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description: Report problematic users to your moderators.
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# reports

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## File a report

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://mastodon.example/api/v1/reports`

**Returns:** Report\
**OAuth:** User token + `write:reports`\
**Version history:**\
1.1 - added\
2.3.0 - add `forward` parameter

#### Headers

| Name          | Type   | Description          |
| ------------- | ------ | -------------------- |
| Authorization | string | Bearer \<user token> |

#### Request Body

| Name        | Type    | Description                                                                   |
| ----------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| account\_id | string  | ID of the account to report                                                   |
| status\_ids | array   | Array of Statuses to attach to the report, for context                        |
| comment     | string  | Reason for the report (default max 1000 characters)                           |
| forward     | boolean | If the account is remote, should the report be forwarded to the remote admin? |

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