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# API reference
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pronouns.cc has a HTTP REST API to query and edit profiles, available at `https://pronouns.cc/api`.
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## Versioning
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The API is versioned, and versions must be explicitly specified for all endpoints.
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The current, and only, available version is **1**.
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The version is specified in the request path, like `https://pronouns.cc/api/v{version}`.
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| Version | Status |
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| ------- | ---------- |
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| 1 | Default |
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| 2 | _Upcoming_ |
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The API version will be incremented for any breaking changes, including:
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- Removing entire endpoints
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- Removing fields from responses
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- Changing the behaviour of fields (in some situations, see below)
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However, the following types of changes are **not** considered breaking:
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- Adding new endpoints
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- Adding new fields to requests or responses (your JSON serializer/deserializer should ignore unknown fields)
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- Forcing fields related to removed features to their default value
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## Authentication
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Tokens can be created [here](https://pronouns.cc/settings/tokens).
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Not all endpoints require authentication. For those that do, a token must be provided in the `Authorization` header.
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The token _may_ be prefixed with `Bearer `, but this is not required.
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::: info
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You are allowed to use site tokens (those stored in your browser's local storage) to access endpoints not available to API tokens,
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however, these endpoints are not available to API tokens *for a reason*:
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site tokens can take destructive actions such as deleting your account.
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Additionally, endpoints that are not available to API tokens may have breaking changes without a major version bump.
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:::
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## Request bodies
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::: info
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The current API version doesn't distinguish between omitted and `null` keys yet.
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However, the next version of the API will use `null` to unset keys, so clients should not rely on this behaviour.
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:::
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Request bodies should be in JSON format.
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For PATCH requests, **all keys are optional**. Omitted keys will not be updated,
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and keys set to the zero value of their respective types (for strings: `""`, for numbers: `0`, for arrays: `[]`, etc.)
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will be unset.
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## Documentation formatting
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The "type" column in tables is formatted as follows:
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- The type used is the _Go_ type, not the _JSON_ type.
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For example, the documentation will use `int` for integers and `float` for floats,
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even though they are both represented with JSON numbers.
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- A _leading_ `?` signifies that the field may be omitted.
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- A _trailing_ `?` signifies that the field may be null.
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## IDs
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### Snowflake IDs
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For [multiple reasons](https://codeberg.org/pronounscc/pronouns.cc/issues/89),
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pronouns.cc is transitioning to using snowflakes for unique IDs. These will become the default in the next API version,
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but are already returned as `id_new` in the relevant objects (users, members, and flags).
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### xids
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[xid](https://github.com/rs/xid) is the previous unique ID format. These are always serialized as strings.
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Although xids have timestamp information embedded in them, this is non-trivial to extract.
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xids are unique across _all_ resources, they are never shared (for example, a user and a member cannot share the same ID).
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### prns.cc IDs
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Users and members also have an additional ID type, `sid`.
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These are randomly generated 5 or 6 letter strings, and are used for the prns.cc URL shortener.
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**These can change at any time**, as short IDs can be rerolled once per hour.
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## Images
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The API does not return full URLs to images such as avatars and pride flags.
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Instead, the URL must be constructed manually using the `avatar` or `hash` fields.
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The default user and member avatar is served at `https://pronouns.cc/default/512.webp`.
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All custom images are served on the base URL `https://cdn.pronouns.cc`, and are only available in WebP format.
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| Type | Format |
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| ------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
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| User avatar | `/users/{user.id}/{user.avatar}.webp` |
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| Member avatar | `/members/{member.id}/{member.avatar}.webp` |
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| Pride flag | `/flags/{flag.hash}.webp` |
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