Notification

Attributes

id

Description: The id of the notification in the database.
Type: String (cast from an integer, but not guaranteed to be a number)
Version history:
0.9.9 - added

type

Description: The type of event that resulted in the notification.
Type: String (Enumerable oneOf)
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 reblogged has been edited
admin.sign_up = Someone signed up (optionally sent to admins)
admin.report = A new report has been filed
severed_relationships = Some of your follow relationships have been severed as a result of a moderation or block event
moderation_warning = A moderator has taken action against your account or has sent you a warning
Version history:
0.9.9 - added
2.8.0 - added poll
3.1.0 - added follow_request
3.3.0 - added status
3.5.0 - added update and admin.sign_up
4.0.0 - added admin.report
4.3.0 - added severed_relationships and moderation_warning

group_key

Description: Group key shared by similar notifications, to be used in the grouped notifications feature. Should be considered opaque, but ungrouped notifications can be assumed to have a group_key of the form ungrouped-{notification_id}. Type: String
Version history:
4.3.0 - added

created_at

Description: The timestamp of the notification.
Type: String (Datetime)
Version history:
0.9.9 - added

account

Description: The account that performed the action that generated the notification.
Type: Account
Version history:
0.9.9 - added

status optional

Description: Status that was the object of the notification. Attached when type of the notification is favourite, reblog, status, mention, poll, or update.
Type: Status
Version history:
0.9.9 - added

report optional

Description: Report that was the object of the notification. Attached when type of the notification is admin.report.
Type: Report
Version history:
4.0.0 - added

event optional

Description: Summary of the event that caused follow relationships to be severed. Attached when type of the notification is severed_relationships.
Type: RelationshipSeveranceEvent
Version history:
4.3.0 - added

moderation_warning optional

Description: Moderation warning that caused the notification. Attached when type of the notification is moderation_warning.
Type: AccountWarning
Version history:
4.3.0 - added

Examples

Mention

  {
    "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",
      // ...
    }
  }

Favourite

  {
    "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",
      // ...
      "account": {
        "id": "14715",
        "username": "trwnh",
        "acct": "trwnh",
        // ...
      },
      // ...
    }
  }

See also

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