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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Lobsters Users 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: Users
description: Lobsters user profiles
paths:
/~{username}.json:
get:
operationId: getUser
summary: Get a user profile
description: Returns a user's public profile including karma, about text, avatar, and invitation lineage.
tags:
- Users
parameters:
- name: username
in: path
description: Lobsters username
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: User profile
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
'404':
description: User not found
components:
schemas:
User:
type: object
description: A Lobsters community member's public profile
properties:
username:
type: string
description: Unique username for the account
example: alice
created_at:
type: string
format: date-time
description: ISO 8601 timestamp when the account was created
is_admin:
type: boolean
description: Whether the user has administrator privileges
is_moderator:
type: boolean
description: Whether the user has moderator privileges
karma:
type: integer
description: Karma score derived from story and comment votes (omitted for admins)
homepage:
type: string
format: uri
nullable: true
description: User's personal homepage URL
about:
type: string
description: HTML-rendered about/bio text
avatar_url:
type: string
format: uri
description: URL of the user's avatar image
invited_by_user:
type: string
nullable: true
description: Username of the user who sent the invitation; null for founding members
github_username:
type: string
nullable: true
description: GitHub username if linked (omitted when not set)
mastodon_username:
type: string
nullable: true
description: Mastodon handle if linked (omitted when not set)
required:
- username
- created_at
- is_admin
- is_moderator
- homepage
- about
- avatar_url