Mention Tags API

The Tags API from Mention — 4 operations for the labels scoped to an alert, including up to five auto-tagging keywords per tag that label incoming mentions automatically. Limits: 100 tags per alert, 20 characters per name.

Operations 4

GET /accounts/{account_id}/alerts/{alert_id}/tags Fetch all tags of an alert #
POST /accounts/{account_id}/alerts/{alert_id}/tags Create a tag #
PUT /accounts/{account_id}/alerts/{alert_id}/tags/{tag_id} Rename a tag #
DELETE /accounts/{account_id}/alerts/{alert_id}/tags/{tag_id} Delete a tag #

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OpenAPI Specification

mention-tags-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Mention Tags API
  description: 'The Mention API is a JSON-based, RESTful API that gives programmatic access to the media monitoring and social listening platform: alerts (the keyword queries Mention crawls for), mentions (the results it finds), curation, tags, tasks, alert sharing, authors and influencers, and aggregate statistics.'
  version: '1.21'
  contact:
    name: Mention Support
    url: https://en.support.mention.com/
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://mention.com/en/terms-and-conditions/
servers:
- url: https://api.mention.net/api
  description: Mention API — the base URL named in Mention's own reference documentation.
- url: https://api.mention.com/api
  description: Alternate host observed answering the same API (returns the same OAuth2 challenge).
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- accessTokenQuery: []
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Tags
  description: Tags and auto-tagging keywords on an alert.
paths:
  /accounts/{account_id}/alerts/{alert_id}/tags:
    get:
      operationId: listAlertTags
      summary: Fetch all tags of an alert
      description: Lists the tags defined on an alert, with the number of mentions carrying each tag.
      tags:
      - Tags
      externalDocs:
        description: Mention API reference
        url: https://dev.mention.com/current/src/account/alert/tag/GetTags.html
      parameters:
      - name: account_id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: ID of the account.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: 12345_69gjjsg4itgkcco040okwsck700o4w8gsco0k4kco0s4scw8o0
      - name: alert_id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: ID of the alert.
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 112233
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcceptVersion'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcceptLanguage'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of tags.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TagList'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
    post:
      operationId: createAlertTag
      summary: Create a tag
      description: Creates a tag available to every mention of the alert. An alert is limited to 100 tags, a tag name to 20 characters, and the auto-tagging keywords list to 5 keywords.
      tags:
      - Tags
      externalDocs:
        description: Mention API reference
        url: https://dev.mention.com/current/src/account/alert/tag/PostTag.html
      parameters:
      - name: account_id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: ID of the account.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: 12345_69gjjsg4itgkcco040okwsck700o4w8gsco0k4kco0s4scw8o0
      - name: alert_id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: ID of the alert.
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 112233
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcceptVersion'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcceptLanguage'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TagWrite'
            example:
              name: space innovation
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The created tag.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TagEnvelope'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
  /accounts/{account_id}/alerts/{alert_id}/tags/{tag_id}:
    put:
      operationId: renameTag
      summary: Rename a tag
      description: Modifies an existing tag's label or auto-tagging keywords. Mentions stay linked to the tag by id, so renaming a tag does not detach it from the mentions already carrying it.
      tags:
      - Tags
      externalDocs:
        description: Mention API reference
        url: https://dev.mention.com/current/src/account/alert/tag/PutTag.html
      parameters:
      - name: account_id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: ID of the account.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: 12345_69gjjsg4itgkcco040okwsck700o4w8gsco0k4kco0s4scw8o0
      - name: alert_id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: ID of the alert.
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 112233
      - name: tag_id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: ID of the tag.
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 46468
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcceptVersion'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcceptLanguage'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TagWrite'
            example:
              name: space new technos
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated tag.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TagEnvelope'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteTag
      summary: Delete a tag
      description: Deletes a tag from the alert.
      tags:
      - Tags
      externalDocs:
        description: Mention API reference
        url: https://dev.mention.com/current/src/account/alert/tag/DeleteTag.html
      parameters:
      - name: account_id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: ID of the account.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: 12345_69gjjsg4itgkcco040okwsck700o4w8gsco0k4kco0s4scw8o0
      - name: alert_id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: ID of the alert.
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 112233
      - name: tag_id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: ID of the tag.
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 46468
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcceptVersion'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcceptLanguage'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: The tag was deleted.
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Access was denied — missing or invalid access token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OAuthError'
    NotFound:
      description: The resource does not exist.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OAuthError'
    PaymentRequired:
      description: Payment required — the account's plan does not cover this request.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OAuthError'
    Forbidden:
      description: Access was denied — the token is valid but not permitted on this resource.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OAuthError'
    ValidationError:
      description: Invalid input — query string, body or parameters.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate limited. The response carries an X-Rate-Limit-Reset header holding the unix timestamp at which the limit resets.
      headers:
        X-Rate-Limit-Reset:
          description: Unix timestamp at which the rate limit resets.
          schema:
            type: integer
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OAuthError'
  parameters:
    AcceptVersion:
      name: Accept-Version
      in: header
      required: false
      description: API version to use for this request, e.g. 1.21. When omitted, the version configured in the app's settings applies.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: '1.21'
    AcceptLanguage:
      name: Accept-Language
      in: header
      required: false
      description: Language used for translated resource fields.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: fr
  schemas:
    Links:
      type: object
      title: Pagination links
      description: Hypermedia links for cursor pagination. more points at older items and pull at newer items; each is present only when applicable.
      properties:
        more:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
        pull:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
    Tag:
      type: object
      title: Tag
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          example: 46468
        name:
          type: string
          maxLength: 20
          example: space innovation
        mention_count:
          type: integer
        keywords:
          type: array
          maxItems: 5
          items:
            type: string
          description: Auto-tagging keywords; new mentions containing them are tagged automatically.
    TagEnvelope:
      type: object
      properties:
        tag:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tag'
    OAuthError:
      type: object
      title: OAuth2 error
      description: Error envelope returned by the API gateway and the OAuth2 endpoints.
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          example: access_denied
        error_description:
          type: string
          example: OAuth2 authentication required
    ValidationError:
      type: object
      title: Validation error
      description: Validation errors on POST and PUT requests are returned with a 400 status code. Field-level messages are keyed by field name under form.children and are intended to be displayed directly to the end user when they result from a form submission.
      properties:
        form:
          type: object
          properties:
            errors:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
              description: Request-wide error messages.
            children:
              type: object
              description: Field-specific error messages, keyed by field name.
              additionalProperties:
                type: object
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
    Link:
      type: object
      properties:
        href:
          type: string
          description: Relative URL to follow.
        params:
          type: object
          description: The query string parameters encoded in href.
          additionalProperties: true
    TagList:
      type: object
      properties:
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tag'
        _links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Links'
    TagWrite:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          maxLength: 20
        keywords:
          type: array
          maxItems: 5
          items:
            type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Access token passed in the Authorization header, prefixed with 'Bearer '. This is the preferred method. A token for your own account is available at the bottom of your app's settings page.
    accessTokenQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: access_token
      description: The same access token passed in the query string. Supported but discouraged, as it puts the credential in the URL.
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: 'Authorization-code flow used to obtain an access token for a third party''s Mention account. No scopes are defined: a granted token carries full access to the authorizing account.'
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://web.mention.com/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://web.mention.net/oauth/v2/token
          scopes: {}
externalDocs:
  description: Mention API reference
  url: https://dev.mention.com/current/
x-generated-from: https://dev.mention.com/current/
x-generated-by: api-evangelist-enrichment-2026-08-13