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714 lines
18 KiB
Markdown
Friendica API
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===
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The Friendica API aims to be compatible to the [GNU Social API](http://skilledtests.com/wiki/Twitter-compatible_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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#### 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 occour 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 parameter are missing or items can't be found
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- 403 Forbidden: if authenticated user is missing
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- 405 Method Not Allowed: if API was called with invalid method, eg. GET when API require POST
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- 501 Not Implemented: if requested API doesn't exists
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- 500 Internal Server Error: on other error contitions
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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
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### account/verify_credentials
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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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### conversation/show
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Unofficial Twitter command. It shows all direct answers (excluding the original post) to a given id.
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#### Parameters
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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: minimal 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
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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: minimal 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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#### Unsupported parameters
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* skip_status
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### direct_messages/all
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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: minimal 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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### direct_messages/conversation
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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: minimal 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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### direct_messages/new
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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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---
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### direct_messages/sent
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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: minimal 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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### favorites
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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: minimal 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". So setting this value will result in an empty array.
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### favorites/create
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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
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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
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#### Parameters
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* stringify_ids: Should the id numbers be sent as text (true) or number (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 followers of other users.
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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"
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Attend verbs disable eachother: that means that if "attendyes" was added to an item, adding "attendno" remove previous "attendyes".
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Attend verbs should be used only with event-related items (there is no check at the moment)
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#### Return values
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On success:
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json
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```"ok"```
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xml
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```<ok>true</ok>```
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On error:
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HTTP 400 BadRequest
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### friendica/photo
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#### Parameters
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* photo_id: Resource id of a photo.
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* scale: (optional) scale value of the photo
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Returns data of a picture with the given resource.
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If 'scale' isn't provided, returned data include full url to each scale of the photo.
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If 'scale' is set, returned data include image data base64 encoded.
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possibile scale value are:
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0: original or max size by server settings
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1: image with or height at <= 640
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2: image with or height at <= 320
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3: thumbnail 160x160
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4: Profile image at 175x175
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5: Profile image at 80x80
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6: Profile image at 48x48
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An image used as profile image has only scale 4-6, other images only 0-3
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#### Return values
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json
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{
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"id": "photo id"
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"created": "date(YYYY-MM-GG HH:MM:SS)",
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"edited": "date(YYYY-MM-GG HH:MM:SS)",
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"title": "photo title",
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"desc": "photo description",
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"album": "album name",
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"filename": "original file name",
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"type": "mime type",
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"height": "number",
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"width": "number",
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"profile": "1 if is profile photo",
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"link": {
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"<scale>": "url to image"
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...
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},
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// if 'scale' is set
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"datasize": "size in byte",
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"data": "base64 encoded image data"
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}
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```
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xml
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```
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<photo>
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<id>photo id</id>
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<created>date(YYYY-MM-GG HH:MM:SS)</created>
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<edited>date(YYYY-MM-GG HH:MM:SS)</edited>
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<title>photo title</title>
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<desc>photo description</desc>
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<album>album name</album>
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<filename>original file name</filename>
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<type>mime type</type>
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<height>number</height>
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<width>number</width>
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<profile>1 if is profile photo</profile>
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<links type="array">
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<link type="mime type" scale="scale number" href="image url"/>
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...
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</links>
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</photo>
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```
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### friendica/photos/list
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Returns a list of all photo resources of the logged in user.
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#### Return values
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json
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```
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[
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{
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id: "resource_id",
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album: "album name",
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filename: "original file name",
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type: "image mime type",
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thumb: "url to thumb sized image"
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},
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...
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]
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```
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xml
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```
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<photos type="array">
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<photo id="resource_id"
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album="album name"
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filename="original file name"
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type="image mime type">
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"url to thumb sized image"
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</photo>
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...
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</photos>
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```
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### friends/ids
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#### Parameters
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* stringify_ids: Should the id numbers be sent as text (true) or number (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 friends of other users.
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### help/test
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### media/upload
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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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### 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
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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
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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### statuses/friends
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* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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### statuses/friends_timeline
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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: minimal 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
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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: minimal 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
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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: minimal 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
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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: minimal 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
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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: minimal 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
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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
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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
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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: minimal 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/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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## Implemented API calls (not compatible with other APIs)
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---
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### friendica/group_show
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Return all or a specified group of the user with the containing contacts as array.
