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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).
Please refer to the linked documentation for further information.
## Implemented API calls
### General
#### Unsupported parameters
* cursor: Not implemented in GNU Social
* trim_user: Not implemented in GNU Social
* contributor_details: Not implemented in GNU Social
* place_id: Not implemented in GNU Social
* display_coordinates: Not implemented in GNU Social
* include_rts: To-Do
* include_my_retweet: Retweets in Friendica are implemented in a different way
#### Different behaviour
* 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.
* include_entities: Default is "false". If set to "true" then the plain text is formatted so that links are having descriptions.
#### Return values
* cid: Contact id of the user (important for "contact_allow" and "contact_deny")
* network: network of the user
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#### Errors
When an error occour in API call, an HTTP error code is returned, with an error message
Usually:
- 400 Bad Request: if parameter are missing or items can't be found
- 403 Forbidden: if authenticated user is missing
- 405 Method Not Allowed: if API was called with invalid method, eg. GET when API require POST
- 501 Not Implemented: if requested API doesn't exists
- 500 Internal Server Error: on other error contitions
Error body is
json:
```
{
"error": "Specific error message",
"request": "API path requested",
"code": "HTTP error code"
}
```
xml:
```
<status>
<error>Specific error message</error>
<request>API path requested</request>
<code>HTTP error code</code>
</status>
```
---
### account/rate_limit_status
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### account/verify_credentials
#### Parameters
* skip_status: Don't show the "status" field. (Default: false)
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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### conversation/show
Unofficial Twitter command. It shows all direct answers (excluding the original post) to a given id.
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#### Parameters
* id: id of the post
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
* max_id: maximum id
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
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* include_rts
* trim_user
* contributor_details
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### direct_messages
#### Parameters
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
* max_id: maximum id
* getText: Defines the format of the status field. Can be "html" or "plain"
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
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* skip_status
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### direct_messages/all
#### Parameters
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
* max_id: maximum id
* getText: Defines the format of the status field. Can be "html" or "plain"
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### direct_messages/conversation
Shows all direct messages of a conversation
#### Parameters
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
* max_id: maximum id
* getText: Defines the format of the status field. Can be "html" or "plain"
* uri: URI of the conversation
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### direct_messages/new
#### Parameters
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* user_id: id of the user
* screen_name: screen name (for technical reasons, this value is not unique!)
* text: The message
* replyto: ID of the replied direct message
* title: Title of the direct message
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### direct_messages/sent
#### Parameters
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
* max_id: maximum id
* getText: Defines the format of the status field. Can be "html" or "plain"
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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### favorites
#### Parameters
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
* max_id: maximum id
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
* user_id
* screen_name
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
#### Parameters
* id
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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### favorites/destroy
#### Parameters
* id
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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### followers/ids
#### Parameters
* stringify_ids: Should the id numbers be sent as text (true) or number (false)? (default: false)
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#### Unsupported parameters
* user_id
* screen_name
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* cursor
Friendica doesn't allow showing followers of other users.
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### friendica/activity/<verb>
#### parameters
* id: item id
Add or remove an activity from an item.
'verb' can be one of:
- like
- dislike
- attendyes
- attendno
- attendmaybe
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)
#### Return values
On success:
json
```"ok"```
xml
```<ok>true</ok>```
On error:
HTTP 400 BadRequest
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### friendica/photo
#### Parameters
* photo_id: Resource id of a photo.
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* scale: (optional) scale value of the photo
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.
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-GG HH:MM:SS)",
"edited": "date(YYYY-MM-GG 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-GG HH:MM:SS)</created>
<edited>date(YYYY-MM-GG 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>
```
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### friendica/photos/list
Returns a list of all photo resources of the logged in user.
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#### 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>
```
---
### friends/ids
#### Parameters
* stringify_ids: Should the id numbers be sent as text (true) or number (false)? (default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
* user_id
* screen_name
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* cursor
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---
### help/test
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### media/upload
#### Parameters
* media: image data
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---
### oauth/request_token
#### Parameters
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* oauth_callback
#### Unsupported parameters
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* x_auth_access_type
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### oauth/access_token
#### Parameters
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* oauth_verifier
#### Unsupported parameters
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* x_auth_password
* x_auth_username
* x_auth_mode
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### statuses/destroy
#### Parameters
* id: message number
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
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* trim_user
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### statuses/followers
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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### statuses/friends
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
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### statuses/friends_timeline
#### Parameters
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
* max_id: maximum id
* exclude_replies: don't show replies (default: false)
* conversation_id: Shows all statuses of a given conversation.
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
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* include_rts
* trim_user
* contributor_details
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### statuses/home_timeline
#### Parameters
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
* max_id: maximum id
* exclude_replies: don't show replies (default: false)
* conversation_id: Shows all statuses of a given conversation.
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
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* include_rts
* trim_user
* contributor_details
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### statuses/mentions
#### Parameters
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
* max_id: maximum id
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
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* include_rts
* trim_user
* contributor_details
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### statuses/public_timeline
#### Parameters
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
* max_id: maximum id
* exclude_replies: don't show replies (default: false)
* conversation_id: Shows all statuses of a given conversation.
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
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* trim_user
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### statuses/replies
#### Parameters
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
* max_id: maximum id
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
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* include_rts
* trim_user
* contributor_details
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### statuses/retweet
#### Parameters
* id: message number
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
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* trim_user
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### statuses/show
#### Parameters
* id: message number
* conversation: if set to "1" show all messages of the conversation with the given id
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
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* include_my_retweet
* trim_user
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### statuses/update, statuses/update_with_media
#### Parameters
* title: Title of the status
* status: Status in text format
* htmlstatus: Status in HTML format
* in_reply_to_status_id
* lat: latitude
* long: longitude
* media: image data
* source: Application name
* group_allow
* contact_allow
* group_deny
* contact_deny
* network
* 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)
#### Unsupported parameters
* trim_user
* place_id
* display_coordinates
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### statuses/user_timeline
#### Parameters
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* user_id: id of the user
* screen_name: screen name (for technical reasons, this value is not unique!)
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
* max_id: maximum id
* exclude_replies: don't show replies (default: false)
* conversation_id: Shows all statuses of a given conversation.
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
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* include_rts
* trim_user
* contributor_details
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### statusnet/config
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### statusnet/version
#### Unsupported parameters
* user_id
* 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
#### Parameters
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* q: name of the user
#### Unsupported parameters
* page
* count
* include_entities
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### users/show
#### Parameters
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* user_id: id of the user
* screen_name: screen name (for technical reasons, this value is not unique!)
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
* user_id
* screen_name
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* cursor
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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### friendica/group_show
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)
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### friendica/group_delete
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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### Parameters
* gid: id of the group to be deleted
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* 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
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### friendica/group_create
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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“
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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).
#### 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“
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* wrong users: array of users, which were not available in the contact table
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## Not Implemented API calls
The following API calls are implemented in GNU Social but not in Friendica: (incomplete)
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* statuses/retweets_of_me
* friendships/create
* friendships/destroy
* friendships/exists
* friendships/show
* account/update_profile_background_image
* account/update_profile_image
* blocks/create
* blocks/destroy
The following API calls from the Twitter API aren't implemented neither in Friendica nor in GNU Social:
* statuses/mentions_timeline
* statuses/retweets/:id
* statuses/oembed
* statuses/retweeters/ids
* statuses/lookup
* direct_messages/show
* search/tweets
* direct_messages/destroy
* 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
* account/update_profile_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
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---
## Usage Examples
### BASH / cURL
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)).
/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"
### Python
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.
def tweet(server, message, group_allow=None):
url = server + '/api/statuses/update'
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.