Notes

Notes represent a post, article or message of some kind, and are one of the 5 types of pushable object.

Schemalink

• type: "note"
• self: uri(note) required
• created: timestamp required
• modified: timestamp optional
• author: uri(actor) required
• summary: string optional
• plainContent: string required
• formattedContent: object optional default={}
  • (mimetype): string many
• language: locale required
• mentions: array(uri(actor)) optional default=[]
• inReplyTo: uri(note) optional
• threadApex: uri(note) optional ¹
• privacy: object required
  • scope: "public" | "followers" | "mutuals" | "none" required
  • alsoVisibleTo: array(uri(actor)) optional default=[]
  • indexable: boolean required
  • canReshare: "all" | "followers" | "mutuals" | "none" optional default="all"
  • canReply: "all" | "followers" | "mutuals" | "none" optional default="all"
  • canOtherInteract: "all" | "followers" | "mutuals" | "none" optional default="all"
• attachments: array(object) optional default=[]
  • type: mimetype required
  • href: uri required
  • description: string optional
• extensions: object optional default={}
  • (uri): any many

Examplelink

{
    "type": "note",
    "self": "https://social.example/note/234",
    "created": "2025-01-02T08:34:41+00:00",
    "modified": "2025-01-02T08:38:54+00:00",
    "author": "https://social.example/user/winter",
    "plainContent": "omg hi!",
    "formattedContent": {
        "text/markdown": "**omg** hi!",
        "text/html": "<b>omg</b> hi!"
    },
    "language": "en_GB",
    "mentions": [],
    "inReplyTo": "https://antisocial.example/note/141",
    "threadApex": "https://social.example/note/230",
    "privacy": {
        "scope": "public",
        "indexable": true,
        "canReshare": "none"
    },
    "attachments": [],
    "extensions": []
}

Footnoteslink

^[1] if threadApex is not specified it’s assumed that this note is itself the thread apex, so equivalent to writing the same uri as in self. however you should always put null / not specify it in that case, rather than putting the note’s own uri