---
title: Status
description: Represents a status posted by an account.
menu:
  docs:
    parent: entities
aliases: [
  "/entities/mention",
  "/entities/Mention",
  "/entities/status",
  "/entities/Status",
  "/api/entities/mention",
  "/api/entities/Mention",
  "/api/entities/status",
  "/api/entities/Status",
]
---

## Example

```json
{
  "id": "103270115826048975",
  "created_at": "2019-12-08T03:48:33.901Z",
  "in_reply_to_id": null,
  "in_reply_to_account_id": null,
  "sensitive": false,
  "spoiler_text": "",
  "visibility": "public",
  "language": "en",
  "uri": "https://mastodon.social/users/Gargron/statuses/103270115826048975",
  "url": "https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/103270115826048975",
  "replies_count": 5,
  "reblogs_count": 6,
  "favourites_count": 11,
  "quotes_count": 2,
  "favourited": false,
  "reblogged": false,
  "muted": false,
  "bookmarked": false,
  "content": "<p>&quot;I lost my inheritance with one wrong digit on my sort code&quot;</p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/dec/07/i-lost-my-193000-inheritance-with-one-wrong-digit-on-my-sort-code\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://www.</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">theguardian.com/money/2019/dec</span><span class=\"invisible\">/07/i-lost-my-193000-inheritance-with-one-wrong-digit-on-my-sort-code</span></a></p>",
  "reblog": null,
  "application": {
    "name": "Web",
    "website": null
  },
  "account": {
    "id": "1",
    "username": "Gargron",
    "acct": "Gargron",
    "display_name": "Eugen",
    "locked": false,
    "bot": false,
    "discoverable": true,
    "group": false,
    "created_at": "2016-03-16T14:34:26.392Z",
    "note": "<p>Developer of Mastodon and administrator of mastodon.social. I post service announcements, development updates, and personal stuff.</p>",
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@Gargron",
    "avatar": "https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/000/001/original/d96d39a0abb45b92.jpg",
    "avatar_static": "https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/000/001/original/d96d39a0abb45b92.jpg",
    "header": "https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/headers/000/000/001/original/c91b871f294ea63e.png",
    "header_static": "https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/headers/000/000/001/original/c91b871f294ea63e.png",
    "followers_count": 322930,
    "following_count": 459,
    "statuses_count": 61323,
    "last_status_at": "2019-12-10T08:14:44.811Z",
    "emojis": [],
    "fields": [
      {
        "name": "Patreon",
        "value": "<a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/mastodon\" rel=\"me nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://www.</span><span class=\"\">patreon.com/mastodon</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>",
        "verified_at": null
      },
      {
        "name": "Homepage",
        "value": "<a href=\"https://zeonfederated.com\" rel=\"me nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"\">zeonfederated.com</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>",
        "verified_at": "2019-07-15T18:29:57.191+00:00"
      }
    ]
  },
  "media_attachments": [],
  "mentions": [],
  "tags": [],
  "emojis": [],
  "quote": null,
  "card": {
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/dec/07/i-lost-my-193000-inheritance-with-one-wrong-digit-on-my-sort-code",
    "title": "‘I lost my £193,000 inheritance – with one wrong digit on my sort code’",
    "description": "When Peter Teich’s money went to another Barclays customer, the bank offered £25 as a token gesture",
    "type": "link",
    "author_name": "",
    "author_url": "",
    "provider_name": "",
    "provider_url": "",
    "html": "",
    "width": 0,
    "height": 0,
    "image": null,
    "embed_url": ""
  },
  "poll": null,
  "quote_approval": {
    "automatic": [],
    "manual": [],
    "current_user": "automatic"
  }
}
```

## Attributes

### `id` {#id}

**Description:** ID of the status in the database.\
**Type:** String (cast from an integer but not guaranteed to be a number)\
**Version history:**\
0.1.0 - added

### `uri` {#uri}

**Description:** URI of the status used for federation.\
**Type:** String\
**Version history:**\
0.1.0 - added

### `created_at` {#created_at}

**Description:** The date when this status was created.\
**Type:** String ([Datetime](/api/datetime-format#datetime))\
**Version history:**\
0.1.0 - added

### `account` {#account}

**Description:** The account that authored this status.\
**Type:** [Account]({{< relref "entities/Account" >}})\
**Version history:**\
0.1.0 - added

