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Legacy API documentation

::: warning This is the documentation for v1 of the PluralKit API. Please use v2 going forwards - v1 is deprecated and will be removed eventually.

Models

The following three models (usually represented in JSON format) represent the various objects in PluralKit's API. A ? after the column type indicates a nullable parameter (value can be cleared by setting it to null).

System model

Key	Type	Patchable?	Notes
id	string	No
name	string	Yes	100-character limit.
description	string?	Yes	1000-character limit.
tag	string?	Yes
color	string?	Yes	6-char hex (eg. ff7000), sans #.
avatar_url	url?	Yes	Not validated server-side.
banner	url?	Yes	Not validated server-side.
tz	string?	Yes	Tzdb identifier. Patching with null will store "UTC".
created	datetime	No
description_privacy	string?	Yes	Patching with private will set it to private; public or null will set it to public.
member_list_privacy	string?	Yes	Same as above.
front_privacy	string?	Yes	Same as above.
front_history_privacy	string?	Yes	Same as above.

Member model

Key	Type	Patchable?	Notes
id	string	No
name	string	Yes	50-character limit.
display_name	string?	Yes	50-character limit.
description	string?	Yes	1000-character limit.
pronouns	string?	Yes	100-character limit.
color	color?	Yes	6-char hex (eg. ff7000), sans #.
avatar_url	url?	Yes	Not validated server-side.
banner	url?	Yes	Not validated server-side.
birthday	date?	Yes	ISO-8601 (YYYY-MM-DD) format, year of 0001 or 0004 means hidden year. Birthdays set after 2020-02-10 use 0004 as a sentinel year, but both options are recognized as valid.
prefix	string?	Yes	Deprecated. Use proxy_tags instead.
suffix	string?	Yes	Deprecated. Use proxy_tags instead.
proxy_tags	ProxyTag[]	Yes (entire array)	An array of ProxyTag (see below) objects, each representing a single prefix/suffix pair.
keep_proxy	bool	Yes	Whether to display a member's proxy tags in the proxied message.
created	datetime	No
privacy	string?	Yes	Deprecated. Use <subject>_privacy and visibility fields.
visibility	string?	Yes	Patching with private will set it to private; public or null will set it to public.
name_privacy	string?	Yes	Patching with private will set it to private; public or null will set it to public.
description_privacy	string?	Yes	Patching with private will set it to private; public or null will set it to public.
avatar_privacy	string?	Yes	Patching with private will set it to private; public or null will set it to public.
birthday_privacy	string?	Yes	Patching with private will set it to private; public or null will set it to public.
pronoun_privacy	string?	Yes	Patching with private will set it to private; public or null will set it to public.
metadata_privacy	string?	Yes	Patching with private will set it to private; public or null will set it to public.

ProxyTag object

Key	Type
prefix	string?
suffix	string?

Switch model

Key	Type	Notes
timestamp	datetime
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).

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.
system	full System object	The system that proxied the message.
member	full Member object	The member that proxied the message.

Endpoints

GET /s

Requires authentication.

Returns information about your own system.

Example request

GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s

Example response

{
    "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",
    "description_privacy": "private",
    "member_list_privacy": "public",
    "front_privacy": "public",
    "front_history_privacy": "private"
}

GET /s/:id

Queries a system by its 5-character ID, and returns information about it. If the system doesn't exist, returns 404 Not Found. Some fields may be set to null if unauthenticated and the system has chosen to make those fields private.

Example request

GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s/abcde

Example response

{
    "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",
    "description_privacy": null,
    "member_list_privacy": null,
    "front_privacy": null,
    "front_history_privacy": null
}

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. If the system has chosen to hide its member list, this will return 403 Forbidden, unless the request is authenticated with the system's token. If the request is not authenticated with the system's token, members marked as private will not be returned.

Example request

GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s/abcde/members

Example response

[
    {
        "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.",
        "proxy_tags": [{"prefix": "[", "suffix": "]"}],
        "keep_proxy": false,
        "created": "2019-01-01T15:00:00.654321Z",
        "visibility": null,
        "name_privacy": null,
        "description_privacy": null,
        "birthday_privacy": null,
        "pronoun_privacy": null,
        "metadata_privacy": null
    }
]

GET /s/:id/switches

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.

If the system has chosen to hide its switch history, this will return 403 Forbidden, unless the request is authenticated with the system's token.

Example request

GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s/abcde/switches?before=2019-03-01T14:00:00Z

Example response

[
    {
        "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. If the system has chosen to hide its current fronters, this will return 403 Forbidden, unless the request is authenticated with the system's token. If a returned member is private, and the request isn't properly authenticated, some fields may be null.

Example request

GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s/abcde/fronters

Example response

{
    "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.",
            "proxy_tags": [{"prefix": "[", "suffix": "]"}],
            "keep_proxy": false,
            "visibility": null,
            "name_privacy": null,
            "description_privacy": null,
            "avatar_privacy": null,
            "birthday_privacy": null,
            "pronoun_privacy": null,
            "metadata_privacy": null,
            "created": "2019-01-01T15:00:00.654321Z"
        }
    ]
}

PATCH /s

Requires authentication.

Edits your own system's information. Missing fields will keep their current values. Will return the new system object.

