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NotificationFallback

Represents a notification of an event relevant to the user.

    • Attributes
      • title
      • summary
      • details
    • See also

Attributes

title

Description: Localized fallback title for the notification, for instance “Alice added you to a collection”.
Type: String (HTML)
Version history:
4.6.0 - added

summary

Description: Localized fallback summary for the notification, for instance “You’re on an app that does not support the most recent version of Mastodon. Sign in to the Mastodon web app for full functionality.”
Type: nullable String (HTML)
Version history:
4.6.0 - added

details

Description: Localized details for the notifications, to be displayed when clicking the notification, for instance.
Type: nullable String (HTML)
Version history:
4.6.0 - added

See also

notifications API methods
app/serializers/concerns/notification_fallback_concern.rb

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