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suggestions API methods	Server-generated suggestions on who to follow, based on previous positive interactions.	docs weight name parent identifier 120 suggestions methods-accounts methods-suggestions	/methods/suggestions /api/methods/suggestions /methods/accounts/suggestions

View follow suggestions (v2)

GET /api/v2/suggestions HTTP/1.1

Accounts that are promoted by staff, or that the user has had past positive interactions with, but is not yet following.

Returns: Array of [Suggestion]({{< relref "entities/Suggestion" >}})
OAuth: User token + read
Version history:
3.4.0 - added

Request

Headers

Authorization

{{}} Provide this header with Bearer <user_token> to gain authorized access to this API method.

Query parameters

limit

Integer. Maximum number of results to return. Defaults to 40 accounts. Max 80 accounts.

Response

200: OK

[
  {
    "source": "past_interactions",
    "account": {
      "id": "784058",
      "username": "katie",
      "acct": "katie@pleroma.voidlurker.net",
      // ...
  },
  // ...
  {
    "source": "global",
    "account": {
      "id": "108194863260762493",
      "username": "thunderbird",
      "acct": "thunderbird@mastodon.online",
      // ...
  }
]

401: Unauthorized

Invalid or missing Authorization header.

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

---

Remove a suggestion

DELETE /api/v1/suggestions/:account_id HTTP/1.1

Remove an account from follow suggestions.

Returns: Empty
OAuth: User token + read
Version history:
2.4.3 - added

Request

Path parameters

:account_id

{{}} String. The ID of the Account in the database.

Headers

Authorization

{{}} Provide this header with Bearer <user_token> to gain authorized access to this API method.

Response

200: OK

A successful call will return an empty object. Note the call will be successful even if the account id provided is invalid or is not a suggested account.

{}

401: Unauthorized

Invalid or missing Authorization header.

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

---

View follow suggestions (v1) {{%deprecated%}}

GET /api/v1/suggestions HTTP/1.1

Accounts the user has had past positive interactions with, but is not yet following.

Returns: Array of [Account]({{< relref "entities/Account" >}})
OAuth: User token + read
Version history:
2.4.3 - added
3.4.0 - deprecated

Request

Headers

Authorization

{{}} Provide this header with Bearer <user_token> to gain authorized access to this API method.

Query parameters

limit

Integer. Maximum number of results to return. Defaults to 40 accounts. Max 80 accounts.

Response

200: OK

[
  {
    "id": "332766",
    "username": "kaniini",
    "acct": "kaniini@pleroma.site",
    // ...
  },
  {
    "id": "689455",
    "username": "interneteh",
    "acct": "interneteh@sunbeam.city",
    // ...
  },
  {
    "id": "764276",
    "username": "Dee",
    "acct": "Dee@fedi.underscore.world",
    // ...
  },
  // ...
]

401: Unauthorized

Invalid or missing Authorization header.

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

---

See also

{{< page-relref ref="methods/accounts#follow" caption="POST /api/v1/accounts/:id/follow" >}}

{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/controllers/api/v2/suggestions_controller.rb" caption="app/controllers/api/v2/suggestions_controller.rb" >}}

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