PluralKit has a basic HTTP REST API for querying and modifying your system.
The root endpoint of the API is `https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/`.
Endpoints will always return all fields, using `null` when a value is missing. On `PATCH` endpoints, you *must* include
all fields, too. Missing fields will be interpreted as `null`, and `null` fields will have their value removed. To
preserve a value, pass the existing value again.
## Authentication
Authentication is done with a simple "system token". You can get your system token by running `pk;token` using the
Discord bot, either in a channel with the bot or in DMs. Then, pass this token in the `Authorization` HTTP header
on requests that require it. Failure to do so on endpoints that require authentication will return a `401 Unauthorized`.
## Models
The following three models (usually represented in JSON format) represent the various objects in PluralKit's API. A `?` after the column type indicates an optional (nullable) parameter.
|members|list of id/Member|Is sometimes in plain ID list form (eg. `GET /s/<id>/switches`), sometimes includes the full Member model (eg. `GET /s/<id>/fronters`).|
Queries a system by its 5-character ID, and returns information about it. If the system doesn't exist, returns `404 Not Found`.
#### Example request
GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s/abcde
#### Example response
```json
{
"id": "abcde",
"name": "My System",
"description": "This is my system description. Yay.",
"tag": "[MySys]",
"avatar_url": "https://path/to/avatar/image.png",
"tz": "Europe/Copenhagen",
"created": "2019-01-01T14:30:00.987654Z"
}
```
### `GET /s/<id>/members`
Queries a system's member list by its 5-character ID. If the system doesn't exist, returns `404 Not Found`.
#### Example request
GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s/abcde/members
#### Example response
```json
[
{
"id": "qwert",
"name": "Craig Johnson",
"color": "ff7000",
"avatar_url": "https://path/to/avatar/image.png",
"birthday": "1997-07-14",
"pronouns": "he/him or they/them",
"description": "I am Craig, example user extraordinaire.",
"prefix": "[",
"suffix": "]",
"created": "2019-01-01T15:00:00.654321Z"
}
]
```
### `GET /s/<id>/switches[?before=<timestamp>]`
Returns a system's switch history in newest-first chronological order, with a maximum of 100 switches. If the system doesn't exist, returns `404 Not Found`.
Optionally takes a `?before=` query parameter with an ISO-8601-formatted timestamp, and will only return switches
that happen before that timestamp.
#### Example request
GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s/abcde/switches?before=2019-03-01T14:00:00Z
#### Example response
```json
[
{
"timestamp": "2019-02-23T14:20:59.123456Z",
"members": ["qwert", "yuiop"]
},
{
"timestamp": "2019-02-22T12:00:00Z",
"members": ["yuiop"]
},
{
"timestamp": "2019-02-20T09:30:00Z",
"members": []
}
]
```
### `GET /s/<id>/fronters`
Returns a system's current fronter(s), with fully hydrated member objects. If the system doesn't exist, *or* the system has no registered switches, returns `404 Not Found`.
#### Example request
GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s/abcde/fronters
#### Example response
```json
{
"timestamp": "2019-07-09T17:22:46.47441Z",
"members": [
{
"id": "qwert",
"name": "Craig Johnson",
"color": "ff7000",
"avatar_url": "https://path/to/avatar/image.png",
"birthday": "1997-07-14",
"pronouns": "he/him or they/them",
"description": "I am Craig, example user extraordinaire.",
"prefix": "[",
"suffix": "]",
"created": "2019-01-01T15:00:00.654321Z"
}
]
}
```
### `PATCH /s`
**Requires authentication.**
Edits your own system's information. Missing fields will be set to `null`. Will return the new system object.
#### Example request
PATCH https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s
```json
{
"name": "New System Name",
"tag": "{Sys}",
"avatar_url": "https://path/to/new/avatar.png"
"tz": "America/New_York"
}
```
(note the absence of a `description` field, which is set to null in the response)
#### Example response
```json
{
"id": "abcde",
"name": "New System Name",
"description": null,
"tag": "{Sys}",
"avatar_url": "https://path/to/new/avatar.png",
"tz": "America/New_York",
"created": "2019-01-01T14:30:00.987654Z"
}
```
### `POST /s/switches`
**Requires authentication.**
Registers a new switch to your own system given a list of member IDs.
#### Example request
POST https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s/switches
```json
{
"members": ["qwert", "yuiop"]
}
```
#### Example response
(`204 No Content`)
### `GET /m/<id>`
Queries a member's information by its 5-character member ID. If the member does not exist, will return `404 Not Found`.
#### Example request
GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/m/qwert
#### Example response
```json
{
"id": "qwert",
"name": "Craig Johnson",
"color": "ff7000",
"avatar_url": "https://path/to/avatar/image.png",
"birthday": "1997-07-14",
"pronouns": "he/him or they/them",
"description": "I am Craig, example user extraordinaire.",
"prefix": "[",
"suffix": "]",
"created": "2019-01-01T15:00:00.654321Z"
}
```
### `PATCH /m/<id>`
**Requires authentication.**
Edits a member's information. Missing fields will be set to `null`. Will return the new member object. Member must (obviously) belong to your own system.
#### Example request
PATCH https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/m/qwert
```json
{
"name": "Craig Peterson",
"color": null,
"avatar_url": "https://path/to/new/image.png",
"birthday": "1997-07-14",
"pronouns": "they/them",
"description": "I am Craig, cooler example user extraordinaire.",
"prefix": "["
}
```
(note the absence of a `suffix` field, which is set to null in the response)
#### Example response
```json
{
"id": "qwert",
"name": "Craig Peterson",
"color": null,
"avatar_url": "https://path/to/new/image.png",
"birthday": "1997-07-14",
"pronouns": "they/them",
"description": "I am Craig, cooler example user extraordinaire.",
