PeerTube Instance Follows API

Managing servers which the instance interacts with is crucial to the concept of federation in PeerTube and external video indexation. The PeerTube server then deals with inter-server ActivityPub operations and propagates information across its social graph by posting activities to actors' inbox endpoints.

OpenAPI Specification

peertube-instance-follows-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: PeerTube Abuses Instance Follows API
  version: 8.1.0
  contact:
    name: PeerTube Community
    url: https://joinpeertube.org
  license:
    name: AGPLv3.0
    url: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/master/LICENSE
  x-logo:
    url: https://joinpeertube.org/img/brand.png
    altText: PeerTube Project Homepage
  description: "The PeerTube API is built on HTTP(S) and is RESTful. You can use your favorite\nHTTP/REST library for your programming language to use PeerTube.\n\nSee the [REST API quick start](https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api/rest-getting-started) for a few\nexamples of using the PeerTube API.\n\n# Authentication\n\nWhen you sign up for an account on a PeerTube instance, you are given the possibility\nto generate sessions on it, and authenticate there using an access token. Only __one\naccess token can currently be used at a time__.\n\n## Roles\n\nAccounts are given permissions based on their role. There are three roles on\nPeerTube: Administrator, Moderator, and User. See the [roles guide](https://docs.joinpeertube.org/admin/managing-users#roles) for a detail of their permissions.\n\n# Errors\n\nThe API uses standard HTTP status codes to indicate the success or failure\nof the API call, completed by a [RFC7807-compliant](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7807) response body.\n\n```\nHTTP 1.1 404 Not Found\nContent-Type: application/problem+json; charset=utf-8\n\n{\n  \"detail\": \"Video not found\",\n  \"docs\": \"https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html#operation/getVideo\",\n  \"status\": 404,\n  \"title\": \"Not Found\",\n  \"type\": \"about:blank\"\n}\n```\n\nWe provide error `type` (following RFC7807) and `code` (internal PeerTube code) values for [a growing number of cases](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/packages/models/src/server/server-error-code.enum.ts),\nbut it is still optional. Types are used to disambiguate errors that bear the same status code\nand are non-obvious:\n\n```\nHTTP 1.1 403 Forbidden\nContent-Type: application/problem+json; charset=utf-8\n\n{\n  \"detail\": \"Cannot get this video regarding follow constraints\",\n  \"docs\": \"https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html#operation/getVideo\",\n  \"status\": 403,\n  \"title\": \"Forbidden\",\n  \"type\": \"https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html#section/Errors/does_not_respect_follow_constraints\"\n}\n```\n\nHere a 403 error could otherwise mean that the video is private or blocklisted.\n\n### Validation errors\n\nEach parameter is evaluated on its own against a set of rules before the route validator\nproceeds with potential testing involving parameter combinations. Errors coming from validation\nerrors appear earlier and benefit from a more detailed error description:\n\n```\nHTTP 1.1 400 Bad Request\nContent-Type: application/problem+json; charset=utf-8\n\n{\n  \"detail\": \"Incorrect request parameters: id\",\n  \"docs\": \"https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html#operation/getVideo\",\n  \"instance\": \"/api/v1/videos/9c9de5e8-0a1e-484a-b099-e80766180\",\n  \"invalid-params\": {\n    \"id\": {\n      \"location\": \"params\",\n      \"msg\": \"Invalid value\",\n      \"param\": \"id\",\n      \"value\": \"9c9de5e8-0a1e-484a-b099-e80766180\"\n    }\n  },\n  \"status\": 400,\n  \"title\": \"Bad Request\",\n  \"type\": \"about:blank\"\n}\n```\n\nWhere `id` is the name of the field concerned by the error, within the route definition.\n`invalid-params.<field>.location` can be either 'params', 'body', 'header', 'query' or 'cookies', and\n`invalid-params.<field>.value` reports the value that didn't pass validation whose `invalid-params.<field>.msg`\nis about.\n\n### Deprecated error fields\n\nSome fields could be included with previous versions. They are still included but their use is deprecated:\n- `error`: superseded by `detail`\n\n# Rate limits\n\nWe are rate-limiting all endpoints of PeerTube's API. Custom values can be set by administrators:\n\n| Endpoint (prefix: `/api/v1`) | Calls         | Time frame   |\n|------------------------------|---------------|--------------|\n| `/*`                         | 50            | 10 seconds   |\n| `POST /users/token`          | 15            | 5 minutes    |\n| `POST /users/register`       | 2<sup>*</sup> | 5 minutes    |\n| `POST /users/ask-send-verify-email` | 3      | 5 minutes    |\n\nDepending on the endpoint, <sup>*</sup>failed requests are not taken into account. A service\nlimit is announced by a `429 Too Many Requests` status code.\n\nYou can get details about the current state of your rate limit by reading the\nfollowing headers:\n\n| Header                  | Description                                                |\n|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `X-RateLimit-Limit`     | Number of max requests allowed in the current time period  |\n| `X-RateLimit-Remaining` | Number of remaining requests in the current time period    |\n| `X-RateLimit-Reset`     | Timestamp of end of current time period as UNIX timestamp  |\n| `Retry-After`           | Seconds to delay after the first `429` is received         |\n\n# CORS\n\nThis API features [Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)](https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/),\nallowing cross-domain communication from the browser for some routes:\n\n| Endpoint                    |\n|------------------------- ---|\n| `/api/*`                    |\n| `/download/*`               |\n| `/lazy-static/*`            |\n| `/.well-known/webfinger`    |\n\nIn addition, all routes serving ActivityPub are CORS-enabled for all origins.\n"
servers:
- url: https://peertube2.cpy.re
  description: Live Test Server (live data - latest nightly version)
- url: https://peertube3.cpy.re
  description: Live Test Server (live data - latest RC version)
- url: https://peertube.cpy.re
  description: Live Test Server (live data - stable version)
tags:
- name: Instance Follows
  description: 'Managing servers which the instance interacts with is crucial to the concept of federation in PeerTube and external video indexation. The PeerTube server then deals with inter-server ActivityPub operations and propagates information across its social graph by posting activities to actors'' inbox endpoints.

