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REST API

List of all methods is available here: https://api.mail.ru/docs/reference/rest/.

Executing requests

For executing API requests call an instance of APIMethod class. You can get it as an attribute of API class instance or as an attribute of other APIMethod class instance.

from aiomailru import API

api = API(session)

events = await api.stream.get()  # events for current user
friends = await api.friends.get()  # current user's friends

Under the hood each API request is enriched with parameters to generate signature:

  • method
  • app_id
  • session_key
  • secure

and with the following parameter after generating signature:

  • sig, see https://api.mail.ru/docs/guides/restapi/#sig

Objects

Some objects are returned in several methods.

User

field description
uid
string
User ID.
first_name
string
First name.
last_name
string
Last name.
nick
string
Nickname.
status_text
string
User status.
email
string
E-mail address.
sex
integer, [0,1]
User sex. Possible values:
- 0 - male
- 1 - female
show_age
integer, [0,1]
Information whether the user allows to show the age.
birthday
string
User's date of birth. Returned as DD.MM.YYYY.
has_my
integer, [0,1]
Information whether the user has profile.
has_pic
integer, [0,1]
Information whether the user has profile photo.
pic
string
URL of user's photo.
pic_small
string
URL of user's photo with at most 45 pixels on the longest side.
pic_big
string
URL of user's photo with at most 600 pixels on the longest side.
pic_22
string
URL of square photo of the user photo with 22 pixels in width.
pic_32
string
URL of square photo of the user photo with 32 pixels in width.
pic_40
string
URL of square photo of the user photo with 40 pixels in width.
pic_50
string
URL of square photo of the user photo with 50 pixels in width.
pic_128
string
URL of square photo of the user photo with 128 pixels in width.
pic_180
string
URL of square photo of the user photo with 180 pixels in width.
pic_190
string
URL of square photo of the user photo with 190 pixels in width.
link
string
Returns a website address of a user profile.
referer_type
string
Referer type. Possible values:
- stream.install
- stream.publish
- invitation
- catalog
- suggests
- left menu suggest
- new apps
- guestbook
- agent
referer_id
string
Identifies where a user came from;
see https://api.mail.ru/docs/guides/ref/.
is_online
integer, [0,1]
Information whether the user is online.
is_friend
integer, [0,1]
Information whether the user is a friend of current user.
friends_count
integer
Number of friends.
follower
integer, [0,1]
Information whether the user is a follower of current user.
following
integer, [0,1]
Information whether current user is a follower of the user.
subscribe
integer, [0,1]
Information whether current user is a subscriber of the user.
subscribers_count
integer
Number of subscribers.
video_count
integer
Number of videos.
is_verified
integer, [0,1]
Information whether the user is verified.
vip
integer, [0,1]
Information whether the user is vip.
app_installed
integer, [0,1]
Information whether the user has installed the current app.
last_visit
integer
Date (in Unixtime) of the last user's visit.
cover
object
Information about profile's cover; see Cover.
group_info
object
Object with following fields:
- category_id integer
- short_description string
- full_description string
- interests string
- posts_cnt integer
- category_name string
- rules string
location
object
Object with following fields:
- country object: {id integer, name string}
- city object: {id integer, name string}
- region object: {id integer, name string}

Event

Object describes an event and contains following fields:

field description
thread_id
string
Comment thread ID in the following format:
<User's checksum><ID>.
authors
array
Information about authors; see User.
type_name
string
Event type name.
click_url
string
Returns only if current
event is likeable.
Event URL.
likes_count
integer
Returns only if current
event is likeable.
Number of "likes".
attachments
array
Information about attachments to the event
(link, image, video, audio, user, ...) if any;
see Attachments.
time
integer
Date (in Unixtime) of the event.
huid
string
Event ID in the following format:
<User's checksum><Event ID>.
generator
object
Object with the following fields:
- icon string - URL of app icon.
- url string - App url.
- app_id integer - App ID.
- type string - App type.
- title string - App title.
user_text
string
User text.
is_liked_by_me
integer, [0,1]
Shows if current user has liked the event.
subtype
string
"event"
is_commentable
integer, [0,1]
Shows if the event is commentable.
type
string
Event type; see Event types.
is_likeable
integer, [0,1]
Shows if the event is likeable.
id
string
Event ID.
text_media
array
Returns only if event's
type name is micropost.
Information about text; see Attachments.
comments_count
integer
Returns only if current
event is commentable.
Number of comments.
action_links
array
Each object contains following fields:
- text string
- href string

