friendica-directory/docs/Protocol.md

Friendica Directory Protocol

Search

GET /search[/account_type]?q=...
Accept: application/json

Parameters:

• account_type: An arbitrary account type string. Currently supported are all, people and forum. Default is all.
• q: The search query.

Returns a JSON structure containing a paginated list profiles matching the search query and the optional account type.

Example:

{
      "query": "philosophy",
      "page": 1,
      "itemsperpage": 20,
      "count": "13",
      "profiles": [
            {
                  "id": "2259",
                  "name": "Hyp🌧lite Pe☂ov🍃n (he/him)",
                  "username": "hypolite",
                  "addr": "hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com",
                  "account_type": "People",
                  "pdesc": "Subpar geek, french/english, science, games, feminism, jokes and anything in between. Avatar by @DearMsDear@mastodon.art",
                  "locality": "Brooklyn",
                  "region": "New York",
                  "country": "USA",
                  "profile_url": "https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/profile/hypolite",
                  "dfrn_request": "https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/dfrn_request/hypolite",
                  "photo": "https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/photo/27330388315ae4ed2b03e3c116980490-4.jpg?ts=1541567135",
                  "tags": "videogame gaming boardgame politics philosophy development programming php",
                  "last_activity": "2018-45"
            },
            ...
      ]
}    

Profile submission

GET /submit?url=...

Parameters:

• url: a hexadecimal-encoded profile URL to be added to the directory.

The success of the operation is indicated by the HTTP response code.

Synchronization

GET /sync/pull/all

Returns a JSON structure containing all the profiles displayed by the directory.

Example:

{
    now: 1541942034,
    count: 7435,
    results: [
        "http://example.com/profile/test",
        ...
    ]
}

GET /sync/pull/since/1541942034

Returns a JSON structure containing profiles displayed by the directory that have been updated since the provided UNIX timestamp.

Example:

{
    now: 1541942160,
    count: 2766,
    results: [
        "http://example.com/profile/test",
        ...
    ]
}