Pixelfed

Pixelfed Push Notifications API

Web push subscription management (v1.1)

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Operations 1

POST /v1.1/push/update-subscription Update Web Push subscription #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.pixelfed.org/
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Authentication
https://docs.pixelfed.org/technical/api/
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RateLimits
https://artifacts.apis.io/pixelfed/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/pixelfed/openapi/pixelfed-push-notifications-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed

Other Resources

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Plans
https://artifacts.apis.io/pixelfed/plans/plans.yml
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FinOps
https://artifacts.apis.io/pixelfed/finops/finops.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

pixelfed-push-notifications-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Pixelfed REST Push Notifications 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.
  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: Push Notifications
  description: Web push subscription management (v1.1)
paths:
  /v1.1/push/update-subscription:
    post:
      operationId: updatePushSubscription
      summary: Update Web Push subscription
      description: Creates or updates a Web Push notification subscription.
      tags:
      - Push Notifications
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - push
      - BearerAuth: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - subscription
              properties:
                subscription:
                  type: object
                  required:
                  - endpoint
                  - keys
                  properties:
                    endpoint:
                      type: string
                      format: uri
                    keys:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        p256dh:
                          type: string
                        auth:
                          type: string
                data:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    alerts:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        follow:
                          type: boolean
                        favourite:
                          type: boolean
                        reblog:
                          type: boolean
                        mention:
                          type: boolean
                        poll:
                          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Push subscription object
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid OAuth token
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error message
        error_description:
          type: string
          description: Additional error details
  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/