": {
        "id": "971724",
        "username": "zsc",
        "acct": "zsc",
        // ...
      },
      // ...
      "mentions": [
        {
          "id": "14715",
          "username": "trwnh",
          "url": "https://mastodon.social/@trwnh",
          "acct": "trwnh"
        }
      ],
      // ...
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "34975535",
    "type": "favourite",
    "created_at": "2019-11-23T07:29:18.903Z",
    "account": {
      "id": "297420",
      "username": "haskal",
      "acct": "haskal@cybre.space",
      // ...
    },
    "status": {
      "id": "103186046267791694",
      "created_at": "2019-11-23T07:28:34.210Z",
      "in_reply_to_id": "103186044372624124",
      "in_reply_to_account_id": "297420",
      // ...
      "account": {
        "id": "14715",
        "username": "trwnh",
        "acct": "trwnh",
        // ...
      }
    }
  }
]

401: Unauthorized

Invalid or missing Authorization header.

{
  "error": "The access token is invalid"
}

---

Get a single notification {#get-one}

GET /api/v1/notifications/:id HTTP/1.1

View information about a notification with a given ID.

Returns: Notification\ OAuth: User token + read:notifications\ Version history:\ 0.0.0 - added

Request

Path parameters

:id : {{}} String. The ID of the Notification in the database.

Headers

Authorization : {{}} Provide this header with Bearer <user token> to gain authorized access to this API method.

Response

200: OK

A single Notification

{
  "id": "34975861",
  "type": "mention",
  "created_at": "2019-11-23T07:49:02.064Z",
  "account": {
    "id": "971724",
    "username": "zsc",
    "acct": "zsc",
    // ...
  },
  "status": {
    "id": "103186126728896492",
    "created_at": "2019-11-23T07:49:01.940Z",
    "in_reply_to_id": "103186038209478945",
    "in_reply_to_account_id": "14715",
    // ...
    "content": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@trwnh\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>trwnh</span></a></span> sup!</p>",
    // ...
    "account": {
      "id": "971724",
      "username": "zsc",
      "acct": "zsc",
      // ...
    },
    // ...
    "mentions": [
      {
        "id": "14715",
        "username": "trwnh",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@trwnh",
        "acct": "trwnh"
      }
    ],
    // ...
  }
}

401: Unauthorized

Invalid or missing Authorization header.

{
  "error": "The access token is invalid"
}

---

Dismiss all notifications {#clear}

POST /api/v1/notifications/clear HTTP/1.1

Clear all notifications from the server.

Returns: Empty\ OAuth: User token + write:notifications\ Version history:\ 0.0.0 - added

Request

Headers

Authorization : {{}} Provide this header with Bearer <user token> to gain authorized access to this API method.

Response

200: OK

Notifications successfully cleared.

{}

401: Unauthorized

Invalid or missing Authorization header.

{
  "error": "The access token is invalid"
}

---

Dismiss a single notification {#dismiss}

POST /api/v1/notifications/:id/dismiss HTTP/1.1

Dismiss a single notification from the server.

Returns: Empty\ OAuth: User token + write:notifications\ Version history:\ 1.3.0 - added

Request

Path parameters

:id : {{}} String. The ID of the Notification in the database.

Headers

Authorization : {{}} Provide this header with Bearer <user token> to gain authorized access to this API method.

Response

200: OK

Notification with given ID successfully dismissed

{}

401: Unauthorized

Invalid or missing Authorization header.

{
  "error": "The access token is invalid"
}

---

(REMOVED) Dismiss a single notification {#dismiss-deprecated}

POST /api/v1/notifications/dismiss HTTP/1.1

Dismiss a single notification from the server.

Returns: Empty\ OAuth: User token + write:notifications\ Version history:\ 0.0.0 - available\ 1.3.0 - deprecated in favor of notifications/:id/dismiss 3.0.0 - removed

Request

Headers

Authorization : {{}} Provide this header with Bearer <user token> to gain authorized access to this API method.

Form data parameters

id : {{}} String. The ID of the notification in the database.

Response

200: OK

Notification with given ID successfully dismissed

{}

401: Unauthorized

Invalid or missing Authorization header.

{
  "error": "The access token is invalid"
}

---

See also

{{< page-relref ref="methods/push" caption="push API methods" >}}

{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/controllers/api/v1/notifications_controller.rb" caption="app/controllers/api/v1/notifications_controller.rb" >}}