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- [Docker Development](contributing/docker_development.md)
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- [Local Development](contributing/local_development.md)
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- [Theming Guide](contributing/theming.md)
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- [Websocket/HTTP API](contributing/websocket_http_api.md)
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- [HTTP API](contributing/http_api.md)
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- [Creating a Custom Frontend](contributing/custom_frontend.md)
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- [Tests](contributing/tests.md)
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- [Federation Development](contributing/federation_development.md)
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# API reference
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Lemmy has two, intertwined APIs:
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- [WebSocket](https://join.lemmy.ml/api/index.html)
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- [HTTP](http_api.md)
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This page describes concepts that are common to both.
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<!-- toc -->
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- [Basic usage](#basic-usage)
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- [Data types](#data-types)
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* [Lemmy types](#lemmy-types)
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* [Lower-level types](#lower-level-types)
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- [Default rate limits](#default-rate-limits)
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## Basic usage
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Request and response strings are in [JSON format](https://www.json.org).
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## Data types
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### Lemmy types
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- [Source tables, that have the columns / fields](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-js-client/blob/main/src/interfaces/source.ts)
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- [Aggregates (for things like scores)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-js-client/blob/main/src/interfaces/aggregates.ts)
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- [Views - The main lemmy return types](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-js-client/blob/main/src/interfaces/views.ts)
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- [Request Forms / Responses are in this folder](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-js-client/tree/main/src/interfaces/api)
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### Lower-level types
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- `?` designates an option which may be omitted in requests and not be present in responses. It will be of type ***SomeType***.
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- `[SomeType]` is a list which contains objects of type ***SomeType***.
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- Times and dates are timestamp strings in [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) format. Timestamps will be UTC, your client must do the UTC to local conversion.
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## Default rate limits
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These can be edited in your `lemmy.hjson` file, by copying the relevant section from [defaults.hjson](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/main/config/defaults.hjson).
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- 3 per hour for signups and community creation.
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- 6 per hour for image posting.
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- 6 per 10 minutes for post creation.
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- 180 actions per minute for post voting and comment creation.
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Everything else is not rate-limited.
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**See also:** [rate limiting for custom front-ends](custom_frontend.md#rate-limiting).
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# Creating a Custom Frontend
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The backend and frontend are completely decoupled, and run in independent Docker containers. They only communicate over the [Lemmy API](websocket_http_api.md), which makes it quite easy to write alternative frontends.
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The backend and frontend are completely decoupled, and run in independent Docker containers. They only communicate over the [Lemmy API](api_reference.md), which makes it quite easy to write alternative frontends.
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This creates a lot of potential for custom frontends, which could change much of the design and user experience of Lemmy. For example, it would be possible to create a frontend in the style of a traditional forum like [phpBB](https://www.phpbb.com/), or a question-and-answer site like [stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/). All without having to think about database queries, authentification or ActivityPub, which you essentially get for free.
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# Lemmy HTTP API
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- [Websocket vs HTTP API](#websocket-vs-http-api)
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- [Examples](#examples)
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* [TypeScript](#typescript)
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* [Curl](#curl)
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+ [GET](#get-example)
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+ [POST](#post-example)
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- [HTTP API exclusive features](#http-api-exclusive-features)
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* [RSS/Atom feeds](#rss-atom-feeds)
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* [Images](#images)
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+ [Create (request)](#create-request)
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+ [Create (response)](#create-response)
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* [Delete](#delete)
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## WebSocket vs HTTP API
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Lemmy's HTTP API is almost identical to its WebSocket API:
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- **WebSocket API** needs `let send = { op: userOperation[op], data: form}` as shown in [the WebSocketAPI specification](add_link)
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- **HTTP API** needs the form (data) at the top level, an HTTP operation (GET, PUT or POST) and endpoint (at `http(s)://host/api/v2/endpoint`). For example:
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> `POST {username_or_email: X, password: X}`
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For more information, see the [http.ts](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-js-client/blob/main/src/http.ts) file.
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[The WebSocket API](Add_link) should be regarded as the primary source for the HTTP API since it also provides information about how to form HTTP API calls.
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## Examples
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### TypeScript
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```ts
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async editComment(form: EditComment): Promise<CommentResponse> {
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return this.wrapper(HttpType.Put, '/comment', form);
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}
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```
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| Type | URL | Body type | Return type |
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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| `PUT` | `/comment` | `EditComment` | `CommentResponse` |
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### Curl
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**GET example**
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```
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curl "http://localhost:8536/api/v2/community/list?sort=Hot"`
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```
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**POST example**
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```
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curl -i -H \
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"Content-Type: application/json" \
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-X POST \
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-d '{
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"comment_id": 374,
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"score": 1,
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"auth": eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6MiwiaXNzIjoidGVzdC5sZW1teS5tbCJ9.P77RX_kpz1a_geY5eCp29sl_5mAm-k27Cwnk8JcIZJk
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}' \
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http://localhost:8536/api/v2/comment/like
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```
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## HTTP API exclusive features
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These features cannot be accessed from the WebSocket API:
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- [RSS/Atom feeds](#rss-atom-feeds)
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- [Images](#images)
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### RSS/Atom feeds
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- All - `/feeds/all.xml?sort=Hot`
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- Community - `/feeds/c/community-name.xml?sort=Hot`
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- User - `/feeds/u/user-name.xml?sort=Hot`
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### Images
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Lemmy forwards image requests to a locally running Pictrs.
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`GET /pictrs/image/{filename}?format={webp, jpg, ...}&thumbnail={96}`
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*Format and thumbnail are optional.*
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#### Create (request)
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Uploaded content must be valid multipart/form-data with an image array located within the images[] key.
