Mastodon API

Search public Mastodon accounts on a chosen instance.

POST /v1/mastodon/search

Request Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
query	body	string	Yes	Search query.
cursor	body	string	No	Cursor returned as next_cursor from the previous response.
instance	body	string	No	Mastodon instance hostname.
limit	body	integer	No	Maximum number of results to return.

Response Structure

Async kickoff response

Polled run result response

Sync response

Declared output schema

Code Examples

Async + polling

RUN=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api.browsable.app/v1/mastodon/search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"climate","cursor":"cursor-page-1","instance":"mastodon.social","limit":25}')

RUN_ID=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.run_id')

while true; do
  RESULT=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" "https://api.browsable.app/v1/runs/$RUN_ID")
  STATUS=$(echo "$RESULT" | jq -r '.run_status')
  if [ "$STATUS" = "succeeded" ] || [ "$STATUS" = "failed" ]; then
    echo "$RESULT"
    break
  fi
  sleep 2
done

Sync

curl -X POST "https://api.browsable.app/v1/mastodon/search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"climate","cursor":"cursor-page-1","instance":"mastodon.social","limit":25,"_run":{"async":false}}'