favourites API methods

View your favourites. See also statuses/:id/{favourite,unfavourite}

View favourited statuses

GET /api/v1/favourites HTTP/1.1

Statuses the user has favourited.

Returns: Array of Status
OAuth: User token + read:favourites
Version:
0.0.0 - added
2.6.0 - min_id added
3.3.0 - both min_id and max_id can be used at the same time now

Request

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 to return. Defaults to 20 statuses. Max 40 statuses.

Response

200: OK

An example call with limit=2.

[
  {
    "id": "103186075217296344",
    "created_at": "2019-11-23T07:35:52.000Z",
    "in_reply_to_id": null,
    "in_reply_to_account_id": null,
    "sensitive": false,
    "spoiler_text": "",
    "visibility": "unlisted",
    "language": "enCy",
    "uri": "https://cybre.space/users/haskal/statuses/103186075002013902",
    "url": "https://cybre.space/@haskal/103186075002013902",
    "replies_count": 0,
    "reblogs_count": 1,
    "favourites_count": 1,
    "favourited": true,
    "reblogged": false,
    "muted": false,
    "bookmarked": false,
    "content": "<p>the pirate gay</p>",
    "reblog": null,
    "account": {
      "id": "297420",
      "username": "haskal",
      "acct": "haskal@cybre.space",
      "display_name": "soft nb friend :blobcatsleep:",
      // ...
    },
    "media_attachments": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "tags": [],
    "emojis": [],
    "card": null,
    "poll": null
  },
  {
    "id": "103186044372624124",
    "created_at": "2019-11-23T07:28:03.000Z",
    // ...
    "content": "<p>cute,,,</p>",
    "reblog": null,
    "account": {
      "id": "297420",
      "username": "haskal",
      "acct": "haskal@cybre.space",
      "display_name": "soft nb friend :blobcatsleep:",
      "locked": false,
      "bot": false,
      // ...
    },
    // ...
  }
]

Because Favourite IDs are generally not exposed via any API responses, you will have to parse the HTTP Link header to load older or newer results. See Paginating through API responses for more information.

Link: <https://mastodon.example/api/v1/favourites?limit=2&max_id=23716836>; rel="next", <https://mastodon.example/api/v1/favourites?limit=2&min_id=23716978>; rel="prev"

401: Unauthorized

Invalid or missing Authorization header.

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