Example request

PATCH https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/s

{
    "name": "New System Name",
    "tag": "{Sys}",
    "avatar_url": "https://path/to/new/avatar.png",
    "tz": "America/New_York",
    "description_privacy": "private",
    "member_list_privacy": "public",
    "front_privacy": "public",
    "front_history_privacy": "private"
}

(note the absence of a description field, which has its old value preserved in the response)

Example response

{
    "id": "abcde",
    "name": "New System Name",
    "description": "The Old Description, Not Updated",
    "tag": "{Sys}",
    "avatar_url": "https://path/to/new/avatar.png",
    "tz": "America/New_York",
    "created": "2019-01-01T14:30:00.987654Z",
    "description_privacy": "private",
    "member_list_privacy": "public",
    "front_privacy": "public",
    "front_history_privacy": "private"
}

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

{
    "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. If this member is marked private, and the request isn't authenticated with the member's system's token, some fields will contain null rather than the true value (corresponding with the privacy settings). Regardless of privacy setting, a non-authenticated request will only receive null for the privacy fields (and visibility).

Example request

GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/m/qwert

Example response

{
    "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.",
    "proxy_tags": [{"prefix": "[", "suffix": "]"}],
    "keep_proxy": false,
    "created": "2019-01-01T15:00:00.654321Z",
    "visibility": "public",
    "name_privacy": "public",
    "description_privacy": "private",
    "avatar_privacy": "private",
    "birthday_privacy": "private",
    "pronoun_privacy": "public",
    "metadata_privacy": "public"
}

POST /m

Requires authentication.

Creates a new member with the information given. Missing fields (except for name) will be set to null. Will return the new member object. Member must (obviously) belong to your own system.

Example request

POST https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/m

{
    "name": "Craig Peterson",
    "display_name": "Craig Peterson [he/they]",
    "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.",
    "keep_proxy": false,
    "visibility": "public",
    "name_privacy": "public",
    "description_privacy": "private",
    "avatar_privacy": "private",
    "birthday_privacy": "private",
    "pronoun_privacy": "public",
    "metadata_privacy": "private"
}

(note the absence of a proxy_tags field, which is cleared in the response)

Example response

{
    "id": "qwert",
    "name": "Craig Peterson",
    "display_name": "Craig Peterson [he/they]",
    "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.",
    "proxy_tags": [],
    "keep_proxy": false,
    "created": "2019-01-01T15:00:00.654321Z",
    "visibility": "public",
    "name_privacy": "public",
    "description_privacy": "private",
    "birthday_privacy": "private",
    "pronoun_privacy": "public",
    "metadata_privacy": "private"
}

PATCH /m/:id

Requires authentication.

Edits a member's information. Missing fields will keep their current values. Will return the new member object. Member must (obviously) belong to your own system.

Example request

PATCH https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/m/qwert

{
    "name": "Craig Peterson",
    "display_name": "Craig Peterson [he/they]",
    "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.",
    "keep_proxy": false,
    "visibility": "public",
    "name_privacy": "public",
    "description_privacy": "private",
    "avatar_privacy": "private",
    "birthday_privacy": "private",
    "pronoun_privacy": "public",
    "metadata_privacy": "private"
}

(note the absence of a proxy_tags field, which keeps its old value in the response)

Example response

{
    "id": "qwert",
    "name": "Craig Peterson",
    "display_name": "Craig Peterson [he/they]",
    "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.",
    "proxy_tags": [{"prefix": "[", "suffix": "]"}],
    "keep_proxy": false,
    "created": "2019-01-01T15:00:00.654321Z",
    "visibility": "public",
    "name_privacy": "public",
    "description_privacy": "private",
    "avatar_privacy": "private",
    "birthday_privacy": "private",
    "pronoun_privacy": "public",
    "metadata_privacy": "private"
}

DELETE /m/:id

Requires authentication.

Deletes a member from the database. Be careful as there is no confirmation and the member will be deleted immediately. Member must (obviously) belong to your own system.

Example request

DELETE https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/m/qwert

Example response

(204 No Content)

GET /a/:id

Queries a system by its linked Discord account ID (17/18-digit numeric snowflake). Returns 404 Not Found if the account doesn't have a system linked. Some fields may be set to null if unauthenticated and the system has chosen to make those fields private.

Example request

GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/a/466378653216014359

Example response

{
    "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",
    "description_privacy": null,
    "member_list_privacy": null,
    "front_privacy": null,
    "front_history_privacy": null
}

GET /msg/:id

Looks up a proxied message by its message ID. Returns 404 Not Found if the message ID is invalid or wasn't found (eg. was deleted or not proxied by PK). You can also look messages up by their trigger message ID (useful for, say, logging bot integration).

The returned system and member's privacy settings will be respected, and as such, some fields may be set to null without the proper authentication.

Example request

GET https://api.pluralkit.me/v1/msg/601014599386398700

Example response

{
    "timestamp": "2019-07-17T11:37:26.805Z",
    "id": "601014599386398700",
    "original": "601014598168435600",
    "sender": "466378653216014359",
    "channel": "471388251102380000",
    "system": {
        "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"
    },
    "member": {
        "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.",
        "proxy_tags": [{"prefix": "[", "suffix": "]"}],
        "keep_proxy": false,
        "created": "2019-01-01T15:00:00.654321Z",
        "visibility": "public",
        "name_privacy": "public",
        "description_privacy": "private",
        "avatar_privacy": "private",
        "birthday_privacy": "private",
        "pronoun_privacy": "public",
        "metadata_privacy": "private"
    }
}