Mastodon API

Name: Mastodon API
Availability: InStock

Federated open-source social network

🔑 Auth: OAuth 🔒 HTTPS: Yes 🌐 CORS: Enabled View Documentation

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Server-measured technical metrics for the Mastodon API
Uptime Status	⬜ Unknown — not yet probed
Server Latency	N/A
Hosting Server	Not disclosed
Content-Type	Not disclosed
Cache-Control	Not set
CORS Support	✅ Enabled — safe for browser fetch()
Authentication	⚠️ Requires OAuth — obtain credentials from the official documentation
Category	Social

Endpoint:: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/api/

Quick Integration Code

⚠️ Auth: OAuth

// ⚠️  This API requires OAuth authentication
// Add your credentials to the headers below
fetch("https://docs.joinmastodon.org/api/")
  .then(response => {
    if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
    return response.json();
  })
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(error => console.error("Request failed:", error));

# ⚠️  This API requires OAuth authentication
# Add your credentials to the headers dict below
import requests

url = "https://docs.joinmastodon.org/api/"
headers = {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    # "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
print(data)

curl -X GET "https://docs.joinmastodon.org/api/" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "User-Agent: MyApp/1.0" \
  --max-time 10 \
  --silent | python3 -m json.tool

Sample JSON Response — Social

Social

{
  "data": {
    "id": "1627349282885754880",
    "text": "Introducing our new API endpoint for developers!",
    "author_id": "2244994945",
    "created_at": "2025-01-15T18:00:00.000Z",
    "public_metrics": {
      "retweet_count": 142,
      "reply_count": 38,
      "like_count": 892,
      "quote_count": 21
    }
  }
}