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Friendica API
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* [Home](help)
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The Friendica API aims to be compatible with the [GNU Social API](http://wiki.gnusocial.de/gnusocial:api) and the [Twitter API](https://dev.twitter.com/rest/public).
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Please refer to the linked documentation for further information.
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## Implemented API calls
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### General
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#### HTTP Method
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API endpoints can restrict the method used to request them.
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Using an invalid method results in HTTP error 405 "Method Not Allowed".
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In this document, the required method is listed after the endpoint name. "*" means every method can be used.
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#### Auth
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Friendica supports basic http auth and OAuth 1 to authenticate the user to the api.
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OAuth settings can be added by the user in web UI under /settings/oauth/
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In this document, endpoints which requires auth are marked with "AUTH" after endpoint name
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* cursor: Not implemented in GNU Social
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* trim_user: Not implemented in GNU Social
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* contributor_details: Not implemented in GNU Social
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* place_id: Not implemented in GNU Social
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* display_coordinates: Not implemented in GNU Social
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* include_rts: To-Do
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* include_my_retweet: Retweets in Friendica are implemented in a different way
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#### Different behaviour
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* screen_name: The nick name in friendica is only unique in each network but not for all networks. The users are searched in the following priority: Friendica, StatusNet/GNU Social, Diaspora, pump.io, Twitter. If no contact was found by this way, then the first contact is taken.
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* include_entities: Default is "false". If set to "true" then the plain text is formatted so that links are having descriptions.
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#### Return values
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* cid: Contact id of the user (important for "contact_allow" and "contact_deny")
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* network: network of the user
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#### Errors
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When an error occurs in API call, an HTTP error code is returned, with an error message
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Usually:
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- 400 Bad Request: if parameters are missing or items can't be found
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- 403 Forbidden: if the authenticated user is missing
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- 405 Method Not Allowed: if API was called with an invalid method, eg. GET when API require POST
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- 501 Not Implemented: if the requested API doesn't exist
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- 500 Internal Server Error: on other error conditions
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Error body is
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json:
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```
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	{
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		"error": "Specific error message",
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		"request": "API path requested",
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		"code": "HTTP error code"
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	}
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```
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xml:
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```
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	<status>
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		<error>Specific error message</error>
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		<request>API path requested</request>
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		<code>HTTP error code</code>
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	</status>
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```
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---
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### account/rate_limit_status (*; AUTH)
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---
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### account/verify_credentials (*; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* skip_status: Don't show the "status" field. (Default: false)
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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---
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### conversation/show (*; AUTH)
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Unofficial Twitter command. It shows all direct answers (excluding the original post) to a given id.
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#### Parameter
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* id: id of the post
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* count: Items per page (default: 20)
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* page: page number
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* since_id: minimum id
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* max_id: maximum id
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* include_rts
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* trim_user
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* contributor_details
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---
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### direct_messages (*; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* count: Items per page (default: 20)
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* page: page number
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* since_id: minimum id
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* max_id: maximum id
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* getText: Defines the format of the status field. Can be "html" or "plain"
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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* friendica_verbose: "true" enables different error returns (default: "false")
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* skip_status
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---
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### direct_messages/all (*; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* count: Items per page (default: 20)
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* page: page number
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* since_id: minimum id
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* max_id: maximum id
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* getText: Defines the format of the status field. Can be "html" or "plain"
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* friendica_verbose: "true" enables different error returns (default: "false")
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---
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### direct_messages/conversation (*; AUTH)
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Shows all direct messages of a conversation
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#### Parameters
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* count: Items per page (default: 20)
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* page: page number
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* since_id: minimum id
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* max_id: maximum id
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* getText: Defines the format of the status field. Can be "html" or "plain"
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* uri: URI of the conversation
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* friendica_verbose: "true" enables different error returns (default: "false")
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---
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### direct_messages/sent (*; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* count: Items per page (default: 20)
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* page: page number
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* since_id: minimum id
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* max_id: maximum id
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* getText: Defines the format of the status field. Can be "html" or "plain"
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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* friendica_verbose: "true" enables different error returns (default: "false")
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---
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### direct_messages/new (POST,PUT; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* user_id: id of the user
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* screen_name: screen name (for technical reasons, this value is not unique!)
