Mastodon search

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GET https://api.api.sh/mastodon/v1/search

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Search a server's accounts or hashtags (searching posts needs a login on Mastodon). First page of results.

Every response includes credits_used: the credits this call cost.

Parameters

name	type	description
`q`required	string	Search text. Example: `photography`
`instance`	string	Mastodon-compatible server host name (default mastodon.social). Example: `mastodon.social`
`type`	accounts \| hashtags	accounts (default) or hashtags. Example: `accounts`
`limit`	integer	Results, 1-40 (default 20). Example: `20`

Every endpoint also takes fresh, raw, fields (see lean responses and caching).

Example

curl "https://api.api.sh/mastodon/v1/search?q=photography" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APISH_KEY"

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.api.sh/mastodon/v1/search",
    params={"q": "photography"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["APISH_KEY"]},
    timeout=120,
)
res.raise_for_status()
data = res.json()

const url = new URL("https://api.api.sh/mastodon/v1/search");
url.searchParams.set("q", "photography");

const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.APISH_KEY } });
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);
const data = await res.json();

Response

A JSON object with the fields described above, plus raw (the source's own data), cached, fetched_at and credits_used. Errors return {"success": false, "error": "…"} with the HTTP status (see errors). A lookup that ran but found nothing (404) costs the price above; refused calls and errors on our side are free (what's charged).

The fastest way to see the full response is the playground: it runs this endpoint with your account and shows the exact JSON.