Event types

  • 1-1 Photo
  • 1-2 Video
  • 1-3 Photo mark
  • 1-4 Video mark
  • 1-6 TYPE_PHOTO_WAS_SELECTED
  • 1-7 Music
  • 1-8 Photo comment
  • 1-9 TYPE_PHOTO_SUBSCRIPTION
  • 1-10 Video comment
  • 1-11 TYPE_PHOTO_WAS_MODERATED
  • 1-12 TYPE_VIDEO_WAS_MODERATED
  • 1-13 TYPE_VIDEO_TRANSLATION
  • 1-14 Private photo comment
  • 1-15 Private video comment
  • 1-16 Music comment
  • 1-17 TYPE_PHOTO_NEW_COMMENT
  • 1-18 TYPE_VIDEO_NEW_COMMENT
  • 3-1 Blog post
  • 3-2 Blog post comment
  • 3-3 Join community
  • 3-4 Community
  • 3-5 TYPE_USER_COMMUNITY_LEAVE
  • 3-6 TYPE_BLOG_COMMUNITY_POST
  • 3-7 TYPE_USER_GUESTBOOK
  • 3-8 TYPE_BLOG_CHALLENGE_ACCEPT
  • 3-9 TYPE_BLOG_CHALLENGE_THROW
    • 3-10 TYPE_BLOG_SUBSCRIPTION
  • 3-12 Blog post mark
  • 3-13 Community post mark
  • 3-23 Post in micro blog
  • 3-25 Private post in micro blog
  • 4-1 TYPE_QUESTION
  • 4-2 TYPE_QUESTION_ANSWER
  • 4-6 TYPE_QUESTION_ANSWER_PRIVATE
  • 5-1 TYPE_USER_FRIEND
  • 5-2 TYPE_USER_ANKETA
  • 5-4 TYPE_USER_CLASSMATES
  • 5-5 TYPE_USER_CAREER
  • 5-7 TYPE_USER_AVATAR
  • 5-9 TYPE_USER_PARTNER
  • 5-10 TYPE_GIFT_SENT
  • 5-11 TYPE_GIFT_RECEIVED
  • 5-12 TYPE_USER_MILITARY
  • 5-13 TYPE_USER_PARTNER_APPROVED
  • 5-15 TYPE_USER_ITEM
  • 5-16 App install
  • 5-17 App event
  • 5-18 Community post
  • 5-19 Post in community guestbook
  • 5-20 Join community
  • 5-21 Community video
  • 5-22 Community photo
  • 5-24 App event
  • 5-24 TYPE_APP_INFO
  • 5-26 Link share
  • 5-27 Event like
  • 5-29 Video share
  • 5-30 Comment to link share
  • 5-31 Comment to video share
  • 5-32 Micropost comment

Like

Object wraps an event that a user liked and contains following fields:

field description
time
integer
Date (in Unixtime) of the "like".
author
object
Information about the user; see User.
huid
string
Like ID in the following format:
<User's checksum><Like ID>.
subevent
object
Information about the event; see Event.
subtype
string
"like".
is_commentable
integer, [0,1]
0.
id
string
Like ID.
is_likeable
integer, [0,1]
0.

Comment

Object wraps an event that a user commented and contains following fields:

field description
time
integer
Date (in Unixtime) of the comment.
huid
string
Comment ID in the following format:
<User's checksum><Comment ID>.
subevent
object
Information about the event; see Event.
subtype
string
"comment".
comment
object
Object with following fields:
- text string - Text.
- time integer - Date (in Unixtime) of the comment.
- is_deleted integer [0,1] - Shows if the comment deleted.
- id string - Comment ID.
- author object - Information about the user; see User.
- text_media object - Object: {object string and content string}.
is_commentable
integer, [0,1]
0.
id
string
Comment ID.
is_likeable
integer, [0,1]
0.

Attachments

Information about event's media attachments is returned in field attachments and contains an array of objects. Each object contains field object with type name that defines all other fields.

text

contains following fields:

field
object
string, ["text"]
content
string

tag

contains one additional field content with an object with following fields:

field
is_blacklist
integer, [0,1]
tag
string

contains one additional field content with an object with following fields:

field
type-id
string, ["text"]
contents
string

or contains following fields:

field
object
string, ["link"]
text
string
url
string

avatar

contains one additional field new with an object with following fields:

field
thread_id
string
width
integer
click_url
string
album_id
string
src
string
height
integer
desc
string
src_hires
string
id
string
owner_id
string

image

contains following fields:

field
likes_count
integer
thread_id
string
width
string
object
string, ["image"]
click_url
string
album_id
string
src
string
resized_src
string
height
string
src_filed
string
src_hires
string
id
string
owner_id
string
comments_count
integer

All fields but object and src may not be returned.

music

contains following fields:

field
is_add
integer
click_url
string
object
string, ["music"]
name
string
author
string
duration
integer
file_url
string
uploader
string
mid
string

video

contains following fields:

field
width
integer
object
string, ["video"]
album_id
string
view_count
integer
desc
string
comments_count
integer
likes_count
integer
thread_id
string
image_filed
string
click_url
string
src
string
duration
integer
height
integer
is_liked_by_me
integer
external_id
string
owner_id
string
title
string

app

contains one additional field content with an object with following fields:

field
PublishStatus
object
Object with following fields:
- My string
- Mobile string
ID
string
InstallationsSpaced
string
ShortName
string
Genre
array
Each object contains following fields:
- name string
- id string
- admin_genre integer, [0,1]
Votes
object
Object with following fields:
- VoteSum string
- VotesCount string
- VotesStarsWidth string
- Votes2IntRounded string
- Votes2DigitRounded string
Installations
integer
ShortDescription
string
Name
string
Description
string
Pictures
object

group

contains one additional field content with an object; see User.

gift

contains one additional field content with an object with following fields:

field
is_private
integer, [0,1]
click_url
string
is_anonymous
integer, [0,1]
time
integer
is_read
integer, [0,1]
to
object
see User.
gift
object
from
object
see User.
text
string
rus_time
string
long_id
string

Other

Objects that are not classified.

Cover

Object contains information about profile's cover.

field
cover_position
string
width
string
size
string
aid
string
pid
string
thread_id
string
owner
string
target_album
object
Information about target album;
see Target Album.
click_url
string
src
string
height
string
cover_width
string
created
string
comment
string
src_small
string
cover_height
string
title
string

Target Album

Object contains information about cover's target album.

field
link
string
owner
string
sort_order
string
sort_by
string
description
string
privacy_desc
string
size
integer
aid
string
created
integer
cover_pid
string
cover_url
string
is_commentable
integer, [0,1]
title
string
updated
integer
privacy
integer
can_read_comment
integer, [0,1]