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Add documentation for /api/v2/notifications/policy (#1503)
* Rename `NotificationPolicy` entity to `V1::NotificationPolicy`

* Add documentation for v2 NotificationPolicy

* Add deprecation warning
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---
title: notifications API methods
description: Receive notifications for activity on your account or statuses.
menu:
docs:
weight: 50
name: notifications
parent: methods
identifier: methods-notifications
aliases: [
"/methods/notifications",
"/api/methods/notifications",
]
---
<style>
#TableOfContents ul ul ul {display: none}
</style>
## Get all notifications {#get}
```http
GET /api/v1/notifications HTTP/1.1
```
Notifications concerning the user. This API returns Link headers containing links to the next/previous page. However, the links can also be constructed dynamically using query params and `id` values.
Types to filter include:
- `mention` = Someone mentioned you in their status
- `status` = Someone you enabled notifications for has posted a status
- `reblog` = Someone boosted one of your statuses
- `follow` = Someone followed you
- `follow_request` = Someone requested to follow you
- `favourite` = Someone favourited one of your statuses
- `poll` = A poll you have voted in or created has ended
- `update` = A status you boosted with has been edited
- `admin.sign_up` = Someone signed up (optionally sent to admins)
- `admin.report` = A new report has been filed
**Returns:** Array of [Notification]({{< relref "entities/Notification" >}})\
**OAuth:** User token + `read:notifications`\
**Version history:**\
0.0.0 - added\
2.6.0 - added `min_id`\
2.9.0 - added `account_id`\
3.1.0 - added `follow_request` type\
3.3.0 - added `status` type; both `min_id` and `max_id` can be used at the same time now\
3.5.0 - added `types`; add `update` and `admin.sign_up` types\
4.0.0 - added `admin.report` type\
4.1.0 - notification limit changed from 15 (max 30) to 40 (max 80)
#### Request
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
##### Query parameters
max_id
: String. All results returned will be lesser than this ID. In effect, sets an upper bound on results.
since_id
: String. All results returned will be greater than this ID. In effect, sets a lower bound on results.
min_id
: String. Returns results immediately newer than this ID. In effect, sets a cursor at this ID and paginates forward.
limit
: Integer. Maximum number of results to return. Defaults to 40 notifications. Max 80 notifications.
types[]
: Array of String. Types to include in the result.
exclude_types[]
: Array of String. Types to exclude from the results.
account_id
: String. Return only notifications received from the specified account.
#### Response
Sample call with limit=2.
```http
GET https://mastodon.social/api/v1/notifications?limit=2 HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer xxx
```
##### 200: OK
The response body contains one page of notifications. You can use the HTTP Link header for further pagination.
```http
Link: <https://mastodon.example/api/v1/notifications?max_id=34975535>; rel="next", <https://mastodon.example/api/v1/notifications?min_id=34975861>;
```
```json
[
{
"id": "34975861",
"type": "mention",
"created_at": "2019-11-23T07:49:02.064Z",
"account": {
"id": "971724",
"username": "zsc",
"acct": "zsc",
// ...
},
"status": {
"id": "103186126728896492",
"created_at": "2019-11-23T07:49:01.940Z",
"in_reply_to_id": "103186038209478945",
"in_reply_to_account_id": "14715",
// ...
"content": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@trwnh\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>trwnh</span></a></span> sup!</p>",
// ...
"account": {
"id": "971724",
"username": "zsc",
"acct": "zsc",
// ...
},
// ...
"mentions": [
{
"id": "14715",
"username": "trwnh",
"url": "https://mastodon.social/@trwnh",
"acct": "trwnh"
}
],
// ...
}
},
{
"id": "34975535",
"type": "favourite",
"created_at": "2019-11-23T07:29:18.903Z",
"account": {
"id": "297420",
"username": "haskal",
"acct": "haskal@cybre.space",
// ...
},
"status": {
"id": "103186046267791694",
"created_at": "2019-11-23T07:28:34.210Z",
"in_reply_to_id": "103186044372624124",
"in_reply_to_account_id": "297420",
// ...
"account": {
"id": "14715",
"username": "trwnh",
"acct": "trwnh",
// ...
}
}
}
]
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
---
## Get a single notification {#get-one}
```http
GET /api/v1/notifications/:id HTTP/1.1
```
View information about a notification with a given ID.
**Returns:** [Notification]({{< relref "entities/Notification" >}})\
**OAuth:** User token + `read:notifications`\
**Version history:**\
0.0.0 - added
#### Request
##### Path parameters
:id
: {{<required>}} String. The ID of the Notification in the database.
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
A single Notification
```json
{
"id": "34975861",
"type": "mention",
"created_at": "2019-11-23T07:49:02.064Z",
"account": {
"id": "971724",
"username": "zsc",
"acct": "zsc",
// ...
},
"status": {
"id": "103186126728896492",
"created_at": "2019-11-23T07:49:01.940Z",
"in_reply_to_id": "103186038209478945",
"in_reply_to_account_id": "14715",
// ...