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`POST /pictrs/image`
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#### Create (response)
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```
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{
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"files": [
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{
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"delete_token": "{token}",
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"file": "{file}.jpg"
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}
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],
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"msg": "ok"
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}
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```
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#### Delete
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`GET /pictrs/image/delete/{delete_token}/{file}`
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# Note
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This documentation may lag behind the actual [API endpoints](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-js-client/blob/main/src/http.ts) and the API itself should be considered unstable (since it may change at any time).
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# Lemmy API
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*Note: this may lag behind the actual API endpoints [here](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-js-client/blob/main/src/http.ts). The API should be considered unstable and may change any time.*
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<!-- toc -->
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- [Basic usage](#basic-usage)
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- [Data types](#data-types)
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* [Lemmy Types](#lemmy-types)
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* [Lower-level types](#lower-level-types)
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* [Sort Types](#sort-types)
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- [Default Rate limits](#default-rate-limits)
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- [Errors](#errors)
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* [Undoing actions](#undoing-actions)
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- [Websocket vs HTTP](#websocket-vs-http)
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- [HTTP](#http)
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* [Example](#example)
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* [Testing with Curl](#testing-with-curl)
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+ [Get Example](#get-example)
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+ [Post Example](#post-example)
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- [Websocket](#websocket)
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* [Testing with Websocat](#testing-with-websocat)
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* [Testing with the WebSocket JavaScript API](#testing-with-the-websocket-javascript-api)
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- [RSS / Atom feeds](#rss--atom-feeds)
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* [All](#all)
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* [Community](#community)
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* [User](#user)
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- [Images](#images)
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* [Get](#get)
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* [Create](#create)
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+ [Request](#request)
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+ [Response](#response)
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* [Delete](#delete)
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## Basic usage
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Request and response strings are in [JSON format](https://www.json.org).
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## Data types
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### Lemmy Types
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- [Source tables, that have the columns / fields](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-js-client/blob/main/src/interfaces/source.ts)
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- [Aggregates (for things like scores)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-js-client/blob/main/src/interfaces/aggregates.ts)
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- [Views - The main lemmy return types](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-js-client/blob/main/src/interfaces/views.ts)
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- [Request Forms / Responses are in this folder](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-js-client/tree/main/src/interfaces/api)
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### Lower-level types
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- `?` designates an option which may be omitted in requests and not be present in responses. It will be of type ***SomeType***.
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- `[SomeType]` is a list which contains objects of type ***SomeType***.
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- The fields published, and updated are timestamp strings in [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) format. Timestamps will be UTC, your client must do the UTC -> local conversion.
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### Sort Types
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These go wherever there is a `sort` field. The available sort types are:
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- `Active` - the hottest posts/communities, depending on votes, and newest comment publish date.
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- `Hot` - the hottest posts/communities, depending on votes and publish date.
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- `New` - the newest posts/communities
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- `TopDay` - the most upvoted posts/communities of the current day.
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- `TopWeek` - the most upvoted posts/communities of the current week.
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- `TopMonth` - the most upvoted posts/communities of the current month.
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- `TopYear` - the most upvoted posts/communities of the current year.
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- `TopAll` - the most upvoted posts/communities on the current instance.
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## Default Rate limits
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These can be edited in your `lemmy.hjson` file, by copying the relevant section from [defaults.hjson](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/main/config/defaults.hjson).
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- 3 per hour for signups and community creation.
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- 6 per hour for image posting.
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- 6 per 10 minutes for post creation.
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- 180 actions per minute for post voting and comment creation.
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- Everything else is not rate-limited.
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## Errors
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```rust
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{
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op: String,
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message: String,
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}
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```
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### Undoing actions
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Whenever you see a `deleted: bool`, `removed: bool`, `read: bool`, `locked: bool`, etc, you can undo this action by sending `false`:
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```ts
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// Un-delete a post
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auth: ...
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}
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```
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## Websocket vs HTTP
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- Below are the websocket JSON requests / responses. For HTTP, ignore all fields except those inside `data`.
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- For example, an http login will be a `POST` `{username_or_email: X, password: X}`
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## HTTP
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For documentation of the HTTP API, look at the [http.ts file in lemmy-js-client](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-js-client/blob/main/src/http.ts).
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Endpoints are at `http(s)://host/api/v2/endpoint`
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### Example
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```ts
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async editComment(form: EditComment): Promise<CommentResponse> {
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}
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```
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| `PUT` | `/comment` | `EditComment` | `CommentResponse` |
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### Testing with Curl
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#### Get Example
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`curl "http://localhost:8536/api/v2/community/list?sort=Hot"`
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#### Post Example
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```
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-X POST \
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-d '{
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```
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## Websocket
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The websocket commands are in [websocket.ts](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-js-client/blob/main/src/websocket.ts), and exactly match the http commands,
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Connect to <code>ws://***host***/api/v2/ws</code> to get started.
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- CommunityJoin. Receives front page / community posts.
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### Testing with the WebSocket JavaScript API
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[WebSocket JavaScript API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebSockets_API)
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### Community
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### User
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## Images
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*Format and thumbnail are optional.*
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`GET /pictrs/image/{filename}?format={webp, jpg, ...}&thumbnail={96}`
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### Create
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#### Request
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Uploaded content must be valid multipart/form-data with an image array located within the images[] key.
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`POST /pictrs/image`
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#### Response
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"files": [
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"delete_token": "{token}",
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"file": "{file}.jpg"
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}
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],
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"msg": "ok"
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}
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```
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