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Source

Represents display or publishing preferences of user's own account. Returned as an additional entity when verifying and updated credentials, as an attribute of Account.

    • Example
    • Base attributes
    • Nullable attributes
    • See also

Example

  "source": {
    "privacy": "public",
    "sensitive": false,
    "language": "",
    "note": "i have approximate knowledge of many things. perpetual student. (nb/ace/they)\r\n\r\nxmpp/email: a@trwnh.com\r\nhttps://trwnh.com\r\nhelp me live: https://liberapay.com/at or https://paypal.me/trwnh\r\n\r\n- my triggers are moths and glitter\r\n- i have all notifs except mentions turned off, so please interact if you wanna be friends! i literally will not notice otherwise\r\n- dm me if i did something wrong, so i can improve\r\n- purest person on fedi, do not lewd in my presence\r\n- #1 ami cole fan account\r\n\r\n:fatyoshi:",
    "fields": [
      {
        "name": "Website",
        "value": "https://trwnh.com",
        "verified_at": "2019-08-29T04:14:55.571+00:00"
      },
      {
        "name": "Sponsor",
        "value": "https://liberapay.com/at",
        "verified_at": "2019-11-15T10:06:15.557+00:00"
      },
      {
        "name": "Fan of:",
        "value": "Punk-rock and post-hardcore (Circa Survive, letlive., La Dispute, THE FEVER 333)Manga (Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Death Note, Shaman King)Platformers and RPGs (Banjo-Kazooie, Boktai, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles)",
        "verified_at": null
      },
      {
        "name": "Main topics:",
        "value": "systemic analysis, design patterns, anticapitalism, info/tech freedom, theory and philosophy, and otherwise being a genuine and decent wholesome poster. i'm just here to hang out and talk to cool people!",
        "verified_at": null
      }
    ],
    "follow_requests_count": 0
  }

Excerpt from GET accounts/verify_credentials

Base attributes

note

Description: Profile bio.
Type: String
Version history: Added in 1.5.0

fields

Description: Metadata about the account.
Type: Array of Field
Version history: Added in 2.4.0

Nullable attributes

privacy

Description: The default post privacy to be used for new statuses.
Type: String (Enumerable, oneOf)
public = Public post
unlisted = Unlisted post
private = Followers-only post
direct = Direct post
Version history: Added in 1.5.0

sensitive

Description: Whether new statuses should be marked sensitive by default.
Type: Boolean
Version history: Added in 1.5.0

language

Description: The default posting language for new statuses.
Type: String (ISO 639-1 language two-letter code)
Version history: Added in 2.4.2

follow_requests_count

Description: The number of pending follow requests.
Type: Number
Version history: Added in 3.0.0

See also

  • Account#source
  • POST /api/v1/accounts/verify_credentials
  • PATCH /api/v1/accounts/update_credentials
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