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* text: The message
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* replyto: ID of the replied direct message
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* title: Title of the direct message
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### direct_messages/destroy (POST,DELETE; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* id: id of the message to be deleted
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* include_entities: optional, currently not yet implemented
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* friendica_parenturi: optional, can be used for increased safety to delete only intended messages
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* friendica_verbose: "true" enables different error returns (default: "false")
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#### Return values
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On success:
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* JSON return as defined for Twitter API not yet implemented
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* on friendica_verbose=true: JSON return {"result":"ok","message":"message deleted"}
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On error:
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HTTP 400 BadRequest
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* on friendica_verbose=true: different JSON returns {"result":"error","message":"xyz"}
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### externalprofile/show (*)
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#### Parameters
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* profileurl: profile url
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### favorites (*; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* count: Items per page (default: 20)
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* page: page number
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* since_id: minimum id
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* max_id: maximum id
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* user_id
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* screen_name
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Favorites aren't displayed to other users, so "user_id" and "screen_name" are unsupported.
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Set this values will result in an empty array.
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### favorites/create (POST,PUT; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* id
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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### favorites/destroy (POST,DELETE; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* id
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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### followers/ids (*; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* stringify_ids: Send id numbers as text (true) or integers (false)? (default: false)
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* user_id
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* screen_name
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* cursor
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Friendica doesn't allow showing the followers of other users.
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### friends/ids (*; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* stringify_ids: Send the id numbers as text (true) or integers (false)? (default: false)
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* user_id
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* screen_name
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* cursor
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Friendica doesn't allow showing the friends of other users.
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### help/test (*)
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### media/upload (POST,PUT; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* media: image data
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### oauth/request_token (*)
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#### Parameters
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* oauth_callback
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* x_auth_access_type
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---
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### oauth/access_token (*)
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#### Parameters
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* oauth_verifier
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* x_auth_password
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* x_auth_username
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* x_auth_mode
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### statuses/destroy (POST,DELETE; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* id: message number
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* trim_user
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### statuses/followers (*; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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### statuses/friends (*; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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### statuses/friends_timeline (*; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* count: Items per page (default: 20)
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* page: page number
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* since_id: minimum id
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* max_id: maximum id
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* exclude_replies: don't show replies (default: false)
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* conversation_id: Shows all statuses of a given conversation.
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* include_rts
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* trim_user
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* contributor_details
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### statuses/home_timeline (*; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* count: Items per page (default: 20)
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* page: page number
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* since_id: minimum id
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* max_id: maximum id
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* exclude_replies: don't show replies (default: false)
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* conversation_id: Shows all statuses of a given conversation.
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* include_rts
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* trim_user
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* contributor_details
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### statuses/mentions (*; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* count: Items per page (default: 20)
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* page: page number
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* since_id: minimum id
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* max_id: maximum id
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* include_rts
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* trim_user
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* contributor_details
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### statuses/public_timeline (*; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* count: Items per page (default: 20)
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* page: page number
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* since_id: minimum id
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* max_id: maximum id
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* exclude_replies: don't show replies (default: false)
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* conversation_id: Shows all statuses of a given conversation.
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* trim_user
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### statuses/replies (*; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* count: Items per page (default: 20)
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* page: page number
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* since_id: minimum id
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* max_id: maximum id
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* include_rts
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* trim_user
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* contributor_details
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### statuses/retweet (POST,PUT; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* id: message number
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* trim_user
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### statuses/show (*; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* id: message number
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* conversation: if set to "1" show all messages of the conversation with the given id
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* include_my_retweet
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* trim_user
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### statuses/update, statuses/update_with_media
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#### Parameters
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* title: Title of the status
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* status: Status in text format
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* htmlstatus: Status in HTML format
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* in_reply_to_status_id
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* lat: latitude
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* long: longitude
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* media: image data
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* source: Application name
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* group_allow
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* contact_allow
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* group_deny
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* contact_deny
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* network
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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* media_ids: (By now only a single value, no array)
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* trim_user
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* place_id
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* display_coordinates
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### statuses/user_timeline (*; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* user_id: id of the user
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* screen_name: screen name (for technical reasons, this value is not unique!)