### `content` {#content}

**Description:** HTML-encoded status content.\
**Type:** String (HTML)\
**Version history:**\
0.1.0 - added

### `visibility` {#visibility}

**Description:** Visibility of this status.\
**Type:** String (Enumerable oneOf)\
`public` = Visible to everyone, shown in public timelines.\
`unlisted` = Visible to public, but not included in public timelines.\
`private` = Visible to followers only, and to any mentioned users.\
`direct` = Visible only to mentioned users.\
**Version history:**\
0.9.9 - added

### `sensitive` {#sensitive}

**Description:** Is this status marked as sensitive content?\
**Type:** Boolean\
**Version history:**\
0.9.9 - added

### `spoiler_text` {#spoiler_text}

**Description:** Subject or summary line, below which status content is collapsed until expanded.\
**Type:** String\
**Version history:**\
1.0.0 - added

### `media_attachments` {#media_attachments}

**Description:** Media that is attached to this status.\
**Type:** Array of [MediaAttachment]({{< relref "entities/MediaAttachment" >}})\
**Version history:**\
0.6.0 - added

### `application` {{%optional%}} {#application}

**Description:** The application used to post this status.\
**Type:** Hash\
**Version history:**\
0.9.9 - added

#### `application[name]` {#application-name}

**Description:** The name of the application that posted this status.\
**Type:** String\
**Version history:**\
0.9.9 - added

#### `application[website]` {#application-website}

**Description:** The website associated with the application that posted this status.\
**Type:** {{<nullable>}} String (URL) or null\
**Version history:**\
0.9.9 - added\
3.5.1 - this property is now nullable

### `mentions` {#mentions}

**Description:** Mentions of users within the status content.\
**Type:** Array of [Status::Mention](#Mention)\
**Version history:**\
0.6.0 - added

### `tags` {#tags}

**Description:** Hashtags used within the status content.\
**Type:** Array of [Status::Tag](#Tag)\
**Version history:**\
0.6.0 - added

### `emojis` {#emojis}

**Description:** Custom emoji to be used when rendering status content.\
**Type:** Array of [CustomEmoji]({{< relref "entities/CustomEmoji" >}})\
**Version history:**\
2.0.0 - added

### `reblogs_count` {#reblogs_count}

**Description:** How many boosts this status has received.\
**Type:** Integer\
**Version history:**\
0.1.0 - added

### `favourites_count` {#favorites_count}

**Description:** How many favourites this status has received.\
**Type:** Integer\
**Version history:**\
0.1.0 - added

### `quotes_count` {#quotes_count}

**Description:** How many accepted quotes this status has.\
**Type:** Integer\
**Version history:**\
4.5.0 - added

### `replies_count` {#replies_count}

**Description:** How many replies this status has received.\
**Type:** Integer\
**Version history:**\
2.5.0 - added

### `url` {#url}

**Description:** A link to the status's HTML representation.\
**Type:** {{<nullable>}} String (URL) or null\
**Version history:**\
0.1.0 - added

### `in_reply_to_id` {#in_reply_to_id}

**Description:** ID of the status being replied to.\
**Type:** {{<nullable>}} String (cast from an integer but not guaranteed to be a number) or null\
**Version history:**\
0.1.0 - added

### `in_reply_to_account_id` {#in_reply_to_account_id}

**Description:** Might be the ID of the account that authored the status being replied to. This sometimes skips over self-replies. If status A was posted by account 1, and account 2 posts statuses B, C, and D as a chain of replies to status A, statuses B, C, and D will all have `in_reply_to_account_id` = 1 (instead of C and D having `in_reply_to_account_id` = 2). However, if status A was posted by account 1, and account 1 posts status B as a direct reply to A, B will have an `in_reply_to_account_id` = 1 (instead of null).\
**Type:** {{<nullable>}} String (cast from an integer but not guaranteed to be a number) or null\
**Version history:**\
0.1.0 - added

### `reblog` {#reblog}

**Description:** The status being reblogged.\
**Type:** {{<nullable>}} [Status]({{< relref "entities/status" >}}) or null\
**Version history:**\
0.1.0 - added

### `poll` {#poll}

**Description:** The poll attached to the status.\
**Type:** {{<nullable>}} [Poll]({{< relref "entities/Poll" >}}) or null\
**Version history:**\
2.8.0 - added

### `card` {#card}

**Description:** Preview card for links included within status content.\
**Type:** {{<nullable>}} [PreviewCard]({{< relref "entities/PreviewCard" >}}) or null\
**Version history:**\
2.6.0 - added

