Lemmy Federation API

ActivityPub federation and cross-instance operations

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lemmy-federation-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Lemmy REST Account Federation API
  description: The Lemmy REST API provides programmatic access to all core platform features of Lemmy, a free, open-source, self-hostable federated link aggregator and discussion platform. Developers can create and manage posts, comments, communities, and user accounts; vote on content; follow communities; search across the federated network; moderate communities; send private messages; and administer instances. Authentication uses JWT bearer tokens obtained via the login endpoint. The API is versioned at /api/v4/ and available on any public Lemmy instance.
  version: 4.0.0
  license:
    name: AGPL-3.0
    url: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/main/LICENSE
  contact:
    url: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/
servers:
- url: https://lemmy.world/api/v4
  description: Lemmy.world (largest public instance)
- url: https://{instance}/api/v4
  description: Any Lemmy instance
  variables:
    instance:
      default: lemmy.world
      description: The hostname of a Lemmy instance
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Federation
  description: ActivityPub federation and cross-instance operations
paths:
  /resolve_object:
    get:
      operationId: resolveObject
      summary: Resolve a federated object by URL
      description: Fetch a remote ActivityPub object by URL, causing the instance to fetch and cache it.
      tags:
      - Federation
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uri
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Resolved object
  /federated_instances:
    get:
      operationId: getFederatedInstances
      summary: Get federated instances
      description: Returns lists of instances that this instance federates with, blocks, or allows.
      tags:
      - Federation
      security: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Federated instance lists
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
externalDocs:
  description: Lemmy Documentation
  url: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/