Pixelfed Discovery API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Pixelfed REST Accounts Discovery API
  description: 'Mastodon-compatible REST API for the Pixelfed federated photo-sharing platform. Provides endpoints for accounts, statuses, timelines, media, notifications, search, collections, stories, direct messages, and instance/federation metadata. All authenticated calls use OAuth2 Bearer tokens. Every Pixelfed instance exposes this API independently at its own domain; there is no single central API host.

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  version: '1.1'
  contact:
    name: Pixelfed
    email: hello@pixelfed.org
    url: https://pixelfed.org
  license:
    name: AGPL-3.0
    url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/blob/dev/LICENSE
  x-logo:
    url: https://pixelfed.org/img/logo.svg
servers:
- url: https://{instance}/api
  description: A Pixelfed instance
  variables:
    instance:
      default: pixelfed.social
      description: Hostname of the Pixelfed instance
security:
- OAuth2:
  - read
  - write
  - follow
  - push
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Discovery
  description: Trending content, suggestions, and directory
paths:
  /v1/trends:
    get:
      operationId: getTrends
      summary: Get trending tags
      description: Returns hashtags that are trending within the past week.
      tags:
      - Discovery
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limitParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of trending tags
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tag'
  /v1/suggestions:
    get:
      operationId: getSuggestions
      summary: Get follow suggestions
      description: Returns accounts suggested for the authenticated user to follow.
      tags:
      - Discovery
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - read
      - BearerAuth: []
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limitParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of accounts
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Account'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /v1/directory:
    get:
      operationId: getDirectory
      summary: Get profile directory
      description: Returns accounts visible in the profile directory.
      tags:
      - Discovery
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limitParam'
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: order
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - active
          - new
      - name: local
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of accounts
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Account'
components:
  schemas:
    Emoji:
      type: object
      properties:
        shortcode:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        static_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        visible_in_picker:
          type: boolean
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error message
        error_description:
          type: string
          description: Additional error details
    Field:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        value:
          type: string
        verified_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          nullable: true
    Account:
      type: object
      description: Represents a Pixelfed / Mastodon-compatible account
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier of the account
          example: '123456789'
        username:
          type: string
          description: The account's username (local part)
          example: alice
        acct:
          type: string
          description: 'Webfinger account URI. Equal to username for local accounts, or username@domain for remote accounts.

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          example: alice@pixelfed.social
        display_name:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the account
          example: Alice
        locked:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the account requires manual follow approval
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        note:
          type: string
          description: Biography / profile note (HTML)
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Profile URL
        avatar:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL to the account's avatar image
        avatar_static:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL to a static version of the avatar
        header:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL to the account's header image
        header_static:
          type: string
          format: uri
        followers_count:
          type: integer
        following_count:
          type: integer
        statuses_count:
          type: integer
        emojis:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Emoji'
        fields:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Field'
    Tag:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        history:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
  parameters:
    limitParam:
      name: limit
      in: query
      description: Maximum number of results to return (default 20, max 80)
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 20
        maximum: 80
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid OAuth token
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://{instance}/oauth/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://{instance}/oauth/token
          scopes:
            read: Read-only access to account data and timelines
            write: Write access to post statuses and manage account
            follow: Manage follows, blocks, and mutes
            push: Manage Web Push subscriptions
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: OAuth2
externalDocs:
  description: Pixelfed Documentation
  url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/