> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://mastodon.gitbook.io/mastodon/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://mastodon.gitbook.io/mastodon/entities/mention.md).

# Mention

## Example

{% code title="excerpt from GET status:" %}

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

{% endcode %}

## 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

## See also

* [GET /api/v1/statuses/:id](/mastodon/methods/statuses.md#view-specific-status)
* [Status#mentions](/mastodon/entities/status.md#mentions)

{% content-ref url="/pages/-Lr2Dehn4lq2gVBLRTnt" %}
[Status](/mastodon/entities/status.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}