Mastodon Media

{
  "account": "[email protected]",
  "count": 10,
  "posts": [
    {
      "author": "Gargron",
      "author_name": "Eugen Rochko",
      "avg": [
        {
          "description": "The front of a house and a path leading up to it that's surrounded by hedges on both sides. A calico cat is walking confidently towards the camera in the center of the path. The windows have shutters and awnings.",
          "type": "image",
          "url": "https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/117/430/624/885/722/830/original/e431ed724a210273.jpg"
        }
      ],
      "boosts": 9,
      "created_at": "2026-10-12T23:56:01.666Z",
      "favourites": 83,
      "language": "en",
      "replies": 3,
      "text": "A photo from our trip to Tuscany earlier this year that I have not posted so far because I don't consider it very good. 📷\ufe0f Pentax KX 🎞\ufe0f Fuji Superia X-tra 400 🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7 ⚗\ufe0f Spieker Film Lab # BelieveInFilm # FilmPhotography # AnalogPhotography # 35mm",
      "url": "https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/117430639765794729"
    },
    {
      "author": "Gargron",
      "author_name": "Eugen Rochko",
      "avg": [
        {
          "description": "A Cronenberg burger. Cronenburger?",
          "type": "image",
          "url": "https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/117/428/005/383/549/828/original/26da628b00c7539b.png"
        }
      ],
      "boosts": 12,
      "created_at": "2026-10-12T12:47:27.444Z",
      "favourites": 39,
      "language": "ja",
      "replies": 1,
      "text": "「ハガバーガンーーーンバババガンー」完成！ 高さ 27.2 cm https:// x282665.com/games/burger-tower/ # バーガータワー",
      "url": "https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/117428010839859006"
    }
  ],
  "source": "Mastodon public API (mastodon.social)"
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://api.vextorium.com/v1/mastodon-media' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"account":"[email protected]","limit":10}'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - -X POST 'https://api.vextorium.com/v1/mastodon-media' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"account":"[email protected]","limit":10}' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.003 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.003" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.003 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.vextorium.com%2Fv1%2Fmastodon-media&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://api.vextorium.com/v1/mastodon-media", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "account": "[email protected]",
    "limit": 10
  }),
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.003 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.003"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.post(
        "https://api.vextorium.com/v1/mastodon-media",
        json={
            "account": "[email protected]",
            "limit": 10,
        },
    )
    print(res.status_code, res.text)