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title: Models
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# Models

A question mark (`?`) next to the *key name* means the key is optional - it may be omitted in API responses. A question mark next to the *key type* means the key is nullable - API responses may return `null` for that key, instead of the specified type.

In PATCH endpoints, all keys are optional. However, providing an object with no keys (or no valid keys) will result in 500 internal server error.

Privacy objects (`privacy` key in models) contain values "private" or "public". Patching a privacy value to `null` will set to public. If you do not have access to view the privacy object of the member, the value of the `privacy` key will be null, rather than the values of individual privacy keys.

#### Notes on IDs

Every PluralKit entity has two IDs: a short (5-character) ID and a longer UUID. The short ID is unique across the resource (a member can have the same short ID as a system, for example), while the UUID is consistent for the lifetime of the entity and globally unique across the bot.

### System model

|key|type|notes|
|---|---|---|
|id|string||
|uuid|string||
|name|string|100-character limit|
|description|?string|1000-character limit|
|tag|string||
|pronouns|?string|100-character limit|
|avatar_url|?string|256-character limit, must be a publicly-accessible URL|
|banner|?string|256-character limit, must be a publicly-accessible URL|
|color|string|6-character hex code, no `#` at the beginning|
|created|datetime||
|privacy|?system privacy object||

* System privacy keys: `description_privacy`, `pronoun_privacy`, `member_list_privacy`, `group_list_privacy`, `front_privacy`, `front_history_privacy`

### Member model

|key|type|notes|
|---|---|---|
|id|string||
|uuid|string||
|name|string|100-character limit|
|display_name|?string|100-character limit|
|color|string|6-character hex code, no `#` at the beginning|
|birthday|?string|`YYYY-MM-DD` format, 0004 hides the year|
|pronouns|?string|100-character-limit|
|avatar_url|?string|256-character limit, must be a publicly-accessible URL|
|banner|?string|256-character limit, must be a publicly-accessible URL|
|description|?string|1000-character limit|
|created|?datetime||
|proxy_tags|array of [ProxyTag objects](#proxytag-object)|
|keep_proxy|boolean||
|privacy|?member privacy object||

* Member privacy keys: `visibility`, `name_privacy`, `description_privacy`, `birthday_privacy`, `pronoun_privacy`, `avatar_privacy`, `metadata_privacy`

#### ProxyTag object

| Key    | Type    |
| ------ | ------- |
| prefix | ?string |
| suffix | ?string |

* Note: `prefix + "text" + suffix` must be shorter than 100 characters in total.

### Group model

|key|type|notes|
|---|---|---|
|id|string||
|uuid|string||
|name|string|100-character limit|
|display_name|?string|100-character limit|
|description|?string|1000-character limit|
|icon|?string|256-character limit, must be a publicly-accessible URL|
|banner|?string|256-character limit, must be a publicly-accessible URL|
|color|string|6-character hex code, no `#` at the beginning|
|privacy|?group privacy object||

* Group privacy keys: `name_privacy`, `description_privacy`, `icon_privacy`, `list_privacy`, `metadata_privacy`, `visibility`

### Switch model

|key|type|notes|
|---|---|---|
|id|uuid||
|timestamp|datetime||
| members   | list of id/Member | Is sometimes in plain ID list form (eg. `GET /systems/:id/switches`), sometimes includes the full Member model (eg. `GET /systems/:id/fronters`). |

### Message model

|key|type|notes|
|---|---|---|
|timestamp|datetime||
|id|snowflake|The ID of the message sent by the webhook. Encoded as string for precision reasons.|
|original| snowflake|The ID of the (now-deleted) message that triggered the proxy. Encoded as string for precision reasons.|
|sender|snowflake|The user ID of the account that triggered the proxy. Encoded as string for precision reasons.|
|channel|snowflake|The ID of the channel the message was sent in. Encoded as string for precision reasons.|
|guild|snowflake|The ID of the server the message was sent in. Encoded as string for precision reasons.|
|system?|full System object|The system that proxied the message. Null if the member associated with this message was deleted.|
|member?|full Member object|The member that proxied the message. Null if the member associated with this message was deleted.|

### System settings model

|key|type|notes|
|---|---|---|
|timezone|string|defaults to `UTC`|
|pings_enabled|boolean|
|latch_timeout|int?|
|member_default_private*|boolean|whether members created through the bot have privacy settings set to private by default|
|group_default_private*|boolean|whether groups created through the bot have privacy settings set to private by default|
|show_private_info|boolean|whether the bot shows the system's own private information without a `-private` flag|
|member_limit|int|read-only, defaults to 1000|
|group_limit|int|read-only, defaults to 250|

\* this *does not* affect members/groups created through the API - please specify privacy keys in the JSON payload instead

### System guild settings model

|key|type|notes|
|---|---|---|
|guild_id|snowflake|only sent if the guild ID isn't already known (in dispatch payloads)|
|proxying_enabled|boolean||
|tag|?string|79-character limit|
|tag_enabled|boolean||

<!--
#### Autoproxy mode enum

|key|description|
|---|---|
|off|autoproxy is disabled|
|front|autoproxy is set to the first member in the current fronters list, or disabled if the current switch contains no members|
|latch|autoproxy is set to the last member who sent a proxied message in the server|
|member|autoproxy is set to a specific member (see `autoproxy_member` key)|
-->

### Member guild settings model

|key|type|notes|
|---|---|---|
|guild_id|snowflake|only sent if the guild ID isn't already known (in dispatch payloads)|
|display_name|?string|100-character limit|
|avatar_url|?string|256-character limit, must be a publicly-accessible URL|