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Tag

Represents a hashtag used within the content of a status.

    • Example
    • Base attributes
    • Optional attributes
    • See also

Example

{
  "name": "nowplaying",
  "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/nowplaying",
  "history": [
    {
      "day": "1574553600",
      "uses": "200",
      "accounts": "31"
    },
    {
      "day": "1574467200",
      "uses": "272",
      "accounts": "39"
    },
    {
      "day": "1574380800",
      "uses": "345",
      "accounts": "40"
    },
    {
      "day": "1574294400",
      "uses": "366",
      "accounts": "46"
    },
    {
      "day": "1574208000",
      "uses": "226",
      "accounts": "32"
    },
    {
      "day": "1574121600",
      "uses": "217",
      "accounts": "42"
    },
    {
      "day": "1574035200",
      "uses": "214",
      "accounts": "34"
    }
  ]
}

Base attributes

name

Description: The value of the hashtag after the # sign.
Type: String
Version history: Added in 0.9.0

url

Description: A link to the hashtag on the instance.
Type: String (URL)
Version history: Added in 0.9.0

Optional attributes

history

Description: Usage statistics for given days.
Type: Array of History
Version history: Added in 2.4.1

See also

  • Status#tags
  • GET /api/v1/featured_tags/suggestions
Status
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app/serializers/rest/tag_serializer.rb

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