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* count: Items per page (default: 20)
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* page: page number
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* since_id: minimum id
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* max_id: maximum id
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* exclude_replies: don't show replies (default: false)
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* conversation_id: Shows all statuses of a given conversation.
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* include_rts
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* trim_user
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* contributor_details
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### statusnet/config (*)
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### statusnet/conversation (*; AUTH)
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It shows all direct answers (excluding the original post) to a given id.
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#### Parameter
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* id: id of the post
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* count: Items per page (default: 20)
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* page: page number
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* since_id: minimum id
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* max_id: maximum id
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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### statusnet/version (*)
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* user_id
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* screen_name
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* cursor
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Friendica doesn't allow showing followers of other users.
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### users/search (*)
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#### Parameters
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* q: name of the user
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* page
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* count
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* include_entities
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### users/show (*)
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#### Parameters
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* user_id: id of the user
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* screen_name: screen name (for technical reasons, this value is not unique!)
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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#### Unsupported parameters
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* user_id
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* screen_name
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* cursor
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Friendica doesn't allow showing friends of other users.
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### account/update_profile_image (POST; AUTH)
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#### Parameters
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* image: image data as base64 (Twitter has a limit of 700kb, Friendica allows more)
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* profile_id (optional): id of the profile for which the image should be used, default is changing the default profile
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uploads a new profile image (scales 4-6) to database, changes default or specified profile to the new photo
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#### Return values
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On success:
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* JSON return: returns the updated user details (see account/verify_credentials)
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On error:
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* 403 FORBIDDEN: if not authenticated
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* 400 BADREQUEST: "no media data submitted", "profile_id not available"
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* 500 INTERNALSERVERERROR: "image size exceeds PHP config settings, file was rejected by server",
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			"image size exceeds Friendica Config setting (uploaded size: x)",
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			"unable to process image data",
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			"image upload failed"
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## Implemented API calls (not compatible with other APIs)
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### friendica/activity/<verb>
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#### parameters
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* id: item id
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Add or remove an activity from an item.
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'verb' can be one of:
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- like
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- dislike
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- attendyes
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- attendno
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- attendmaybe
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 | 
						|
To remove an activity, prepend the verb with "un", eg. "unlike" or "undislike"
 | 
						|
Attend verbs disable eachother: that means that if "attendyes" was added to an item, adding "attendno" remove previous "attendyes".
 | 
						|
Attend verbs should be used only with event-related items (there is no check at the moment)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Return values
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
On success:
 | 
						|
json
 | 
						|
```"ok"```
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
xml
 | 
						|
```<ok>true</ok>```
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
On error:
 | 
						|
HTTP 400 BadRequest
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
### friendica/group_show (*; AUTH)
 | 
						|
Return all or a specified group of the user with the containing contacts as array.
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Parameters
 | 
						|
* gid: optional, if not given, API returns all groups of the user
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Return values
 | 
						|
Array of:
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
* name: name of the group
 | 
						|
* gid: id of the group
 | 
						|
* user: array of group members (return from api_get_user() function for each member)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
### friendica/group_delete (POST,DELETE; AUTH)
 | 
						|
delete the specified group of contacts; API call need to include the correct gid AND name of the group to be deleted.
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Parameters
 | 
						|
* gid: id of the group to be deleted
 | 
						|
* name: name of the group to be deleted
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Return values
 | 
						|
Array of:
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
* success: true if successfully deleted
 | 
						|
* gid: gid of the deleted group
 | 
						|
* name: name of the deleted group
 | 
						|
* status: „deleted“ if successfully deleted
 | 
						|
* wrong users: empty array
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
### friendica/group_create (POST,PUT; AUTH)
 | 
						|
Create the group with the posted array of contacts as members.