### `language` {#language}

**Description:** Primary language of this status.\
**Type:** {{<nullable>}} String (ISO 639-1 two-letter language code) or null\
**Version history:**\
1.4.0 - added

### `text` {#text}

**Description:** Plain-text source of a status. Returned instead of `content` when status is deleted, so the user may redraft from the source text without the client having to reverse-engineer the original text from the HTML content.\
**Type:** {{<nullable>}} String or null\
**Version history:**\
2.9.0 - added

### `edited_at` {#edited_at}

**Description:** Timestamp of when the status was last edited.\
**Type:** {{<nullable>}} String ([Datetime](/api/datetime-format#datetime))\
**Version history:**\
3.5.0 - added

### `quote` {#quote}

**Description:** Information about the status being quoted, if any\
**Type:** {{<nullable>}} [Quote]({{< relref "entities/quote" >}}), [ShallowQuote]({{< relref "entities/ShallowQuote" >}}) or null\
**Version history:**\
4.4.0 - added

### `quote_approval` {#quote_approval}

**Description:** Summary of the post quote's approval policy and how it applies to the user making the request, that is, whether the user can be expected to be allowed to quote that post\
**Type:** [QuoteApproval]({{< relref "entities/QuoteApproval" >}})
**Version history:**\
4.5.0 - added

### `favourited` {{%optional%}} {#favourited}

**Description:** If the current token has an authorized user: Have you favourited this status?\
**Type:** Boolean\
**Version history:**\
0.1.0 - added

### `reblogged` {{%optional%}} {#reblogged}

**Description:** If the current token has an authorized user: Have you boosted this status?\
**Type:** Boolean\
**Version history:**\
0.1.0 - added

### `muted` {{%optional%}} {#muted}

**Description:** If the current token has an authorized user: Have you muted notifications for this status's conversation?\
**Type:** Boolean\
**Version history:**\
1.4.0 - added

### `bookmarked` {{%optional%}} {#bookmarked}

**Description:** If the current token has an authorized user: Have you bookmarked this status?\
**Type:** Boolean\
**Version history:**\
3.1.0 - added

### `pinned` {{%optional%}} {#pinned}

**Description:** If the current token has an authorized user: Have you pinned this status? Only appears if the status is pinnable.\
**Type:** Boolean\
**Version history:**\
1.6.0 - added

### `filtered` {{%optional%}} {#filtered}

**Description:** If the current token has an authorized user: The filter and keywords that matched this status.\
**Type:** Array of [FilterResult]({{< relref "entities/FilterResult" >}})\
**Version history:**\
4.0.0 - added

### `tagged_collections` {#tagged_collections}

**Description:** If `content` includes links to Collections that the server recognized, this includes the actual Collections.\
**Type:** Array of [Collection]({{< relref "entities/Collection" >}})\
**Version history:**\
4.6.0 - added

## Status::Mention attributes {#Mention}

### `id` {#Mention-id}

**Description:** The account ID of the mentioned user.\
**Type:** String (cast from an integer, but not guaranteed to be a number)\
**Version history:**\
0.6.0 - added

### `username` {#Mention-username}

**Description:** The username of the mentioned user.\
**Type:** String\
**Version history:**\
0.6.0 - added

### `url` {#Mention-url}

**Description:** The location of the mentioned user's profile.\
**Type:** String (URL)\
**Version history:**\
0.6.0 - added

### `acct` {#Mention-acct}

**Description:** The webfinger acct: URI of the mentioned user. Equivalent to `username` for local users, or `username@domain` for remote users.\
**Type:** String\
**Version history:**\
0.6.0 - added

## Status::Tag attributes {#Tag}

### `name` {#Tag-name}

**Description:** The value of the hashtag after the # sign.\
**Type:** String\
**Version history:**\
0.9.0 - added

### `url` {#Tag-url}

**Description:** A link to the hashtag on the instance.\
**Type:** String (URL)\
**Version history:**\
0.9.0 - added

## See also

{{< page-relref ref="methods/accounts#statuses" caption="GET /api/v1/accounts/:id/statuses" >}}

{{< page-relref ref="methods/search#v2" caption="POST /api/v2/search/" >}}

{{< page-relref ref="methods/statuses" caption="statuses methods" >}}

{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/serializers/rest/status_serializer.rb" caption="app/serializers/rest/status_serializer.rb" >}}