    '
  externalDocs:
    url: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/admin/following-instances#instances-follows
paths:
  /api/v1/server/followers:
    get:
      tags:
      - Instance Follows
      summary: List instances following the server
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/followState'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/actorType'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/start'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/count'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/sort'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  total:
                    type: integer
                    example: 1
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Follow'
  /api/v1/server/followers/{handle}:
    delete:
      summary: Remove or reject a follower to your server
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - admin
      tags:
      - Instance Follows
      parameters:
      - name: handle
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The remote actor handle to remove from your followers
        schema:
          type: string
          format: email
      responses:
        '204':
          description: successful operation
        '404':
          description: follower not found
  /api/v1/server/followers/{handle}/reject:
    post:
      summary: Reject a pending follower to your server
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - admin
      tags:
      - Instance Follows
      parameters:
      - name: handle
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The remote actor handle to remove from your followers
        schema:
          type: string
          format: email
      responses:
        '204':
          description: successful operation
        '404':
          description: follower not found
  /api/v1/server/followers/{handle}/accept:
    post:
      summary: Accept a pending follower to your server
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - admin
      tags:
      - Instance Follows
      parameters:
      - name: handle
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The remote actor handle to remove from your followers
        schema:
          type: string
          format: email
      responses:
        '204':
          description: successful operation
        '404':
          description: follower not found
  /api/v1/server/following:
    get:
      tags:
      - Instance Follows
      summary: List instances followed by the server
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/followState'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/actorType'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/start'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/count'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/sort'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  total:
                    type: integer
                    example: 1
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Follow'
    post:
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - admin
      tags:
      - Instance Follows
      summary: Follow a list of actors (PeerTube instance, channel or account)
      responses:
        '204':
          description: successful operation
        '500':
          description: cannot follow a non-HTTPS server
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                hosts:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                    format: hostname
                  uniqueItems: true
                handles:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  uniqueItems: true
  /api/v1/server/following/{hostOrHandle}:
    delete:
      summary: Unfollow an actor (PeerTube instance, channel or account)
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - admin
      tags:
      - Instance Follows
      parameters:
      - name: hostOrHandle
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The hostOrHandle to unfollow
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: successful operation
        '404':
          description: host or handle not found
components:
  schemas:
    username:
      type: string
      description: immutable name of the user, used to find or mention its actor
      example: chocobozzz
      pattern: /^[a-z0-9._]+$/
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 50
    ActorImage:
      properties:
        path:
          description: Deprecated in PeerTube v8.0, use fileUrl instead
          deprecated: true
          type: string
        fileUrl:
          description: '**PeerTube >= 7.1**'
          type: string
        width:
          type: integer
        height:
          type: integer
          description: '**PeerTube >= 7.3**'
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    Actor:
      properties:
        id:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/id'
        url:
          type: string
          format: url
        name:
          description: immutable name of the actor, used to find or mention it
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/username'
        avatars:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ActorImage'
        host:
          type: string
          format: hostname
          description: server on which the actor is resident
        hostRedundancyAllowed:
          type: boolean
          nullable: true
          description: whether this actor's host allows redundancy of its videos
        followingCount:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          description: number of actors subscribed to by this actor, as seen by this instance
        followersCount:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          description: number of followers of this actor, as seen by this instance
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    id:
      type: integer
      minimum: 1
      example: 42
    Follow:
      properties:
        id:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/id'
        follower:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Actor'
        following:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Actor'
        score:
          type: number
          description: score reflecting the reachability of the actor, with steps of `10` and a base score of `1000`.
        state:
          type: string
          enum:
          - pending
          - accepted
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  parameters:
    actorType:
      name: actorType
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - Person
        - Application
        - Group
        - Service
        - Organization
    start:
      name: start
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Offset used to paginate results
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 0
    count:
      name: count
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Number of items to return
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 15
        maximum: 100
        minimum: 1
    followState:
      name: state
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - pending
        - accepted
    sort:
      name: sort
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Sort column
      schema:
        type: string
        example: -createdAt
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      description: 'Authenticating via OAuth requires the following steps:

