How do you get the ID of the owner of a lemmy community via the API?
How do you get the ID of the owner of a lemmy community via the API?
How do you get the ID of the owner of a lemmy community via the API?
mods are listed on the far right, bottom
Via the API.
GET /api/v3/community
It'll respond with an object of GetCommunityResponse
(https://join-lemmy.org/api/interfaces/GetCommunityResponse.html)
The moderators
array will have an array of objects of which moderator
is a Person
type.
The "top mod" is also the owner, and they'll always be the first entry in the moderators
array from /api/v3/community
javascript
const comunityDetails = await fetch('https://intance.xyz/api/v3/community?community_id=12345') // Not sure what attribute you need for the owner, but here I'm getting their actor_id (https://instance.xyz/u/username) const owner = communityDetails.moderators[0].moderator.actor_id