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OAuth Scopes | Defining what you have permission to do with the API |
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OAuth Scopes
The API is divided up into access scopes. The scopes are hierarchical, i.e. if you have access to read
, you automatically have access to read:accounts
. It is recommended that you request as little as possible for your application.
Multiple scopes can be requested at the same time: During app creation with the scopes
param, and during the authorization phase with the scope
query param (space-separate the scopes).
{{< hint style="info" >}}
Mind the scope
vs scopes
difference. This is because scope
is a standard OAuth parameter name, so it is used in the OAuth methods. Mastodon’s own REST API uses the more appropriate scopes
.
{{< /hint >}}
If you do not specify a scope
in your authorization request, or a scopes
in your app creation request, the resulting access token / app will default to read
access.
The set of scopes saved during app creation must include all the scopes that you will request in the authorization request, otherwise authorization will fail.
Version history
- 0.9.0 - read, write, follow
- 2.4.0 - push
- 2.4.3 - granular scopes #7929
- 2.6.0 - read:reports deprecated (unused stub) #8736/adcf23f
- 2.6.0 - write:conversations added #9009
- 2.9.1 - Admin scopes added #9387
- 3.1.0 - Bookmark scopes added #7107
- 4.1.0 - Added admin scopes for blocks and allows #20918
List of scopes
read
Grants access to read data. Requesting read
will also grant child scopes shown in the left column of the table below.
read
read:accounts
read:blocks
read:bookmarks
read:favourites
read:filters
read:follows
read:lists
read:mutes
read:notifications
read:search
read:statuses
write
Grants access to write data. Requesting write
will also grant child scopes shown in the right column of the table below.
write
write:accounts
write:blocks
write:bookmarks
write:conversations
write:favourites
write:filters
write:follows
write:lists
write:media
write:mutes
write:notifications
write:reports
write:statuses
follow
{{< hint style="danger" >}}
Deprecated
This scope has been deprecated in 3.5.0 and newer. You should instead request the child scopes individually, or request read/write permission as needed.
{{< /hint >}}
Grants access to manage relationships. Requesting follow
will also grant the following child scopes, shown in bold in the table:
read:blocks
,write:blocks
read:follows
,write:follows
read:mutes
,write:mutes
push
Grants access to [Web Push API subscriptions.]({{< relref "methods/push" >}}) Added in Mastodon 2.4.0.
Admin scopes
Used for moderation API. Added in Mastodon 2.9.1. The following granular scopes are available (note that there is no singular admin
scope):
admin:read
admin:read:accounts
admin:read:reports
admin:read:domain_allows
admin:read:domain_blocks
admin:read:ip_blocks
admin:read:email_domain_blocks
admin:read:canonical_email_blocks
admin:write
admin:write:accounts
admin:write:reports
admin:write:domain_allows
admin:write:domain_blocks
admin:write:ip_blocks
admin:write:email_domain_blocks
admin:write:canonical_email_blocks
Granular scopes
read | write |
---|---|
read:accounts | write:accounts |
read:blocks | write:blocks |
read:bookmarks | write:bookmarks |
write:conversations | |
read:favourites | write:favourites |
read:filters | write:filters |
read:follows | write:follows |
read:lists | write:lists |
write:media | |
read:mutes | write:mutes |
read:notifications | write:notifications |
write:reports | |
read:search | |
read:statuses | write:statuses |
admin:read | admin:write |
---|---|
admin:read:accounts | admin:write:accounts |
admin:read:reports | admin:write:reports |
admin:read:domain_allows | admin:write:domain_allows |
admin:read:domain_blocks | admin:write:domain_blocks |
admin:read:ip_blocks | admin:write:ip_blocks |
admin:read:email_domain_blocks | admin:write:email_domain_blocks |
admin:read:canonical_email_blocks | admin:write:canonical_email_blocks |