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Parameters
 | 
						|
* name: name of the group to be created
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### POST data
 | 
						|
JSON data as Array like the result of "users/group_show":
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
* gid
 | 
						|
* name
 | 
						|
* array of users
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Return values
 | 
						|
Array of:
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
* success: true if successfully created or reactivated
 | 
						|
* gid: gid of the created group
 | 
						|
* name: name of the created group
 | 
						|
* status: „missing user“ | „reactivated“ | „ok“
 | 
						|
* wrong users: array of users, which were not available in the contact table
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
### friendica/group_update (POST)
 | 
						|
Update the group with the posted array of contacts as members (post all members of the group to the call; function will remove members not posted).
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Parameters
 | 
						|
* gid: id of the group to be changed
 | 
						|
* name: name of the group to be changed
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### POST data
 | 
						|
JSON data as array like the result of „users/group_show“:
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
* gid
 | 
						|
* name
 | 
						|
* array of users
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Return values
 | 
						|
Array of:
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
* success: true if successfully updated
 | 
						|
* gid: gid of the changed group
 | 
						|
* name: name of the changed group
 | 
						|
* status: „missing user“ | „ok“
 | 
						|
* wrong users: array of users, which were not available in the contact table
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
### friendica/notifications (GET)
 | 
						|
Return last 50 notification for current user, ordered by date with unseen item on top
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Parameters
 | 
						|
none
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Return values
 | 
						|
Array of:
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
* id: id of the note
 | 
						|
* type: type of notification as int (see NOTIFY_* constants in boot.php)
 | 
						|
* name: full name of the contact subject of the note
 | 
						|
* url: contact's profile url
 | 
						|
* photo: contact's profile photo
 | 
						|
* date: datetime string of the note
 | 
						|
* timestamp: timestamp of the node
 | 
						|
* date_rel: relative date of the note (eg. "1 hour ago")
 | 
						|
* msg: note message in bbcode
 | 
						|
* msg_html: note message in html
 | 
						|
* msg_plain: note message in plain text
 | 
						|
* link: link to note
 | 
						|
* seen: seen state: 0 or 1
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
### friendica/notifications/seen (POST)
 | 
						|
Set note as seen, returns item object if possible
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Parameters
 | 
						|
id: id of the note to set seen
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Return values
 | 
						|
If the note is linked to an item, the item is returned, just like one of the "statuses/*_timeline" api.
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
If the note is not linked to an item, a success status is returned:
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
* "success" (json) | <status>success</status>;" (xml)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
### friendica/photo (*; AUTH)
 | 
						|
#### Parameters
 | 
						|
* photo_id: Resource id of a photo.
 | 
						|
* scale: (optional) scale value of the photo
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
Returns data of a picture with the given resource.
 | 
						|
If 'scale' isn't provided, returned data include full url to each scale of the photo.
 | 
						|
If 'scale' is set, returned data include image data base64 encoded.
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
possibile scale value are:
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
* 0: original or max size by server settings
 | 
						|
* 1: image with or height at <= 640
 | 
						|
* 2: image with or height at <= 320
 | 
						|
* 3: thumbnail 160x160
 | 
						|
* 4: Profile image at 175x175
 | 
						|
* 5: Profile image at 80x80
 | 
						|
* 6: Profile image at 48x48
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
An image used as profile image has only scale 4-6, other images only 0-3
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Return values
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
json
 | 
						|
```
 | 
						|
	{
 | 
						|
		"id": "photo id"
 | 
						|
		"created": "date(YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)",
 | 
						|
		"edited": "date(YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)",
 | 
						|
		"title": "photo title",
 | 
						|
		"desc": "photo description",
 | 
						|
		"album": "album name",
 | 
						|
		"filename": "original file name",
 | 
						|
		"type": "mime type",
 | 
						|
		"height": "number",
 | 
						|
		"width": "number",
 | 
						|
		"profile": "1 if is profile photo",
 | 
						|
		"link": {
 | 
						|
			"<scale>": "url to image"
 | 
						|
			...
