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---
title: lists API methods
description: >-
View and manage lists. See also: /api/v1/timelines/list/id for loading a list
timeline.
menu:
docs:
weight: 20
name: lists
parent: methods-timelines
identifier: methods-lists
aliases: [
"/methods/lists",
"/api/methods/lists",
"/methods/timelines/lists",
]
---
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#TableOfContents ul ul ul {display: none}
</style>
## View your lists {#get}
```http
GET /api/v1/lists HTTP/1.1
```
Fetch all lists that the user owns.
**Returns:** Array of [List]({{< relref "entities/list" >}})\
**OAuth:** User token + `read:lists`\
**Version history:**\
2.1.0 - added
#### Request
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
Use `id` as a parameter for related API calls.
```json
[
{
"id": "12249",
"title": "Friends",
"replies_policy": "followed"
},
{
"id": "13585",
"title": "test",
"replies_policy": "list"
}
]
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
---
## Show a single list {#get-one}
```http
GET /api/v1/lists/:id HTTP/1.1
```
Fetch the list with the given ID. Used for verifying the title of a list, and which replies to show within that list.
**Returns:** [List]({{< relref "entities/list" >}})\
**OAuth:** User token + `read:lists`\
**Version history:**\
2.1.0 - added
#### Request
##### Path parameters
:id
: {{<required>}} String. The ID of the List in the database.
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
The list 12249 exists and is owned by you
```json
{
"id": "12249",
"title": "Friends",
"replies_policy": "followed"
}
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
##### 404: Not found
List does not exist or is not owned by you
```json
{
"error": "Record not found"
}
```
---
## Create a list {#create}
```http
POST /api/v1/lists HTTP/1.1
```
Create a new list.
**Returns:** [List]({{< relref "entities/list" >}})\
**OAuth:** User token + `write:lists`\
**Version history:**\
2.1.0 - added\
3.3.0 - added `replies_policy`
#### Request
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
##### Form data parameters
title
: {{<required>}} String. The title of the list to be created.
replies_policy
: String. One of `followed`, `list`, or `none`. Defaults to `list`.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
A sample list was created with a `title` of "test".
```json
{
"id": "13585",
"title": "test",
"replies_policy": "list"
}
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
##### 422: Unprocessable entity
If the title is missing:
```json
{
"error": "Validation failed: Title can't be blank"
}
```
If the replies_policy is not understood:
```json
{
"error": "'some' is not a valid replies_policy"
}
```
-->
---
## Update a list {#update}
```http
PUT /api/v1/lists/:id HTTP/1.1
```
Change the title of a list, or which replies to show.
**Returns:** [List]({{< relref "entities/list" >}})\
**OAuth:** User token + `write:lists`\
**Version history:**\
2.1.0 - added\
3.3.0 - added `replies_policy`
#### Request
##### Path parameters
:id
: {{<required>}} String. The ID of the List in the database.
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
##### Form data parameters
title
: {{<required>}} String. The title of the list to be created.
replies_policy
: String. One of `followed`, `list`, or `none`. Defaults to `list`.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
The `title` of list 13585 was successfully updated to "testing"
```json
{
"id": "13585",
"title": "test",
"replies_policy": "list"
}
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
##### 422: Unprocessable entity
If the `title` is missing:
```json
{
"error": "Validation failed: Title can't be blank"
}
```
If the `replies_policy` is not understood:
```json
{
"error": "'some' is not a valid replies_policy"
}
```
---
## Delete a list {#delete}
```http
DELETE /api/v1/lists/:id HTTP/1.1
```
**Returns:** empty object\
**OAuth:** User token + `write:lists`\
**Version history:**\
2.1.0 - added
#### Request
##### Path parameters
:id
: {{<required>}} String. The ID of the List in the database.
