Miniflux

Miniflux Categories API

The Categories API from Miniflux — 6 operation(s) for categories.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 9

GET /v1/categories Get Categories #
POST /v1/categories Create Category #
PUT /v1/categories/123 Update Category #
PUT /v1/categories/123/mark-all-as-read Mark Category Entries as Read #
PUT /v1/categories/123/refresh Refresh Category Feeds #
GET /v1/categories/22/entries Get Category Entries #
GET /v1/categories/40/feeds Get Category Feeds #
DELETE /v1/categories/802 Delete Category #
PUT /v1/categories/802 Update Category #

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Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
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OpenAPI Specification

miniflux-categories-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Miniflux Categories API
  version: '2026-09-22'
  description: 'GENERATED FROM DOCUMENTATION by API Evangelist on 2026-09-22: 56 operation(s) read from 1 public documentation page(s) (each operation names its page in x-source). This is not the provider''s published contract; Miniflux has published no machine-readable contract that the pipeline could find. Engine: local.'
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-provenance: generated
  x-authored-by: API Evangelist
  x-generated: '2026-09-22'
  x-generator: generate-contract-from-docs.py
  x-engine: local
  x-sources:
  - https://miniflux.app/docs/api.html
tags:
- name: Categories
paths:
  /v1/categories:
    get:
      operationId: get_v1_categories
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: Get Categories
      x-source: https://miniflux.app/docs/api.html
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetV1CategoriesResponse'
    post:
      operationId: post_v1_categories
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: Create Category
      x-source: https://miniflux.app/docs/api.html
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostV1CategoriesRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Success (status as documented)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostV1CategoriesResponse'
  /v1/categories/123:
    put:
      operationId: put_v1_categories_123
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: Update Category
      x-source: https://miniflux.app/docs/api.html
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PutV1Categories123Request'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PutV1Categories123Response'
  /v1/categories/123/mark-all-as-read:
    put:
      operationId: put_v1_categories_123_mark_all_as_read
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: Mark Category Entries as Read
      x-source: https://miniflux.app/docs/api.html
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
  /v1/categories/123/refresh:
    put:
      operationId: put_v1_categories_123_refresh
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: Refresh Category Feeds
      x-source: https://miniflux.app/docs/api.html
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
  /v1/categories/22/entries:
    get:
      operationId: get_v1_categories_22_entries
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: Get Category Entries
      x-source: https://miniflux.app/docs/api.html
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetV1Categories22EntriesResponse'
  /v1/categories/40/feeds:
    get:
      operationId: get_v1_categories_40_feeds
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: Get Category Feeds
      x-source: https://miniflux.app/docs/api.html
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetV1Categories40FeedsResponse'
  /v1/categories/802:
    delete:
      operationId: delete_v1_categories_802
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: Delete Category
      x-source: https://miniflux.app/docs/api.html
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
    put:
      operationId: put_v1_categories_802
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: Update Category
      x-source: https://miniflux.app/docs/api.html
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PutV1Categories802Request'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PutV1Categories802Response'
components:
  schemas:
    PutV1Categories123Request:
      type: object
      properties:
        hide_globally:
          type: boolean
    PutV1Categories123Response:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        user_id:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        hide_globally:
          type: boolean
    GetV1Categories22EntriesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        total:
          type: integer
        entries:
          type: array
    GetV1CategoriesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        user_id:
          type: integer
        id:
          type: integer
        hide_globally:
          type: boolean
        feed_count:
          type: integer
          description: optional when ?counts=true
        total_unread:
          type: integer
          description: optional when ?counts=true
    GetV1Categories40FeedsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        user_id:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        site_url:
          type: string
        feed_url:
          type: string
        checked_at:
          type: string
        etag_header:
          type: string
        last_modified_header:
          type: string
        parsing_error_message:
          type: string
        parsing_error_count:
          type: integer
        scraper_rules:
          type: string
        rewrite_rules:
          type: string
        crawler:
          type: boolean
        blocklist_rules:
          type: string
        keeplist_rules:
          type: string
        user_agent:
          type: string
        username:
          type: string
        password:
          type: string
        disabled:
          type: boolean
        ignore_http_cache:
          type: boolean
        fetch_via_proxy:
          type: boolean
        category:
          type: object
        icon:
          type: object
    PutV1Categories802Request:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        hide_globally:
          type: boolean
    PostV1CategoriesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        user_id:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        hide_globally:
          type: boolean
    PutV1Categories802Response:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        user_id:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        hide_globally:
          type: boolean
    PostV1CategoriesRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        hide_globally:
          type: boolean
      required:
      - title