"content": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@trwnh\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>trwnh</span></a></span> sup!</p>",
// ...
"account": {
"id": "971724",
"username": "zsc",
"acct": "zsc",
// ...
},
// ...
"mentions": [
{
"id": "14715",
"username": "trwnh",
"url": "https://mastodon.social/@trwnh",
"acct": "trwnh"
}
],
// ...
}
}
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
---
## Dismiss all notifications {#clear}
```http
POST /api/v1/notifications/clear HTTP/1.1
```
Clear all notifications from the server.
**Returns:** Empty\
**OAuth:** User token + `write:notifications`\
**Version history:**\
0.0.0 - added
#### Request
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
Notifications successfully cleared.
```json
{}
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
---
## Dismiss a single notification {#dismiss}
```http
POST /api/v1/notifications/:id/dismiss HTTP/1.1
```
Dismiss a single notification from the server.
**Returns:** Empty\
**OAuth:** User token + `write:notifications`\
**Version history:**\
1.3.0 - added
#### Request
##### Path parameters
:id
: {{<required>}} String. The ID of the Notification in the database.
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
Notification with given ID successfully dismissed
```json
{}
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
---
## (REMOVED) Dismiss a single notification {#dismiss-deprecated}
```http
POST /api/v1/notifications/dismiss HTTP/1.1
```
Dismiss a single notification from the server.
**Returns:** Empty\
**OAuth:** User token + `write:notifications`\
**Version history**:\
0.0.0 - available\
1.3.0 - deprecated in favor of [notifications/:id/dismiss](#dismiss)
3.0.0 - removed
#### Request
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
##### Form data parameters
id
: {{<required>}} String. The ID of the notification in the database.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
Notification with given ID successfully dismissed
```json
{}
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
---
## Get the number of unread notifications {#unread-count}
```http
GET /api/v1/notifications/unread_count HTTP/1.1
```
Get the (capped) number of unread notifications for the current user.
A notification is considered unread if it is more recent than the [notifications read marker]({{< relref "methods/markers" >}}).
Because the count is dependant on the parameters, it is computed every time and is thus a relatively slow operation (although faster than getting the full corresponding notifications), therefore the number of returned notifications is capped.
**Returns:** Hash with a single key of `count`\
**OAuth:** User token + `read:notifications`\
**Version history**:\
4.3.0 - added
#### Request
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} 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 100 notifications. Max 1000 notifications.
types[]
: Array of String. Types of notifications that should count towards unread notifications.
exclude_types[]
: Array of String. Types of notifications that should not count towards unread notifications.
account_id
: String. Only count unread notifications received from the specified account.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
The response body contains the capped count of unread notifications.
```json
{
"count": 42,
}
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
---
## Get the filtering policy for notifications {#get-policy}
```http
GET /api/v2/notifications/policy HTTP/1.1
```
Notifications filtering policy for the user.
**Returns:** [NotificationPolicy]({{< relref "entities/NotificationPolicy" >}})\
**OAuth:** User token + `read:notifications`\
**Version history:**\
4.3.0 - added
#### Request
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
The response body contains the current notifications filtering policy for the user.
```json
{
"for_not_following": "accept",
"for_not_followers": "accept",
"for_new_accounts": "accept",
"for_private_mentions": "drop",
"for_limited_accounts": "filter",
"summary": {
"pending_requests_count": 0,
"pending_notifications_count": 0
}
}
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
## Update the filtering policy for notifications
```http
PATCH /api/v2/notifications/policy HTTP/1.1
```
Update the user's notifications filtering policy.
**Returns:** [NotificationPolicy]({{< relref "entities/NotificationPolicy" >}})\
**OAuth:** User token + `write:notifications`\
**Version history:**\
4.3.0 - added
#### Request
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
#### Form data parameters
for_not_following
: String. Whether to `accept`, `filter` or `drop` notifications from accounts the user is not following. `drop` will prevent creation of the notification object altogether (without preventing the underlying activity), `filter` will cause it to be marked as filtered, and `accept` will not affect its processing.
for_not_followers
: String. Whether to `accept`, `filter` or `drop` notifications from accounts that are not following the user. `drop` will prevent creation of the notification object altogether (without preventing the underlying activity), `filter` will cause it to be marked as filtered, and `accept` will not affect its processing.
for_new_accounts
: String. Whether to `accept`, `filter` or `drop` notifications from accounts created in the past 30 days. `drop` will prevent creation of the notification object altogether (without preventing the underlying activity), `filter` will cause it to be marked as filtered, and `accept` will not affect its processing.
for_private_mentions
: String. Whether to `accept`, `filter` or `drop` notifications from private mentions. `drop` will prevent creation of the notification object altogether (without preventing the underlying activity), `filter` will cause it to be marked as filtered, and `accept` will not affect its processing. Replies to private mentions initiated by the user, as well as accounts the user follows, are always allowed, regardless of this value.
for_limited_accounts
: String. Whether to `accept`, `filter` or `drop` notifications from accounts that were limited by a moderator. `drop` will prevent creation of the notification object altogether (without preventing the underlying activity), `filter` will cause it to be marked as filtered, and `accept` will not affect its processing.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
The response body contains the updated notifications filtering policy for the user.