 | 
						|
		},
 | 
						|
		// if 'scale' is set
 | 
						|
		"datasize": "size in byte",
 | 
						|
		"data": "base64 encoded image data"
 | 
						|
	}
 | 
						|
```
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
xml
 | 
						|
```
 | 
						|
	<photo>
 | 
						|
		<id>photo id</id>
 | 
						|
		<created>date(YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)</created>
 | 
						|
		<edited>date(YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)</edited>
 | 
						|
		<title>photo title</title>
 | 
						|
		<desc>photo description</desc>
 | 
						|
		<album>album name</album>
 | 
						|
		<filename>original file name</filename>
 | 
						|
		<type>mime type</type>
 | 
						|
		<height>number</height>
 | 
						|
		<width>number</width>
 | 
						|
		<profile>1 if is profile photo</profile>
 | 
						|
		<links type="array">
 | 
						|
		<link type="mime type" scale="scale number" href="image url"/>
 | 
						|
			...
 | 
						|
		</links>
 | 
						|
	</photo>
 | 
						|
```
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
### friendica/photos/list (*; AUTH)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
Returns a list of all photo resources of the logged in user.
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Return values
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
json
 | 
						|
```
 | 
						|
	[
 | 
						|
		{
 | 
						|
			id: "resource_id",
 | 
						|
			album: "album name",
 | 
						|
			filename: "original file name",
 | 
						|
			type: "image mime type",
 | 
						|
			thumb: "url to thumb sized image"
 | 
						|
		},
 | 
						|
		...
 | 
						|
	]
 | 
						|
```
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
xml
 | 
						|
```
 | 
						|
	<photos type="array">
 | 
						|
		<photo id="resource_id"
 | 
						|
		album="album name"
 | 
						|
		filename="original file name"
 | 
						|
		type="image mime type">
 | 
						|
			"url to thumb sized image"
 | 
						|
		</photo>
 | 
						|
		...
 | 
						|
	</photos>
 | 
						|
```
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
### friendica/photoalbum/delete (POST,DELETE; AUTH)
 | 
						|
#### Parameters
 | 
						|
* album: name of the album to be deleted
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
deletes all images with the specified album name, is not reversible -> ensure that client is asking user for being sure to do this
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Return values
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
On success:
 | 
						|
* JSON return {"result":"deleted","message":"album 'xyz' with all containing photos has been deleted."}
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
On error:
 | 
						|
* 403 FORBIDDEN: if not authenticated
 | 
						|
* 400 BADREQUEST: "no albumname specified", "album not available"
 | 
						|
* 500 INTERNALSERVERERROR: "problem with deleting item occured", "unknown error - deleting from database failed"
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
### friendica/photoalbum/update (POST,PUT; AUTH)
 | 
						|
#### Parameters
 | 
						|
* album: name of the album to be updated
 | 
						|
* album_new: new name of the album
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
changes the album name to album_new for all photos in album
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Return values
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
On success:
 | 
						|
* JSON return {"result":"updated","message":"album 'abc' with all containing photos has been renamed to 'xyz'."}
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
On error:
 | 
						|
* 403 FORBIDDEN: if not authenticated
 | 
						|
* 400 BADREQUEST: "no albumname specified", "no new albumname specified", "album not available"
 | 
						|
* 500 INTERNALSERVERERROR: "unknown error - updating in database failed"
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
### friendica/photo/create (POST; AUTH)
 | 
						|
### friendica/photo/update (POST; AUTH)
 | 
						|
#### Parameters
 | 
						|
* photo_id (optional): if specified the photo with this id will be updated
 | 
						|
* media (optional): image data as base64, only optional if photo_id is specified (new upload must have media)
 | 
						|
* desc (optional): description for the photo, updated when photo_id is specified
 | 
						|
* album: name of the album to be deleted (always necessary)
 | 
						|
* album_new (optional): can be used to change the album of a single photo if photo_id is specified
 | 
						|
* allow_cid/allow_gid/deny_cid/deny_gid (optional): on create: empty string or omitting = public photo, specify in format '```<x><y><z>```' for private photo;
 | 
						|
			on update: keys need to be present with empty values for changing a private photo to public
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
both calls point to one function for creating AND updating photos.
 | 
						|
Saves data for the scales 0-2 to database (see above for scale description).
 | 
						|
Call adds non-visible entries to items table to enable authenticated contacts to comment/like the photo.
 | 
						|
Client should pay attention to the fact that updated access rights are not transferred to the contacts. i.e. public photos remain publicly visible if they have been commented/liked before setting visibility back to a limited group.
 | 
						|
Currently it is best to inform user that updating rights is not the right way to do this, and offer a solution to add photo as a new photo with the new rights instead.
