Lobsters

Lobsters Tags API

Community-maintained taxonomy tags for categorizing stories

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GET /tags.json List all tags #

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https://artifacts.apis.io/lobsters/openapi/lobsters-tags-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

lobsters-tags-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Lobsters Tags API
  description: The Lobsters public API provides read access to stories, comments, tags, and user profiles from the technology-focused link aggregation community. Endpoints return JSON and are available without authentication for public data. Stories can be retrieved by hottest or newest ranking, filtered by tag, and paginated by page number.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    url: https://lobste.rs/about
  license:
    name: BSD 3-Clause
    url: https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://lobste.rs
  description: Lobsters production server
tags:
- name: Tags
  description: Community-maintained taxonomy tags for categorizing stories
paths:
  /tags.json:
    get:
      operationId: getTags
      summary: List all tags
      description: Returns a list of all active and inactive tags with their metadata, including category, description, and moderation attributes.
      tags:
      - Tags
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of all tags
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tag'
components:
  schemas:
    Tag:
      type: object
      description: A community-maintained taxonomy tag for categorizing stories
      properties:
        tag:
          type: string
          description: Unique tag identifier/slug
          pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9_\-+]+$
          example: programming
        description:
          type: string
          description: Short human-readable description of what the tag covers
          example: General programming topics
        privileged:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this tag can only be applied by moderators
        is_media:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this tag denotes media content (video, audio, etc.)
        active:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the tag is currently available for use
        hotness_mod:
          type: number
          description: Hotness score modifier applied to stories with this tag (-10 to 10)
          minimum: -10
          maximum: 10
        permit_by_new_user:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether new users are permitted to apply this tag
        category:
          type: string
          description: Name of the parent category this tag belongs to
          example: Technology
      required:
      - tag
      - privileged
      - is_media
      - active
      - hotness_mod
      - permit_by_new_user
      - category