documentation/content/en/methods/announcements.md

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announcements API methods	For announcements set by administration.	docs weight name parent identifier 90 announcements methods-instance methods-announcements	/methods/announcements /api/methods/announcements /methods/instance/announcements

View all announcements

GET /api/v1/announcements HTTP/1.1

See all currently active announcements set by admins.

Returns: Array of [Announcement]({{< relref "entities/announcement">}})
OAuth: User token
Version history:
3.1.0 - added

Request

Headers

Authorization

{{}} Provide this header with Bearer <user_token> to gain authorized access to this API method.

Response

200: OK

Currently active announcements

[
  {
    "id": "8",
    "content": "<p>Looks like there was an issue processing audio attachments without embedded art since yesterday due to an experimental new feature. That issue has now been fixed, so you may see older posts with audio from other servers pop up in your feeds now as they are being finally properly processed. Sorry!</p>",
    "starts_at": null,
    "ends_at": null,
    "all_day": false,
    "published_at": "2020-07-03T01:27:38.726Z",
    "updated_at": "2020-07-03T01:27:38.752Z",
    "read": true,
    "mentions": [],
    "statuses": [],
    "tags": [],
    "emojis": [],
    "reactions": [
      {
        "name": "bongoCat",
        "count": 9,
        "me": false,
        "url": "https://files.mastodon.social/custom_emojis/images/000/067/715/original/fdba57dff7576d53.png",
        "static_url": "https://files.mastodon.social/custom_emojis/images/000/067/715/static/fdba57dff7576d53.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "thonking",
        "count": 1,
        "me": false,
        "url": "https://files.mastodon.social/custom_emojis/images/000/098/690/original/a8d36edc4a7032e8.png",
        "static_url": "https://files.mastodon.social/custom_emojis/images/000/098/690/static/a8d36edc4a7032e8.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "AAAAAA",
        "count": 1,
        "me": false,
        "url": "https://files.mastodon.social/custom_emojis/images/000/071/387/original/AAAAAA.png",
        "static_url": "https://files.mastodon.social/custom_emojis/images/000/071/387/static/AAAAAA.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "🤔",
        "count": 1,
        "me": true
      }
    ]
  }
]

401: Unauthorized

Invalid or missing Authorization header.

{
  "error": "The access token is invalid"
}

---

Dismiss an announcement

POST /api/v1/announcements/:id/dismiss HTTP/1.1

Allows a user to mark the announcement as read.

Returns: Empty
OAuth: User token + write:accounts
Version history:
3.1.0 - added

Request

Path parameters

:id

{{}} String. The ID of the Announcement in the database.

Headers

Authorization

{{}} Provide this header with Bearer <user_token> to gain authorized access to this API method.

Response

200: OK

{}

401: Unauthorized

Invalid or missing Authorization header.

{
  "error": "The access token is invalid"
}

404: Not found

Announcement with given ID does not exist

{
  "error": "Record not found"
}

---

Add a reaction to an announcement

PUT /api/v1/announcements/:id/reactions/:name HTTP/1.1

React to an announcement with an emoji.

Returns: Empty
OAuth: User token + write:favourites
Version history:
3.1.0 - added

Request

Path parameters

:id

{{}} String. The ID of the Announcement in the database.

:name

{{}} String. Unicode emoji, or the shortcode of a custom emoji.

Headers

Authorization

{{}} Provide this header with Bearer <user_token> to gain authorized access to this API method.

Response

200: OK

{}

401: Unauthorized

Invalid or missing Authorization header.

{
  "error": "The access token is invalid"
}

404: Not found

Announcement with given ID does not exist

{
  "error": "Record not found"
}

422: Unprocessable entity

{
  "error": "Validation failed: Name is not a recognized emoji"
}

---

Remove a reaction from an announcement

DELETE /api/v1/announcements/:id/reactions/:name HTTP/1.1

Undo a react emoji to an announcement.

Returns: Empty
OAuth: User token + write:favourites
Version history:
3.1.0 - added

Request

Path parameters

:id

{{}} String. The ID of the Announcement in the database.

:name

{{}} String. Unicode emoji, or the shortcode of a custom emoji.

Headers

Authorization

{{}} Provide this header with Bearer <user_token> to gain authorized access to this API method.

Response

200: OK

{}

401: Unauthorized

Invalid or missing Authorization header.

{
  "error": "The access token is invalid"
}

404: Not found

Announcement with given ID does not exist

{
  "error": "Record not found"
}

422: Unprocessable entity

{
  "error": "Validation failed: Name is not a recognized emoji"
}

---

See also

{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/controllers/api/v1/announcements_controller.rb" caption="app/controllers/api/v1/announcements_controller.rb" >}}

{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/controllers/api/v1/announcements/reactions_controller.rb" caption="app/controllers/api/v1/announcements/reactions_controller.rb" >}}