documentation/content/en/entities/context.md

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Context	Represents the tree around a given status. Used for reconstructing threads of statuses.	docs parent entities

Example

{{< code title="Truncated response from GET statuses/:id/context" >}}

{
  "ancestors": [
    {
      "id": "103188938570975982",
      "created_at": "2019-11-23T19:44:00.124Z",
      "in_reply_to_id": null,
      ...
    },
    {
      "id": "103188971072973252",
      "created_at": "2019-11-23T19:52:23.398Z",
      "in_reply_to_id": "103188938570975982",
      ...
    },
    {
      "id": "103188982235527758",
      "created_at": "2019-11-23T19:55:08.208Z",
      "in_reply_to_id": "103188971072973252",
      ...
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "id": "103189026958574542",
      "created_at": "2019-11-23T20:06:36.011Z",
      "in_reply_to_id": "103189005915505698",
      ...
    }
  ]
}

{{< /code >}}

Required attributes

ancestors

Description: Parents in the thread. Type: Array of Status Version history: Added in 0.6.0

descendants

Description: Children in the thread. Type: Array of Status Version history: Added in 0.6.0

See also

• GET /api/v1/statuses/:id/context

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