Mastodon API

API ID 14868

Mastodon posts by hashtag, account or keyword, trending tags and links, and replies across several instances, from the official open API. Clean JSON for brand and keyword monitoring of the fediverse.

API Documentation

Endpoints

Request
Mastodon API - Hashtags, Accounts, Trends & Monitor. Returns up to 100 results per request as JSON.
Endpoint ID: 38701
GET https://zylalabs.com/api/14868/mastodon+api/38701/mastodon+api
INPUT PARAMETERS

Mastodon API — Endpoint Features

Object Description
instances Optional Mastodon servers to read from. Hashtag posts are read from each instance's public timeline, so more instances give wider coverage. Accounts without a server use the first instance. Several values: comma separated.
hashtags Optional Hashtags to read, with or without the # sign, for example python or opensource. Each hashtag is read on every instance listed above. Several values: comma separated.
accounts Optional Accounts whose public posts you want, as or a profile URL. Boosts and replies are left out.
keywords Optional Optional. Keep only posts whose text contains any of these words or phrases (not case sensitive). Mastodon has no public full-text search, so keywords filter the posts fetched from your hashtags and accounts.
language Optional Optional. Keep only posts written in this language, for example en, de or bg. Empty = all languages.
maxItems Optional Hard limit on rows saved (and paid for): posts, replies and trend rows together. Posts are shared equally between the hashtags and accounts.
includeTrends Optional Also save the trending hashtags and trending links of every instance, with their usage in the last days. Trend rows are a snapshot and are not affected by only-new mode.
includeLocalTimeline Optional Also read the public local timeline of every instance (posts by that server's own users). Many servers require a login for this and are then skipped with a note in the run summary.
includeReplies Optional Also save the public replies to each post. Each reply is one result.
maxRepliesPerPost Optional Replies saved for each post that has replies.

Free test requests remaining: 3 of 3.


