Mention

Represents a mention of a user within the content of a status.

Example

{
  "mentions": [
    {
      "id": "952529",
      "username": "alayna",
      "url": "https://desvox.es/users/alayna",
      "acct": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "id": "14715",
      "username": "trwnh",
      "url": "https://mastodon.social/@trwnh",
      "acct": "trwnh"
    }
  ]
}

excerpt from GET status:

Required attributes

`id`

Description: The account id of the mentioned user.
Type: String (cast from an integer, but not guaranteed to be a number)
Version history: Added in 0.6.0

`username`

Description: The username of the mentioned user.
Type: String
Version history: Added in 0.6.0

`acct`

Description: The webfinger acct: URI of the mentioned user. Equivalent to username for local users, or username@domain for remote users.
Type: String
Version history: Added in 0.6.0

`url`

Description: The location of the mentioned user's profile.
Type: String (URL)
Version history: Added in 0.6.0