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tags API methods

View information about or follow/unfollow hashtags.

    • View information about a single tag
    • Follow a hashtag
    • Unfollow a hashtag
    • See also

View information about a single tag

GET /api/v1/tags/:id HTTP/1.1

Show a hashtag and its associated information

Returns: Tag
OAuth: Public, or User token
Version history:
4.0.0 - added

Request

Path parameters
:id
required String. The name of the hashtag.
Headers
Authorization
Provide this header with Bearer <user_token> to gain authorized access to this API method.

Response

200: OK
{
  "name": "Test",
  "url": "http://mastodon.example/tags/test",
  "history": [
    {
      "day": "1668556800",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668470400",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668384000",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668297600",
      "accounts": "1",
      "uses": "1"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668211200",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668124800",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668038400",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    }
  ],
  "following": false
}

Follow a hashtag

POST /api/v1/tags/:id/follow HTTP/1.1

Follow a hashtag. Posts containing a followed hashtag will be inserted into your home timeline.

Returns: Tag
OAuth: User token + write:follows
Version history:
4.0.0 - added
4.1.0 - this action is now idempotent

Request

Path parameters
:id
required String. The name of the hashtag.
Headers
Authorization
required Provide this header with Bearer <user_token> to gain authorized access to this API method.

Response

200: OK

Tag has been successfully followed

{
  "name": "Test",
  "url": "http://mastodon.example/tags/test",
  "history": [
    {
      "day": "1668556800",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668470400",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668384000",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668297600",
      "accounts": "1",
      "uses": "1"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668211200",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668124800",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668038400",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    }
  ],
  "following": true
}
401: Unauthorized

Invalid or missing Authorization header.

{
  "error": "The access token is invalid"
}
422: Unprocessable entity

Prior to 4.1.0: Tag was already followed

{
  "error": "Duplicate record"
}

Unfollow a hashtag

POST /api/v1/tags/:id/unfollow HTTP/1.1

Unfollow a hashtag. Posts containing this hashtag will no longer be inserted into your home timeline.

Returns: Tag
OAuth: User token + write:follows
Version history:
4.0.0 - added

Request

Path parameters
:id
required String. The name of the hashtag.
Headers
Authorization
required Provide this header with Bearer <user_token> to gain authorized access to this API method.

Response

200: OK

Tag has been successfully unfollowed, or was already unfollowed

{
  "name": "Test",
  "url": "http://mastodon.example/tags/test",
  "history": [
    {
      "day": "1668556800",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668470400",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668384000",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668297600",
      "accounts": "1",
      "uses": "1"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668211200",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668124800",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    },
    {
      "day": "1668038400",
      "accounts": "0",
      "uses": "0"
    }
  ],
  "following": false
}
401: Unauthorized

Invalid or missing Authorization header.

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

See also

GET /api/v1/followed_tags
app/controllers/api/v1/tags_controller.rb

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