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Implemented API calls
===
The friendica API aims to be compatible to the [StatusNet API](http://status.net/wiki/Twitter-compatible_API) which aims to be compatible to the [Twitter API 1.0](https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1).
Please refer to the linked documentation for further information.
## Implemented API calls
General
---
### General
#### Unsupported parameters
### Unsupported parameters
* cursor: Not implemented in StatusNet
* trim_user: Not implemented in StatusNet
* contributor_details: Not implemented in StatusNet
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* include_rts: To-Do
* include_my_retweet: Retweets in friendica are implemented in a different way
#### Different behaviour
### 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
### Return values
* cid: Contact id of the user (important for "contact_allow" and "contact_deny")
* network: network of the user
### account/verify_credentials
#### Parameters
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)
### statuses/update, statuses/update_with_media
#### Parameters
statuses/update, statuses/update_with_media
---
### Parameters
* title: Title of the status
* status: Status in text format
* htmlstatus: Status in HTML format
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* network
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
### Unsupported parameters
* trim_user
* place_id
* display_coordinates
### users/search
#### Parameters
users/search
---
### Parameters
* q: name of the user
#### Unsupported parameters
### Unsupported parameters
* page
* count
* include_entities
### users/show
#### Parameters
users/show
---
### Parameters
* 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)
### statuses/home_timeline
#### Parameters
statuses/home_timeline
---
### Parameters
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
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* conversation_id: Shows all statuses of a given conversation.
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
### Unsupported parameters
* include_rts
* trim_user
* contributor_details
### statuses/friends_timeline
#### Parameters
statuses/friends_timeline
---
### Parameters
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
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* conversation_id: Shows all statuses of a given conversation.
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
### Unsupported parameters
* include_rts
* trim_user
* contributor_details
### statuses/public_timeline
#### Parameters
statuses/public_timeline
---
### Parameters
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
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* conversation_id: Shows all statuses of a given conversation.
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
### Unsupported parameters
* trim_user
### statuses/show
#### Parameters
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
### Unsupported parameters
* include_my_retweet
* trim_user
### statuses/retweet
#### Parameters
statuses/retweet
---
### Parameters
* id: message number
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
### Unsupported parameters
* trim_user
### statuses/destroy
#### Parameters
statuses/destroy
---
### Parameters
* id: message number
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
### Unsupported parameters
* trim_user
### statuses/mentions
#### Parameters
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
### Unsupported parameters
* include_rts
* trim_user
* contributor_details
### statuses/replies
#### Parameters
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
### Unsupported parameters
* include_rts
* trim_user
* contributor_details
### statuses/user_timeline
#### Parameters
statuses/user_timeline
---
### Parameters
* user_id: id of the user
* screen_name: screen name (for technical reasons, this value is not unique!)
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
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* conversation_id: Shows all statuses of a given conversation.
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
### Unsupported parameters
* include_rts
* trim_user
* contributor_details
### conversation/show
conversation/show
---
Unofficial Twitter command. It shows all direct answers (excluding the original post) to a given id.
#### Parameters
### Parameters
* id: id of the post
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
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* max_id: maximum id
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
### Unsupported parameters
* include_rts
* trim_user
* contributor_details
### favorites
#### Parameters
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
### 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.
### account/rate_limit_status
account/rate_limit_status
---
### help/test
help/test
---
### statuses/friends
statuses/friends
---
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
### Unsupported parameters
* user_id
* screen_name
* cursor
Friendica doesn't allow showing friends of other users.
### statuses/followers
statuses/followers
---
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
### Unsupported parameters
* user_id
* screen_name
* cursor
Friendica doesn't allow showing followers of other users.
### statusnet/config
statusnet/config
---
### statusnet/version
statusnet/version
---
### friends/ids
#### Parameters
friends/ids
---
### Parameters
* stringify_ids: Should the id numbers be sent as text (true) or number (false)? (default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
### Unsupported parameters
* user_id
* screen_name
* cursor
Friendica doesn't allow showing friends of other users.
### followers/ids
#### Parameters
followers/ids
---
Parameters
---
* stringify_ids: Should the id numbers be sent as text (true) or number (false)? (default: false)
#### Unsupported parameters
### Unsupported parameters
* user_id
* screen_name
* cursor
Friendica doesn't allow showing followers of other users.
### direct_messages/new
#### Parameters
direct_messages/new
---
### Parameters
* 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
### direct_messages/conversation
direct_messages/conversation
---
Shows all direct messages of a conversation
#### Parameters
### Parameters
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
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* getText: Defines the format of the status field. Can be "html" or "plain"
* uri: URI of the conversation
### direct_messages/all
#### Parameters
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"
### direct_messages/sent
#### Parameters
direct_messages/sent
---
### Parameters
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
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* getText: Defines the format of the status field. Can be "html" or "plain"
* include_entities: "true" shows entities for pictures and links (Default: false)
### direct_messages
#### Parameters
direct_messages
---
### Parameters
* count: Items per page (default: 20)
* page: page number
* since_id: minimal id
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* 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
### Unsupported parameters
* skip_status
### oauth/request_token
#### Parameters
oauth/request_token
---
### Parameters
* oauth_callback
#### Unsupported parameters
### Unsupported parameters
* x_auth_access_type
### oauth/access_token
#### Parameters
oauth/access_token
---
### Parameters
* oauth_verifier
#### Unsupported parameters
### Unsupported parameters
* x_auth_password
* x_auth_username
* x_auth_mode
## Not Implemented API calls
Not Implemented API calls
===
The following list is extracted from the [API source file](https://github.com/friendica/friendica/blob/master/include/api.php) (at the very bottom):
* favorites/create
* favorites/destroy
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* blocks/blocking
* lists
## Usage Examples
### BASH / cURL
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.
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'