Mastodon Instances

Mastodon Instances Versions API

The Versions API from Mastodon Instances — 2 operation(s) for versions.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

GET /versions/list List Mastodon versions seen across the network #
GET /versions/show Show information about a specific Mastodon version #

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

mastodon-instances-versions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Mastodon Instances Versions API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'The instances.social API allows searching for and retrieving information

    about Mastodon server instances, including user counts, language,

    software version, uptime statistics, content moderation policies, and

    supported features.

    '
  contact:
    name: instances.social
    url: https://instances.social
servers:
- url: https://instances.social/api/1.0
  description: Production
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Versions
paths:
  /versions/list:
    get:
      summary: List Mastodon versions seen across the network
      operationId: listVersions
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: count
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 10000
          default: 20
      - in: query
        name: include_specials
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: true
      - in: query
        name: include_unused
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: true
      - in: query
        name: min_id
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Versions list.
      tags:
      - Versions
  /versions/show:
    get:
      summary: Show information about a specific Mastodon version
      operationId: showVersion
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Version details.
      tags:
      - Versions
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'API token obtained from https://instances.social/api/token,

        passed as `Authorization: Bearer {token}`.

        '