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Return values
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
On success:
 | 
						|
* new photo uploaded: JSON return with photo data (see friendica/photo)
 | 
						|
* photo updated - changed photo data: JSON return with photo data (see friendica/photo)
 | 
						|
* photo updated - changed info: JSON return {"result":"updated","message":"Image id 'xyz' has been updated."}
 | 
						|
* photo updated - nothing changed: JSON return {"result":"cancelled","message":"Nothing to update for image id 'xyz'."}
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
On error:
 | 
						|
* 403 FORBIDDEN: if not authenticated
 | 
						|
* 400 BADREQUEST: "no albumname specified", "no media data submitted", "photo not available", "acl data invalid"
 | 
						|
* 500 INTERNALSERVERERROR: "image size exceeds PHP config settings, file was rejected by server",
 | 
						|
			"image size exceeds Friendica Config setting (uploaded size: x)",
 | 
						|
			"unable to process image data",
 | 
						|
			"image upload failed",
 | 
						|
			"unknown error - uploading photo failed, see Friendica log for more information",
 | 
						|
			"unknown error - update photo entry in database failed",
 | 
						|
			"unknown error - this error on uploading or updating a photo should never happen"
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
### friendica/photo/delete (DELETE; AUTH)
 | 
						|
#### Parameters
 | 
						|
* photo_id: id of the photo to be deleted
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
deletes a single image with the specified id, is not reversible -> ensure that client is asking user for being sure to do this
 | 
						|
Sets item table entries for this photo to deleted = 1
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Return values
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
On success:
 | 
						|
* JSON return {"result":"deleted","message":"photo with id 'xyz' has been deleted from server."}
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
On error:
 | 
						|
* 403 FORBIDDEN: if not authenticated
 | 
						|
* 400 BADREQUEST: "no photo_id specified", "photo not available"
 | 
						|
* 500 INTERNALSERVERERROR: "unknown error on deleting photo", "problem with deleting items occurred"
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
### friendica/direct_messages_setseen (GET; AUTH)
 | 
						|
#### Parameters
 | 
						|
* id: id of the message to be updated as seen
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Return values
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
On success:
 | 
						|
* JSON return {"result":"ok","message":"message set to seen"}
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
On error:
 | 
						|
* different JSON returns {"result":"error","message":"xyz"}
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
### friendica/direct_messages_search (GET; AUTH)
 | 
						|
#### Parameters
 | 
						|
* searchstring: string for which the API call should search as '%searchstring%' in field 'body' of all messages of the authenticated user (caption ignored)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Return values
 | 
						|
Returns only tested with JSON, XML might work as well.
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
On success:
 | 
						|
* JSON return {"success":"true","search_results": array of found messages}
 | 
						|
* JSOn return {"success":"false","search_results":"nothing found"}
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
On error:
 | 
						|
* different JSON returns {"result":"error","message":"searchstring not specified"}
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
### friendica/profile/show (GET; AUTH)
 | 
						|
show data of all profiles or a single profile of the authenticated user
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Parameters
 | 
						|
* profile_id: id of the profile to be returned (optional, if omitted all profiles are returned by default)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
#### Return values
 | 
						|
On success: Array of:
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
* multi_profiles: true if user has activated multi_profiles
 | 
						|
* global_dir: URL of the global directory set in server settings
 | 
						|
* friendica_owner: user data of the authenticated user
 | 
						|
* profiles: array of the profile data
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
On error:
 | 
						|
HTTP 403 Forbidden: when no authentication was provided
 | 
						|
HTTP 400 Bad Request: if given profile_id is not in the database or is not assigned to the authenticated user
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
General description of profile data in API returns:
 | 
						|
* profile_id
 | 
						|
