PronounDB
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About PronounDB

API Documentation

This will be rewritten soon, with a better look and a new API that includes new features. Stay tuned!

Types

Platform: discord, facebook, github, twitch, or twitter

Pronouns: Short identifier for a set of pronouns. Here are the identifiers supported by PronounDB, sorted alphabetically:

  • unspecified: Unspecified
  • hh: he/him
  • hi: he/it
  • hs: he/she
  • ht: he/they
  • ih: it/him
  • ii: it/its
  • is: it/she
  • it: it/they
  • shh: she/he
  • sh: she/her
  • si: she/it
  • st: she/they
  • th: they/he
  • ti: they/it
  • ts: they/she
  • tt: they/them
  • any: Any pronouns
  • other: Other pronouns
  • ask: Ask me my pronouns
  • avoid: Avoid pronouns, use my name
For privacy reasons, the API will respond successfully regardless of whether the account is linked to a PronounDB account or not.

Lookup an account

GET /api/v1/lookup

Query parameters

  • platform: A supported platform as described above
  • id: Account ID on the platform

Response: A JSON object with a pronouns property.

Lookup accounts in bulk

It is more efficient to use a simple lookup for single-id queries, and the API may refuse to do bulk lookup for single-id queries in the future.

GET /api/v1/lookup-bulk

Query parameters

  • platform: A supported platform as described above
  • ids: Comma-separated Account IDs, will be cropped to 50 max

Response: A map of IDs with their corresponding set of pronouns.