---
title: lists.sr.ht API reference
---

The lists.sr.ht API allows you to browse, create, and subscribe to mailing lists
on lists.sr.ht programmatically. This API follows the [standard sourcehut API
conventions](../api-conventions.md).

## Authentication

Authentication is done via the [meta.sr.ht OAuth
flow](https://man.sr.ht/meta.sr.ht/oauth-api.md). The following OAuth scopes are
available for lists.sr.ht:

- **emails:read**: read emails received from lists.sr.ht users
- **lists:read**, **list:write**: read & write your mailing lists
- **subs:read**, **subs:write**: read & write your subscriptions

## Resources

### Email resource

```json
{
  "id": integer,
  "created": "timestamp",
  "subject": "message subject",
  "message_id": "value of the Message-ID header",
  "parent_id": integer or null,
  "thread_id": integer,
  "list": { short form list resource },
  "sender": { short form user resource } or null,
  "is_patch": boolean,
  "is_request_pull": boolean,
  "replies": integer,
  "participants": integer,
  "envelope": "original email"
}
```

**Notes**

- The short form omits `is_patch`, `is_request_pull`, `replies`, `participants`,
  and `envelope`.
- The sender is null if the sender's email address could not be associated with
  a sr.ht account.

### Mailing list resource

```json
{
  "created": "timestamp",
  "updated": "timestamp",
  "name": "name of this list",
  "owner": { short form user resource },
  "description": "list description (markdown)",
  "permissions": {
    "nonsubscriber": [ list of permissions ],
    "subscriber": [ list of permissions ],
    "account": [ list of permissions ]
  }
}
```

**Notes**

- The permissions which may appear in each `permissions` field are "browse",
  "reply", and "post".
- The short form omits everything except for name and owner.

### Subscription resource

```json
{
  "id": integer,
  "created": "timestamp",
  "list": { short form list resource }
}
```

## Endpoints

**Note**: in all routes, `:username` may be substituted with an email address,
and `:email-id` may be the email's either of the "id" or "message_id" values.

### GET /api/:username

Retrieves a user resource.

### GET /api/user

Equivalent to [/api/:username](#GET-apiusername), implies the authenticated
user.

### GET /api/user/:username/emails

List of [email resources](#email-resource) received from this user.

**OAuth scope**: `emails:read`

### GET /api/user/emails

Equivalent to [/api/:username/emails](#GET-apiusernameemails), implies the
authenticated user.

**OAuth scope**: `emails:read`

### GET /api/emails/:email-id

Retrieves an [email resource](#email-resource).

**OAuth scope**: `emails:read`

### GET /api/user/:username/emails/:email-id

Equivalent to [GET /api/emails/:email-id](#GET-apiemailsemail-id); `username` is
discarded.

**OAuth scope**: `emails:read`

### GET /api/thread/:email-id

Retrieves an array of each email implicated in the thread identified by its
first message's `:email-id`.

**OAuth scope**: `emails:read`

**Response**

```json
[
  { short form email resource },
  ...
]
```

### GET /api/user/:username/thread/:email-id

Equivalent to [GET /api/thread/:email-id](#GET-apithreademail-id); `username` is
discarded.

**OAuth scope**: `emails:read`

### GET /api/user/:username/lists

List of [mailing list resources](#mailing-list-resource) owned by this user.

**OAuth scope**: `lists:read`

### GET /api/lists

Equivalent to [/api/:username/lists](#GET-apiusernamelists), implies the
authenticated user.

**OAuth scope**: `lists:read`

### POST /api/lists

Creates a new [mailing list resource](#mailing-list-resource).

**OAuth scope**: `lists:write`

**Request body**

```json
{
  "name": "mailing list name",
  "description": "mailing list description (markdown)" (optional)
}
```

**Response**

The new [mailing list resource](#mailing-list-resource).

### GET /api/user/:username/lists/:list-name

Retrieves a [mailing list resource](#mailing-list-resource).

**OAuth scope**: `lists:read`

### GET /api/lists/:list-name

Equivalent to [/api/:username/lists/:list-name](#GET-apiusernamelistslist-name),
implies the authenticated user.

**OAuth scope**: `lists:read`

### PUT /api/lists/:list-name

Updates a [mailing list resource](#mailing-list-resource).

**OAuth scope**: `lists:write`

**Request body**

```json
{
  "description": "mailing list description (markdown)" (optional)
}
```

**Response**

The updated [mailing list resource](#mailing-list-resource).

### GET /api/user/:username/lists/:list-name/posts

List of [email resources](#email-resource) posted to this list.

**OAuth scope**: `lists:read`

### GET /api/lists/:list-name/posts

Equivalent to
[/api/:username/lists/:list-name/posts](#GET-apiusernamelistslist-nameposts),
implies the authenticated user.

**OAuth scope**: `lists:read`

### GET /api/subscriptions

List of [subscription resources](#subscription-resources)

**OAuth scope**: `subs:read`

### POST /api/subscriptions

Create a new [subscription resources](#subscription-resources)

**OAuth scope**: `subs:write`

**Request body**

```json
{
  "list": "~owner/list-name"
}
```

**Response**

The new [subscription resource](#subscription-resource).

### GET /api/subscriptions/:sub-id

Retrieves a [subscription resource](#subscription-resource).

**OAuth scope**: `subs:read`

### DELETE /api/subscriptions/:sub-id

Deletes this [subscription resource](#subscription-resource).

**OAuth scope**: `subs:write`

## Webhooks

### /api/user/...

Webhook for user events. Includes the [standard webhook
endpoints](../api-conventions.md#webhooks)

#### email:received

Issued when lists.sr.ht receives an email from this user.

**OAuth scope**: `emails:read`

**Request body**

The new [email resource](#email-resource).

#### list:create

Issued when the user creates a new mailing list.

**OAuth scope**: `lists:read`

**Request body**

The new [mailing list resource](#mailing-list-resource).

#### subscription:create

Issued when the user subscribes to a mailing list.

**OAuth scope**: `subs:read`

**Request body**

The new [subscription resource](#subscription-resource).

#### subscription:remove

Issued when the user unsubscribes from a mailing list.

**OAuth scope**: `subs:read`

**Request body**

```json
{
  "id": integer ID of the affected subscription resource
}
```

### /api/user/:username/lists/:list-name/...

Webhook for mailing list events. Includes the [standard webhook
endpoints](../api-conventions.md#webhooks)

#### post:received

Issued when a new email is posted to this list.

**OAuth scope**: `lists:read`

**Request body**

The new [email resource](#email-resource).

#### list:update

Issued when the list details are updated.

**OAuth scope**: `lists:read`

**Request body**

The updated [mailing list resource](#mailing-list-resource).