INPUT PARAMETERS

instances
hashtags
accounts
keywords
language
maxItems
includeTrends
includeLocalTimeline
includeReplies
maxRepliesPerPost
API EXAMPLE RESPONSE
JSON
{
    "count": 5,
    "items": [
        {
            "type": "post",
            "id": "117606784566746922",
            "url": "https://mastodon.social/@NfNitLoop/117606784566746922",
            "text": "#Nytt v0.1.0 has been released!\nhttps://codeberg.org/nfnitloop/nytt/src/branch/main/CHANGELOG.md\n\nThis comes with some nice UI changes in the web UI, and also enough CLI commands t",
            "html": "<p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Nytt\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Nytt</span></a> v0.1.0 has been released!<br /><a href=\"https://codeberg.org/nfnitloop/nytt/",
            "createdAt": "2026-11-13T02:31:58Z",
            "language": "en",
            "author": "[email protected]",
            "authorName": "Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈",
            "authorUrl": "https://mastodon.social/@NfNitLoop",
            "repliesCount": 1,
            "reblogsCount": 1,
            "favouritesCount": 1,
            "hashtags": [
                "nytt",
                "python"
            ],
            "mediaUrls": [
                "https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/117/606/768/886/733/507/original/87b24150aed8ba50.mp4"
            ],
            "cardUrl": null,
            "inReplyToId": null,
            "instance": "mastodon.social",
            "sourceHashtag": "python",
            "scrapedAt": "2026-11-13T03:22:16Z"
        },
        {
            "type": "post",
            "id": "117606777101851757",
            "url": "https://mastodon.social/@teeeeeeeee/117606777101851757",
            "text": "ahead (Time Series Forecasting with uncertainty quantification) gets a lot faster to install: most dependencies are now optional\nhttps://thierrymoudiki.github.io/blog/2026/09/08/r/",
            "html": "<p>ahead (Time Series Forecasting with uncertainty quantification) gets a lot faster to install: most dependencies are now optional<br /><a href=\"https://thierrymoudiki.github.io/b",
            "createdAt": "2026-11-13T02:30:04Z",
            "language": "en",
            "author": "[email protected]",
            "authorName": "T@Techtonique",
            "authorUrl": "https://mastodon.social/@teeeeeeeee",
            "repliesCount": 2,
            "reblogsCount": 1,
            "favouritesCount": 1,
            "hashtags": [
                "python",
                "datascience",
                "machinelearning",
                "rstats",
                "techtonique"
            ],
            "mediaUrls": [],
            "cardUrl": "https://thierrymoudiki.github.io/blog/2026/09/08/r/python/ahead-light",
            "inReplyToId": null,
            "instance": "mastodon.social",
            "sourceHashtag": "python",
            "scrapedAt": "2026-11-13T03:22:16Z"
        },
        {
            "type": "post",
            "id": "117606771851575483",
            "url": "https://mastodon.social/@shaharyarranjah1/117606771851575483",
            "text": "Day 1: Swap two variables in one line\nDay 1/30: Swap two variables in one line 🐍\nBeginners reach for a temp variable.\nPython packs the right side into a tuple\nIt unpacks into a and",
            "html": "<p>Day 1: Swap two variables in one line<br />Day 1/30: Swap two variables in one line 🐍<br />Beginners reach for a temp variable.<br />Python packs the right side into a tuple<br",
            "createdAt": "2026-11-13T02:28:44Z",
            "language": "en",
            "author": "[email protected]",
            "authorName": "Future Coding",
            "authorUrl": "https://mastodon.social/@shaharyarranjah1",
            "repliesCount": 1,
            "reblogsCount": 0,
            "favouritesCount": 0,
            "hashtags": [
                "python",
                "pythontips",
                "pythonprogramming",
                "learnpython",
                "coding",
                "programming",
                "developer",
                "codingtips",
                "pythondeveloper",
                "100daysofcode",
                "datascience",
                "machinelearning",
                "shaharyarranjah1"
            ],
            "mediaUrls": [
                "https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/117/606/769/962/379/792/original/4849b58bff72740d.png"
            ],
            "cardUrl": null,
            "inReplyToId": null,
            "instance": "mastodon.social",
            "sourceHashtag": "python",
            "scrapedAt": "2026-11-13T03:22:16Z"
        },
        {
            "type": "post",
            "id": "117606751940040775",
            "url": "https://mastodon.social/@nearskill/117606751940040775",
            "text": "Remote-first | Senior Software Security Engineer - AI Training - 15 USD/hr\n\nContract role with Turing, open to Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia and 8 more countries\n✅ Reproducing CVEs",
            "html": "<p>Remote-first | Senior Software Security Engineer - AI Training - 15 USD/hr</p><p>Contract role with Turing, open to Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia and 8 more countries<br />✅ Repr",
            "createdAt": "2026-11-13T02:23:40Z",
            "language": "en",
            "author": "[email protected]",
            "authorName": "Nearskill | AI & Tech Jobs",
            "authorUrl": "https://mastodon.social/@nearskill",
            "repliesCount": 0,
            "reblogsCount": 0,
            "favouritesCount": 0,
            "hashtags": [
                "cybersecurity",
                "jobsearch",
                "remotejobs",
                "python"
            ],
            "mediaUrls": [],
            "cardUrl": "https://nearskill.in/jobs/senior-software-security-engineer-ai-training-18156?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social",
            "inReplyToId": null,
            "instance": "mastodon.social",
            "sourceHashtag": "python",
            "scrapedAt": "2026-11-13T03:22:16Z"
        },
        {
            "type": "post",
            "id": "117606730788690503",
            "url": "https://igeek.gamer-geek-news.com/@feed/statuses/01M79B5MHJW4R3DX83M7H61VD8",
            "text": "🐧 Shiny for Python – reactive framework for interactive web applications\n\nShiny for Python is a reactive web framework for building interactive dashboards and data applications wit",
            "html": "<p>🐧 <strong>Shiny for Python – reactive framework for interactive web applications</strong></p><p>Shiny for Python is a reactive web framework for building interactive dashboards",
            "createdAt": "2026-11-13T02:18:17Z",
            "language": "en",
            "author": "[email protected]",
            "authorName": "input",
            "authorUrl": "https://igeek.gamer-geek-news.com/@feed",
            "repliesCount": 0,
            "reblogsCount": 0,
            "favouritesCount": 0,
            "hashtags": [
                "python",
                "datascience"
            ],
            "mediaUrls": [],
            "cardUrl": "https://www.linuxlinks.com/shiny-for-python-reactive-framework-interactive-web-applications/",
            "inReplyToId": null,
            "instance": "mastodon.social",
            "sourceHashtag": "python",
            "scrapedAt": "2026-11-13T03:22:16Z"
        }
    ]
}
Mastodon API — CODE SNIPPETS

curl --location --request GET 'https://zylalabs.com/api/14868/mastodon+api/38701/mastodon+api?instances=mastodon.social&hashtags=python&maxItems=5&includeTrends=false&includeLocalTimeline=false&includeReplies=false&maxRepliesPerPost=20' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' 


    

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Overview

Mastodon posts by hashtag, account or keyword, trending tags and links, and replies across several instances, from the official open API. Clean JSON for brand and keyword monitoring of the fediverse.

Mastodon API FAQs

Mastodon posts by hashtag, account or keyword, trending tags and links, and replies across several instances, from the official open API. Clean JSON for brand and keyword monitoring of the fediverse.

Up to 100 results per request. Set it with the maxItems parameter.

Every request collects live data from the public source. Identical requests may be served from a cache for up to 6 hours.

List parameters accept several values separated by commas, for example: london,paris.

The endpoint accepts these query parameters, all optional: instances, hashtags, accounts, keywords, language, maxItems, includeTrends, includeLocalTimeline, includeReplies, maxRepliesPerPost. Instances: Mastodon servers to read from. Hashtag posts are read from each instance's public timeline, so more instances give wider coverage. Accounts without a server use the first instance. Several values: comma separated. Hashtags: Hashtags to read, with or without the # sign, for example python or opensource. Each hashtag is read on every instance listed above. Several values: comma separated. Accounts: Accounts whose public posts you want, as a profile URL.

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