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	/entities/context /entities/Context /api/entities/context /api/entities/Context

Example

{
  "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",
      // ...
    }
  ]
}

Attributes

ancestors

Description: Parents in the thread.
Type: Array of [Status]({{< relref "entities/Status" >}})
Version history:
0.6.0 - added

descendants

Description: Children in the thread.
Type: Array of [Status]({{< relref "entities/Status" >}})
Version history:
0.6.0 - added

See also

{{< page-relref ref="methods/statuses#context" caption="GET /api/v1/statuses/:id/context" >}}

{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/serializers/rest/context_serializer.rb" caption="app/serializers/rest/context_serializer.rb" >}}