Lemmy Community API returns the public profile of a Lemmy community: name, title, description, actor id, subscriber and post counts, active user metrics, NSFW flag and publish date. A valid community with zero subscribers or an empty description is still a successful response.
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Parameters
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Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
1 optional filter available.
string
Required
Lemmy community name. Example: technology.
example
string
Optional
Lemmy instance hostname. Defaults to lemmy.world. The hostname must resolve to a public address; private, loopback and unresolvable hosts are rejected without charge.
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Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
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data
meta
success
{
"data": {
"community": {
"id": 2478,
"icon": "https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/abc123.jpeg",
"name": "technology",
"nsfw": false,
"posts": 22225,
"title": "Technology",
"actor_id": "https://lemmy.world/c/technology",
"comments": 970289,
"published": "2019-04-25T12:00:00.000000Z",
"description": "A community for technology news and discussion.",
"subscribers": 88756,
"users_active_day": 4727,
"subscribers_local": 41267,
"users_active_week": 9031,
"users_active_month": 14620,
"users_active_half_year": 29834
}
},
"meta": {
"billable": true,
"endpoint_family": "community_detail"
},
"success": true
}Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Validation Error
The name parameter is missing or invalid. This response is not billable.
{
"errors": {
"name": [
"The name field is required."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Community Not Found
The requested Lemmy community was not found. This response is not billable.
{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "The requested Lemmy resource was not found."
},
"success": false
}Upstream Unavailable
The Lemmy API is temporarily unavailable. This response is not billable.
{
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "The Lemmy API is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
},
"success": false
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