API
This page deals with the new-format REST API being developed as part of SoFurry NEXT. For documentation on the current "v3" API, please see SoFurry_REST_APIs.
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About the API
The api runs on lumen, is classic json/rest, at the domain name api.sofurrybeta.com. It should always be accessed over HTTPS.
Making a simple API request
GET request sample
Authentication
POST for login to create a session, get a token
API Routes
This table contains all the methods and URLs that the API currently supports. For more information on using a particular route, simply go through to that route's page.
Some routes have no parameters at all, and can be accessed simply by doing the HTTP request. Some routes require parameters as part of the URL - they will be denoted by curly braces, and are always mandatory. Some requests expect parameters to be sent in the body of a JSON request.
Unauthenticated Routes
These routes can all be accessed without providing an API token in the request header
| Route | Parameters | Description | Status |
| GET / | Returns the version of the API | Live | |
| POST /login | email, password | Validates the supplied credentials and returns an authentication token that should be used for all future requests | Live |
| POST /activate | activate_token | Activates a newly-registered user, enabling you to log in | Live |
| POST /user | name, email, password | Register a new user account and trigger a validation email to the supplied email address |
Authenticated Routes
These routes all require authentication. Send in the authentication token using the `X-SoFurry-Token` header.
| Route | Parameters | Description | Status |
| GET /user | Returns a JSON object with the profile details of the authenticated user | Live | |
| GET /user/{id} | id=User ID | Returns the profile information for a different User ID. | Live |
| PUT /user | bio | Make an update to the profile of the authenticated user by overwriting several fields. | Live |
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