        - Have an activated account

        - [Generate] an access token for that account at `/api/v1/users/token`.

        - Make requests with the *Authorization: Bearer <token\>* header

        - Profit, depending on the role assigned to the account


        Note that the __access token is valid for 1 day__ and is given

        along with a __refresh token valid for 2 weeks__.


        [Generate]: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api/rest-getting-started

        '
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        password:
          tokenUrl: /api/v1/users/token
          scopes:
            admin: Admin scope
            moderator: Moderator scope
            user: User scope
externalDocs:
  url: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api-rest-reference.html
x-tagGroups:
- name: Static endpoints
  tags:
  - Static Video Files
- name: Download
  tags:
  - Video Download
- name: Feeds
  tags:
  - Video Feeds
- name: Auth
  tags:
  - Register
  - Session
- name: Accounts
  tags:
  - Accounts
  - Users
  - User Exports
  - User Imports
  - My User
  - My Subscriptions
  - My Notifications
  - My History
- name: Videos
  tags:
  - Video
  - Video Upload
  - Video Imports
  - Video Captions
  - Video Chapters
  - Video Channels
  - Video Comments
  - Video Rates
  - Video Playlists
  - Video Stats
  - Ownership Change
  - Video Mirroring
  - Video Files
  - Video Transcoding
  - Live Videos
  - Channels Sync
  - Video Passwords
  - Video Embed Privacy
- name: Search
  tags:
  - Search
- name: Moderation
  tags:
  - Abuses
  - Video Blocks
  - Account Blocklist
  - Server Blocklist
  - Automatic Tags
  - Watched Words
- name: Instance
  tags:
  - Config
  - Client Config
  - Homepage
  - Instance Follows
  - Instance Redundancy
  - Plugins
  - Stats
  - Logs
  - Job
- name: Remote Jobs
  tags:
  - Runner Registration Token
  - Runner Jobs
  - Runners