* profile_name
 | 
						|
* is_default: true if this is the public profile
 | 
						|
* hide_friends: true if friends are hidden
 | 
						|
* profile_photo
 | 
						|
* profile_thumb
 | 
						|
* publish: true if published on the server's local directory
 | 
						|
* net_publish: true if published to global_dir
 | 
						|
* description ... homepage: different data fields from 'profile' table in database
 | 
						|
* users: array with the users allowed to view this profile (empty if is_default=true)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
## Not Implemented API calls
 | 
						|
The following API calls are implemented in GNU Social but not in Friendica: (incomplete)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
* statuses/retweets_of_me
 | 
						|
* friendships/create
 | 
						|
* friendships/destroy
 | 
						|
* friendships/exists
 | 
						|
* friendships/show
 | 
						|
* account/update_profile_background_image
 | 
						|
* blocks/create
 | 
						|
* blocks/destroy
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
The following API calls from the Twitter API are not implemented in either Friendica or GNU Social:
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
* statuses/mentions_timeline
 | 
						|
* statuses/retweets/:id
 | 
						|
* statuses/oembed
 | 
						|
* statuses/retweeters/ids
 | 
						|
* statuses/lookup
 | 
						|
* direct_messages/show
 | 
						|
* search/tweets
 | 
						|
* friendships/no_retweets/ids
 | 
						|
* friendships/incoming
 | 
						|
* friendships/outgoing
 | 
						|
* friendships/update
 | 
						|
* friends/list
 | 
						|
* friendships/lookup
 | 
						|
* account/settings
 | 
						|
* account/update_delivery_device
 | 
						|
* account/update_profile
 | 
						|
* account/update_profile_background_image
 | 
						|
* blocks/list
 | 
						|
* blocks/ids
 | 
						|
* users/lookup
 | 
						|
* users/show
 | 
						|
* users/search
 | 
						|
* account/remove_profile_banner
 | 
						|
* account/update_profile_banner
 | 
						|
* users/profile_banner
 | 
						|
* mutes/users/create
 | 
						|
* mutes/users/destroy
 | 
						|
* mutes/users/ids
 | 
						|
* mutes/users/list
 | 
						|
* users/suggestions/:slug
 | 
						|
* users/suggestions
 | 
						|
* users/suggestions/:slug/members
 | 
						|
* favorites/list
 | 
						|
* lists/list
 | 
						|
* lists/statuses
 | 
						|
* lists/members/destroy
 | 
						|
* lists/memberships
 | 
						|
* lists/subscribers
 | 
						|
* lists/subscribers/create
 | 
						|
* lists/subscribers/show
 | 
						|
* lists/subscribers/destroy
 | 
						|
* lists/members/create_all
 | 
						|
* lists/members/show
 | 
						|
* lists/members
 | 
						|
* lists/members/create
 | 
						|
* lists/destroy
 | 
						|
* lists/update
 | 
						|
* lists/create
 | 
						|
* lists/show
 | 
						|
* lists/subscriptions
 | 
						|
* lists/members/destroy_all
 | 
						|
* lists/ownerships
 | 
						|
* saved_searches/list
 | 
						|
* saved_searches/show/:id
 | 
						|
* saved_searches/create
 | 
						|
* saved_searches/destroy/:id
 | 
						|
* geo/id/:place_id
 | 
						|
* geo/reverse_geocode
 | 
						|
* geo/search
 | 
						|
* geo/place
 | 
						|
* trends/place
 | 
						|
* trends/available
 | 
						|
* help/configuration
 | 
						|
* help/languages
 | 
						|
* help/privacy
 | 
						|
* help/tos
 | 
						|
* trends/closest
 | 
						|
* users/report_spam
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
---
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
## Usage Examples
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### BASH / cURL
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/usr/bin/curl -u USER:PASS https://YOUR.FRIENDICA.TLD/api/statuses/update.xml -d source="some source id" -d status="the status you want to post"
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### Python
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The [RSStoFriedika](https://github.com/pafcu/RSStoFriendika) code can be used as an example of how to use the API with python.
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The lines for posting are located at [line 21](https://github.com/pafcu/RSStoFriendika/blob/master/RSStoFriendika.py#L21) and following.
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def tweet(server, message, group_allow=None):
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url = server + '/api/statuses/update'
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urllib2.urlopen(url, urllib.urlencode({'status': message,'group_allow[]':group_allow}, doseq=True))
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There is also a [module for python 3](https://bitbucket.org/tobiasd/python-friendica) for using the API.
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