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
List was successfully deleted
```json
{}
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
##### 404: Not found
List does not exist or is not owned by you
```json
{
"error": "Record not found"
}
```
---
## View accounts in a list {#accounts}
```http
GET /api/v1/lists/:id/accounts HTTP/1.1
```
**Returns:** Array of [Account]({{< relref "entities/account" >}})\
**OAuth:** User token + `read:lists`\
**Version history:**\
2.1.0 - added\
3.3.0 - both `min_id` and `max_id` can be used at the same time now
#### Request
##### Path parameters
:id
: {{<required>}} String. The ID of the List in the database.
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
##### Query parameters
max_id
: **Internal parameter.** Use HTTP `Link` header for pagination.
since_id
: **Internal parameter.** Use HTTP `Link` header for pagination.
min_id
: **Internal parameter.** Use HTTP `Link` header for pagination.
limit
: Integer. Maximum number of results. Defaults to 40 accounts. Max 80 accounts. Set to 0 in order to get all accounts without pagination.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
```json
[
{
"id": "952529",
"username": "alayna",
"acct": "alayna@desvox.es",
// ...
},
{
"id": "917388",
"username": "cole",
"acct": "cole@be.cutewith.me",
// ...
},
{
"id": "869022",
"username": "alayna",
"acct": "alayna@be.cutewith.me",
// ...
},
{
"id": "832844",
"username": "a9",
"acct": "a9@broadcast.wolfgirl.engineering",
// ...
},
{
"id": "482403",
"username": "amic",
"acct": "amic@nulled.red",
// ...
}
]
```
Because you do not know beforehand which Accounts are included in a List, you will have to parse the HTTP `Link` header to load older or newer results. See [Paginating through API responses]({{<relref "api/guidelines#pagination">}}) for more information.
```http
Link: <https://mastodon.example/api/v1/lists/12249/accounts?max_id=106931203247163945>; rel="next", <https://mastodon.example/api/v1/lists/12249/accounts?since_id=108632085572655915>; rel="prev"
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
##### 404: Not found
List does not exist or is not owned by you.
```json
{
"error": "Record not found"
}
```
---
## Add accounts to a list {#accounts-add}
```http
POST /api/v1/lists/:id/accounts HTTP/1.1
```
Add accounts to the given list. Note that the user must be following these accounts.
**Returns:** empty object\
**OAuth:** User token + `write:lists`\
**Version history:**\
2.1.0 - added
### Request
##### Path parameters
:id
: {{<required>}} String. The ID of the List in the database.
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
##### Form data parameters
account_ids[]
: {{<required>}} Array of String. The accounts that should be added to the list.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
```json
{}
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
##### 404: Not found
You are not following a given account ID, or you do not own the list ID, or list/account ID does not exist
```json
{
"error": "Record not found"
}
```
##### 422: Unprocessable entity
An Account with one of the provided IDs is already in the list
```json
{
"error": "Validation failed: Account has already been taken"
}
```
---
## Remove accounts from list {#accounts-remove}
```http
DELETE /api/v1/lists/:id/accounts HTTP/1.1
```
Remove accounts from the given list.
**Returns:** empty object\
**OAuth:** User token + `write:lists`\
**Version history:**\
2.1.0 - added
#### Request
##### Path parameters
:id
: {{<required>}} String. The ID of the List in the database.
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
##### Form data parameters
account_ids[]
: {{<required>}} Array of String. The accounts that should be removed from the list.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
Account was successfully removed from the list, or it was already not in the list.
```json
{}
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
##### 404: Not found
List is not owned by you or does not exist
```json
{
"error": "Record not found"
}
```
---
## See also
{{< page-relref ref="methods/accounts#lists" caption="GET /api/v1/accounts/:id/lists" >}}
{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/controllers/api/v1/lists_controller.rb" caption="app/controllers/api/v1/lists_controller.rb" >}}
{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/controllers/api/v1/lists/accounts_controller.rb" caption="app/controllers/api/v1/lists/accounts_controller.rb" >}}