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#### Parameters
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* gid: optional, if not given, API returns all groups of the user
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#### Return values
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Array of:
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* name: name of the group
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* gid: id of the group
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* user: array of group members (return from api_get_user() function for each member)
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---
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### friendica/group_delete
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delete the specified group of contacts; API call need to include the correct gid AND name of the group to be deleted.
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---
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### Parameters
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* gid: id of the group to be deleted
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* name: name of the group to be deleted
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#### Return values
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Array of:
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* success: true if successfully deleted
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* gid: gid of the deleted group
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* name: name of the deleted group
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* status: „deleted“ if successfully deleted
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* wrong users: empty array
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### friendica/group_create
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Create the group with the posted array of contacts as members.
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#### Parameters
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* name: name of the group to be created
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#### POST data
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JSON data as Array like the result of „users/group_show“:
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* gid
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* name
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* array of users
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#### Return values
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Array of:
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* success: true if successfully created or reactivated
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* gid: gid of the created group
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* name: name of the created group
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* status: „missing user“ | „reactivated“ | „ok“
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* wrong users: array of users, which were not available in the contact table
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### friendica/group_update
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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).
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#### Parameters
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* gid: id of the group to be changed
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* name: name of the group to be changed
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#### POST data
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JSON data as array like the result of „users/group_show“:
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* gid
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* name
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* array of users
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#### Return values
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Array of:
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* success: true if successfully updated
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* gid: gid of the changed group
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* name: name of the changed group
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* status: „missing user“ | „ok“
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* wrong users: array of users, which were not available in the contact table
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---
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## Not Implemented API calls
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The following API calls are implemented in GNU Social but not in Friendica: (incomplete)
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* statuses/retweets_of_me
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* friendships/create
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* friendships/destroy
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* friendships/exists
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* friendships/show
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* account/update_profile_background_image
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* account/update_profile_image
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* blocks/create
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* blocks/destroy
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The following API calls from the Twitter API aren't implemented neither in Friendica nor in GNU Social:
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* statuses/mentions_timeline
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* statuses/retweets/:id
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* statuses/oembed
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* statuses/retweeters/ids
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* statuses/lookup
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* direct_messages/show
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* search/tweets
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* direct_messages/destroy
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* friendships/no_retweets/ids
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* friendships/incoming
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* friendships/outgoing
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* friendships/update
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* friends/list
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* friendships/lookup
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* account/settings
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* account/update_delivery_device
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* account/update_profile
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* account/update_profile_background_image
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* account/update_profile_image
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* blocks/list
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* blocks/ids
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* users/lookup
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* users/show
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* users/search
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* account/remove_profile_banner
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* account/update_profile_banner
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* users/profile_banner
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* mutes/users/create
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* mutes/users/destroy
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* mutes/users/ids
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* mutes/users/list
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* users/suggestions/:slug
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* users/suggestions
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* users/suggestions/:slug/members
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* favorites/list
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* lists/list
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* lists/statuses
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* lists/members/destroy
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* lists/memberships
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* lists/subscribers
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* lists/subscribers/create
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* lists/subscribers/show
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* lists/subscribers/destroy
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* lists/members/create_all
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* lists/members/show
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* lists/members
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* lists/members/create
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* lists/destroy
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* lists/update
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* lists/create
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* lists/show
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* lists/subscriptions
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* lists/members/destroy_all
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* lists/ownerships
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* saved_searches/list
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* saved_searches/show/:id
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* saved_searches/create
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* saved_searches/destroy/:id
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* geo/id/:place_id
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* geo/reverse_geocode
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* geo/search
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* geo/place
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* trends/place
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* trends/available
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* help/configuration
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* help/languages
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* help/privacy
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* help/tos
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* trends/closest
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* users/report_spam
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---
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---
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## Usage Examples
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### BASH / cURL
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Betamax has documentated some example API usage from a [bash script](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell) employing [curl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL) (see [his posting](https://betamax65.de/display/betamax65/43539)).
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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. 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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