```json
{
"filter_not_following": false,
"filter_not_followers": false,
"filter_new_accounts": false,
"filter_private_mentions": true,
"summary": {
"pending_requests_count": 0,
"pending_notifications_count": 0
}
}
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
---
## Get all notification requests {#get-requests}
```http
GET /api/v1/notifications/requests HTTP/1.1
```
Notification requests for notifications filtered by the user's policy. This API returns Link headers containing links to the next/previous page.
**Returns:** Array of [NotificationRequest]({{< relref "entities/NotificationRequest" >}})\
**OAuth:** User token + `read:notifications`\
**Version history:**\
4.3.0 - added
#### Request
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
##### Query parameters
max_id
: String. All results returned will be lesser than this ID. In effect, sets an upper bound on results.
since_id
: String. All results returned will be greater than this ID. In effect, sets a lower bound on results.
min_id
: String. Returns results immediately newer than this ID. In effect, sets a cursor at this ID and paginates forward.
limit
: Integer. Maximum number of results to return. Defaults to 40 notification requests. Max 80 notification requests.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
The response body contains one page of notification requests. You can use the HTTP Link header for further pagination.
```http
Link: <https://mastodon.example/api/v1/notifications/requests?max_id=112456967201894256>; rel="next", <https://mastodon.example/api/v1/notifications/requests?min_id=112456967201894256>; rel="prev"
```
```json
[
{
"id": "112456967201894256",
"created_at": "2024-05-17T14:45:41.171Z",
"updated_at": "2024-05-17T14:45:41.171Z",
"notifications_count": "1",
"account": {
"id": "971724",
"username": "zsc",
"acct": "zsc",
// ...
},
"last_status": {
"id": "103186126728896492",
"created_at": "2019-11-23T07:49:01.940Z",
"in_reply_to_id": "103186038209478945",
"in_reply_to_account_id": "14715",
// ...
"content": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@trwnh\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>trwnh</span></a></span> sup!</p>",
// ...
"account": {
"id": "971724",
"username": "zsc",
"acct": "zsc",
// ...
},
// ...
"mentions": [
{
"id": "14715",
"username": "trwnh",
"url": "https://mastodon.social/@trwnh",
"acct": "trwnh"
}
],
// ...
}
}
]
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
---
## Get a single notification request {#get-one-request}
```http
GET /api/v1/notifications/requests/:id HTTP/1.1
```
View information about a notification request with a given ID.
**Returns:** [NotificationRequest]({{< relref "entities/NotificationRequest" >}})\
**OAuth:** User token + `read:notifications`\
**Version history:**\
4.3.0 - added
#### Request
##### Path parameters
:id
: {{<required>}} String. The ID of the Notification in the database.
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
A single notification request.
```json
{
"id": "112456967201894256",
"created_at": "2024-05-17T14:45:41.171Z",
"updated_at": "2024-05-17T14:45:41.171Z",
"notifications_count": "1",
"account": {
"id": "971724",
"username": "zsc",
"acct": "zsc",
// ...
},
"last_status": {
"id": "103186126728896492",
"created_at": "2019-11-23T07:49:01.940Z",
"in_reply_to_id": "103186038209478945",
"in_reply_to_account_id": "14715",
// ...
"content": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@trwnh\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>trwnh</span></a></span> sup!</p>",
// ...
"account": {
"id": "971724",
"username": "zsc",
"acct": "zsc",
// ...
},
// ...
"mentions": [
{
"id": "14715",
"username": "trwnh",
"url": "https://mastodon.social/@trwnh",
"acct": "trwnh"
}
],
// ...
}
}
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
---
## Accept a single notification request {#accept-request}
```http
POST /api/v1/notifications/requests/:id/accept HTTP/1.1
```
Accept a notification request, which merges the filtered notifications from that user back into the main notification and accepts any future notification from them.
**Returns:** Empty\
**OAuth:** User token + `write:notifications`\
**Version history:**\
4.3.0 - added
#### Request
##### Path parameters
:id
: {{<required>}} String. The ID of the Notification in the database.
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
A single notification request.
```json
{}
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
---
## Dismiss a single notification request {#dismiss-request}
```http
POST /api/v1/notifications/requests/:id/dismiss HTTP/1.1
```
Dismiss a notification request, which hides it and prevent it from contributing to the pending notification requests count.
**Returns:** Empty\
**OAuth:** User token + `write:notifications`\
**Version history:**\
4.3.0 - added
#### Request
##### Path parameters
:id
: {{<required>}} String. The ID of the Notification in the database.
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
#### Response
##### 200: OK
A single notification request.
```json
{}
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
---
## See also
{{< page-relref ref="methods/push" caption="push API methods" >}}
{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/controllers/api/v1/notifications_controller.rb" caption="app/controllers/api/v1/notifications_controller.rb" >}}