trends API methods

Listings of tags, statuses, and links with increased activity

Summary

These endpoints return the relevant trending results for each of tags, statuses, and links. Results are returned according to an internal trending score, and not guaranteed to be chronologically or lexically sorted. Trending scores are periodically recalculated.

View trending tags

GET /api/v1/trends/tags HTTP/1.1

Tags that are being used more frequently within the past week.

Returns: Array of Tag
OAuth: Public
Version history:
3.0.0 - added
3.5.0 - method signature changed from GET /api/v1/trends to GET /api/v1/trends/tags. The former is a deprecated alias that may be removed in the future.

Request

Query parameters

limit: Integer. Maximum number of results to return. Defaults to 10 tags. Max 20 tags.
offset: Integer. Skip the first n results.

Response

200: OK

[
  {
    "id": "201",
    "name": "hola",
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/hola",
    "history": [
      {
        "day": "1574726400",
        "uses": "13",
        "accounts": "10"
      },
      // ...
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "695",
    "name": "SaveDotOrg",
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/SaveDotOrg",
    "history": [
      {
        "day": "1574726400",
        "uses": "9",
        "accounts": "9"
      },
      // ...
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "415",
    "name": "introduction",
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/introduction",
    "history": [
      {
        "day": "1574726400",
        "uses": "15",
        "accounts": "14"
      },
      // ...
    ]
  },
  // ...
]

View trending statuses

GET /api/v1/trends/statuses HTTP/1.1

Statuses that have been interacted with more than others.

Returns: Array of Status
OAuth: Public
Version history:
3.5.0 - added

Request

Query parameters

limit: Integer. Maximum number of results to return. Defaults to 20 statuses. Max 40 statuses.
offset: Integer. Skip the first n results.

Response

200: OK

[
  {
    "id": "108910940413327534",
    "created_at": "2022-08-30T08:44:26.366Z",
    "in_reply_to_id": null,
    "in_reply_to_account_id": null,
    "sensitive": false,
    // ...
    "content": "<p>In order to prevent such incidents from happening in the future, we are implementing a fixed set of internal guidelines which must be met before any media content can be shared on our social media platforms. The distribution of material which promotes a message of racism or sexism is unacceptable. We can do better and in the future we will do better.</p><p>We apologize again for this incident and can assure you that it will not happen again.</p><p>Your Tutanota Team</p>",
    // ...
  },
  // ...
]

View trending links

GET /api/v1/trends/links HTTP/1.1

Links that have been shared more than others.

Returns: Array of Trends::Link
OAuth: Public
Version history:
3.5.0 - added

Request

Query parameters

limit: Integer. Maximum number of results to return. Defaults to 10 links. Max 20 links.
offset: Integer. Skip the first n results.

Response

200: OK

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/plan-your-vote-2022-elections/index.html",
    "title": "Plan Your Vote: 2022 Elections",
    "description": "Everything you need to know about the voting rules where you live, including registration, mail-in voting, changes since 2020, and more.",
    "type": "link",
    "author_name": "NBC News",
    "author_url": "",
    "provider_name": "NBC News",
    "provider_url": "",
    "html": "",
    "width": 400,
    "height": 225,
    "image": "https://files.mastodon.social/cache/preview_cards/images/045/027/478/original/0783d5e91a14fd49.jpeg",
    "embed_url": "",
    "blurhash": "UcQmF#ay~qofj[WBj[j[~qof9Fayofofayay",
    "history": [
      {
        "day": "1661817600",
        "accounts": "7",
        "uses": "7"
      },
      {
        "day": "1661731200",
        "accounts": "23",
        "uses": "23"
      },
      {
        "day": "1661644800",
        "accounts": "0",
        "uses": "0"
      },
      {
        "day": "1661558400",
        "accounts": "0",
        "uses": "0"
      },
      {
        "day": "1661472000",
        "accounts": "0",
        "uses": "0"
      },
      {
        "day": "1661385600",
        "accounts": "0",
        "uses": "0"
      },
      {
        "day": "1661299200",
        "accounts": "0",
        "uses": "0"
      }
    ]
  },
  // ...
]