Mastodon Timeline API

POST

API health

24h health
Normal
24h average time
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Last checked
September 26, 2026 at 18:04 (UTC)
  • Healthy / normal
  • Available
  • Limited
  • Mostly down
Health APINormal
How health is measured
  • Health = the share of calls that returned data, in percent. Empty results, failures and unknown outcomes do not count as returning data.
  • Levels: 90% and above is healthy, 70% and above is available, 40% and above is limited; anything lower is mostly down.
  • A period (the last 24 hours, one hour or one day) gets a score only once it has at least 50 calls. Periods with fewer calls show as normal: a few failures among a handful of calls do not mean the API is down.
  • Calls include real customer calls and our own daily probe calls. Request errors (wrong parameters, no balance) are excluded.
  • Average time counts only calls that completed normally: response time for sync calls, acceptance to completion for async ones.
By period
Time (UTC)StatusHealthAverage time
2026-09-26 18:00 - 18:59Normal——
2026-09-26 17:00 - 17:59Normal——
2026-09-26 16:00 - 16:59Normal——
2026-09-26 15:00 - 15:59Normal——
2026-09-26 14:00 - 14:59Normal——
2026-09-26 13:00 - 13:59Normal——
2026-09-26 12:00 - 12:59Normal——
2026-09-26 11:00 - 11:59Normal——
2026-09-26 10:00 - 10:59Normal——
2026-09-26 09:00 - 09:59Normal——
2026-09-26 08:00 - 08:59Normal——
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2026-09-26 03:00 - 03:59Normal——
2026-09-26 02:00 - 02:59Normal——
2026-09-26 01:00 - 01:59Normal——
2026-09-26 00:00 - 00:59Normal——
2026-09-25 23:00 - 23:59Normal——
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2026-08-31Normal——
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2026-08-29Normal——
2026-08-28Normal——

Use the timeline action on Mastodon. Accepts these parameters: instance. Returns these fields: text, author_name, language, and author_username.

Price $1.39 per 1,000 requests ($0.001389 per call). Failed calls and empty results are not charged. Synchronous. For slow jobs add "mode": "async" to the body, take the job_id and poll.

Request parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
AuthorizationheaderstringYes-Bearer followed by your API key. Create it in the console; never put it in a URL or a code repository.
platformbodystringYesmastodonPlatform identifier, fixed value.
actionbodystringYestimelineCapability identifier, fixed value.
instancebody.paramsNot declaredNo-Selects a Mastodon instance domain without a scheme or path. Timeline defaults to fosstodon.org and other actions default to mastodon.social. An explicit instance takes precedence over the domain in username, so keep the two values consistent.
limitbody.paramsinteger (1–100)No20

Code samples

bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "mastodon",
  "action": "timeline",
  "params": {}
}'

[OpenAPI definition (JSON)]Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.

Response example

Real response

Captured September 26, 2026 at 08:56 (UTC) by calling this API with the parameters in the code sample above. results and count are that call's real response with personal information (names, handles, avatars, profile links, contact details) removed; the list keeps the first 2. id, billing and quota differ on every call, so only their shape is shown.

json
{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "mastodon",
  "action": "timeline",
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "(已隐去)",
      "url": "https://mastodon.social/@(已隐去)/117336731269576457",
      "text": "You rested for a moment, regaining 0 hitpoints.\n---\nIn the distance you see a 👺 Bone Devil\n❤️ 75-210  ❗9 ✨ 5000\n\n#c172",
      "author_name": "(已隐去)",
      "author_username": "(已隐去)",
      "instance": "mastodon.social",
      "like_count": 0,
      "reblog_count": 0,
      "comment_count": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "posted_at": "2026-09-26T09:53:51+00:00",
      "platform": "mastodon",
      "hashtags": [
        "c172"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "(已隐去)",
      "url": "https://piaille.fr/@(已隐去)/117336731142115049",
      "text": "Deuxième sac chat du jour, un tigré aux yeux d'or\n\nBandoulière réglable et personnalisable (pas obligé que ce soit le léopard)\n\nVotre sac avec tête de chat personnalisable ? Même prix, bipez-moi.\n\nhttps://lhaulde.com/produit/f-778-2/",
      "author_name": "(已隐去)",
      "author_username": "(已隐去)",
      "instance": "piaille.fr",
      "like_count": 0,
      "reblog_count": 0,
      "comment_count": 0,
      "language": "fr",
      "posted_at": "2026-09-26T09:53:49+00:00",
      "platform": "mastodon",
      "media_urls": [
        "https://cdn.fosstodon.org/cache/media_attachments/files/117/336/731/213/888/112/original/1849630821cfea37.png"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "count": 20,
  "billing": { … },
  "quota": { … }
}

Response fields

Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the source does not provide are never made up.

FieldMeaning
idThe record's unique ID on the source platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms.
urlLink to the record on the source platform.
textBody text with HTML removed. Long text may be truncated.
author_nameAuthor's display name.
author_usernameAuthor's username (@handle), usually usable in URLs.
author_urlLink to the author's profile on the source platform.
instanceKeeps the platform's own meaning
like_countLikes. null means the platform or this capability does not disclose it; it is not 0.
reblog_countKeeps the platform's own meaning
comment_countComments. null means not disclosed, not 0.
languageContent language code (for example zh, en) as judged by the platform; it can be wrong.
is_reblogKeeps the platform's own meaning
posted_atPublish time in ISO 8601, UTC (for example 2026-08-07T12:34:56+00:00). Non-standard strings from the platform are passed through as is, so parse defensively. null means the platform does not disclose it.
platformSource platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok).
media_urlsKeeps the platform's own meaning
hashtagsKeeps the platform's own meaning

Errors and billing

401
Missing or invalid key. Authentication runs before parameter checks, so unauthenticated requests never see the parameter schema.
422
Wrong parameter name or value. The error lists the parameters and allowed values this capability accepts and the closest match; it happens before any charge.
402
Insufficient balance. Top up first.
429
Per-minute request limit reached. Wait for Retry-After and try again.
503
Could not complete right now. Any charge for the call goes back to your balance automatically, and the billing receipt in the response states the actual outcome, including when it is not yet known. Do not resend blindly.
200 empty
The request completed without data and is not charged (billing.reason = empty_result_refunded).