Automattic Notifications API
The notifications API from Automattic — 3 operation(s) for notifications.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Automattic Notifications API
x-derived-by: API Evangelist enrichment pipeline
x-refined-note:
- x-derived-from differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
version: '1.0'
description: 'Operations tagged notifications across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: automattic-wordpress-com-rest-v1-1-openapi.yml, automattic-wordpress-com-wpcom-v2-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1
- url: https://public-api.wordpress.com
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: notifications
paths:
/notifications/read:
post:
operationId: postNotificationsRead
summary: Mark a set of notifications as read.
description: Mark a set of notifications as read.
tags:
- notifications
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
success:
type: boolean
description: Was the operation successful?
updated:
type: array
items: {}
description: IDs of any of the operated on notifications which have new, unread updates
'400':
description: Bad request
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'401':
description: Authorization required
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'403':
description: Forbidden
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'404':
description: Not found
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
parameters:
- name: context
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- display
- edit
description: 'display: (default) Formats the output as HTML for display. Shortcodes are parsed, paragraph tags are added, etc..; edit: Formats the output for editing. Shortcodes are left unparsed, significant whitespace is kept, etc..'
- name: http_envelope
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: boolean
description: 'false: (default); true: Some environments (like in-browser JavaScript or Flash) block or divert responses with a non-200 HTTP status code. Setting this parameter will force the HTTP status code to always be 200. The JSON response is wrapped in an "envelope" containing the "real" HTTP status code and headers.'
- name: pretty
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: boolean
description: 'false: (default); true: Output pretty JSON'
- name: meta
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
description: 'Optional. Loads data from the endpoints found in the ''meta'' part of the response. Comma-separated list. Example: meta=site,likes'
- name: fields
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
description: 'Optional. Returns specified fields only. Comma-separated list. Example: fields=ID,title'
- name: callback
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
description: An optional JSONP callback function.
requestBody:
required: false
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
counts:
type: array
items: {}
description: Decrement the unread count for a notification. Key=note_ID, Value=decrement amount.
servers:
- url: https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1
/notifications/seen:
post:
operationId: postNotificationsSeen
summary: Set the timestamp of the most recently seen notification.
description: Set the timestamp of the most recently seen notification.
tags:
- notifications
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
success:
type: boolean
description: Was the operation successful?
last_seen_time:
type: integer
description: The UNIX timestamp of the last time the user viewed their notes.
'400':
description: Bad request
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'401':
description: Authorization required
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'403':
description: Forbidden
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'404':
description: Not found
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
parameters:
- name: context
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- display
- edit
description: 'display: (default) Formats the output as HTML for display. Shortcodes are parsed, paragraph tags are added, etc..; edit: Formats the output for editing. Shortcodes are left unparsed, significant whitespace is kept, etc..'
- name: http_envelope
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: boolean
description: 'false: (default); true: Some environments (like in-browser JavaScript or Flash) block or divert responses with a non-200 HTTP status code. Setting this parameter will force the HTTP status code to always be 200. The JSON response is wrapped in an "envelope" containing the "real" HTTP status code and headers.'
- name: pretty
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: boolean
description: 'false: (default); true: Output pretty JSON'
- name: meta
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
description: 'Optional. Loads data from the endpoints found in the ''meta'' part of the response. Comma-separated list. Example: meta=site,likes'
- name: fields
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
description: 'Optional. Returns specified fields only. Comma-separated list. Example: fields=ID,title'
- name: callback
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
description: An optional JSONP callback function.
requestBody:
required: false
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
time:
type: integer
description: The UNIX timestamp of the most recent notification seen on a client.
servers:
- url: https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1
/wpcom/v2/notifications:
post:
operationId: postWpcomV2Notifications
summary: POST /wpcom/v2/notifications
tags:
- notifications
responses:
'200':
description: OK
'401':
description: Authentication required
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/WPRestError'
'404':
description: Not found
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/WPRestError'
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
user_id: {}
note_type: {}
args: {}
required:
- user_id
- note_type
servers:
- url: https://public-api.wordpress.com
components:
schemas:
Error:
type: object
description: WordPress.com REST API error envelope (observed live).
properties:
error:
type: string
examples:
- not_found
message:
type: string
WPRestError:
type: object
description: WordPress REST API error envelope (observed on public-api.wordpress.com).
properties:
code:
type: string
example: rest_unauthorized
message:
type: string
example: Authentication required.
data:
type: object
properties:
status:
type: integer
example: 401
securitySchemes:
oauth2:
type: oauth2
description: WordPress.com OAuth 2.1 (see /.well-known/openid-configuration).
flows:
authorizationCode:
authorizationUrl: https://public-api.wordpress.com/oauth2-1/authorize
tokenUrl: https://public-api.wordpress.com/oauth2-1/token
refreshUrl: https://public-api.wordpress.com/oauth2-1/token
scopes:
global: ''
auth: ''
openid: ''
profile: ''
email: ''
users: ''
sites: ''
posts: ''
comments: ''
taxonomy: ''
follow: ''
sharing: ''
freshly-pressed: ''
notifications: ''
insights: ''
read: ''
stats: ''
media: ''
menus: ''
batch: ''
videos: ''
bearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
description: 'Authorization: Bearer <access_token>'
x-refined-from:
- automattic-wordpress-com-rest-v1-1-openapi.yml
- automattic-wordpress-com-wpcom-v2-openapi.yml