---
slug: /
title: Mattermost API v4
description: REST API v4 — first-class per-endpoint pages generated from the canonical OpenAPI specification.
sidebar_position: 1
sidebar_label: Overview
---

<Eyebrow>API Reference</Eyebrow>

Every endpoint is a first-class, deep-linkable page generated directly from the canonical OpenAPI spec. Per-endpoint code samples in **curl, PowerShell, Python, Node, and Go**.

<StatStrip stats={[
  {value: '549', label: 'Endpoints'},
  {value: '38',  label: 'Resource groups'},
  {value: '5',   label: 'Languages',  hint: 'curl · PowerShell · Python · Node · Go'},
  {value: 'v4',  label: 'API version', hint: 'Stable, semver-tracked'}
]} />

<MethodLegend />

## Start here

<CardGrid columns={3} cards={[
  {
    title: 'Examples',
    icon: 'channels',
    to: '/api/examples',
    description: 'Copy-pasteable curl quick-start for the most common operations: log in, post a message, create a channel, upload a file.',
    meta: '6 quick recipes'
  },
  {
    title: 'Authentication',
    icon: 'security',
    to: '/api/reference/login',
    description: 'Log in flows, personal access tokens, session tokens, MFA, SSO. Required for almost every endpoint.',
    meta: 'Login + tokens'
  },
  {
    title: 'Reference',
    icon: 'boards',
    to: '/api/reference/login',
    description: 'Every endpoint, grouped by resource: Users, Channels, Posts, Teams, Files, Webhooks, and more.',
    meta: '38 groups · 549 endpoints'
  }
]} />

## Common workflows

<CardGrid columns={2} cards={[
  {
    title: 'Channels',
    icon: 'channels',
    to: '/api/reference/channels',
    description: 'Create, list, archive, and manage channels. Add and remove members, change channel type, set headers and purposes.'
  },
  {
    title: 'Posts',
    icon: 'channels',
    to: '/api/reference/posts',
    description: 'Post, edit, delete, pin, react. Search, fetch threads, retrieve flagged posts.'
  },
  {
    title: 'Users',
    icon: 'channels',
    to: '/api/reference/users',
    description: 'Search, fetch, create, deactivate users. Manage roles, sessions, MFA, profile images.'
  },
  {
    title: 'Webhooks',
    icon: 'channels',
    to: '/api/reference/webhooks',
    description: 'Incoming and outgoing webhooks for integrations and ChatOps.'
  }
]} />

## How it's generated

The canonical source is the OpenAPI specification in `mattermost/mattermost/api/v4/source/` (56 YAML fragments, one per resource). The build pipeline:

```bash
node docs-site/scripts/build-openapi.mjs   # bundle 56 fragments → one YAML, 435 paths, 550 ops
npx docusaurus gen-api-docs all            # emit ~589 MDX files (one per endpoint + tag pages)
```

When the upstream spec changes, this regenerates automatically. AI never authors API reference content — it's deterministic from the spec.

## Looking for something else?

<CardGrid columns={2} cards={[
  {
    title: 'Developers',
    icon: 'channels',
    to: '/developers',
    description: 'Building plugins, integrations, slash commands, OAuth apps? Start here.'
  },
  {
    title: 'Documentation',
    icon: 'channels',
    to: '/',
    description: 'Operating, configuring, or using Mattermost? Admin and end-user guides.'
  }
]} />

<Note>
The legacy ReDoc-based reference at `developers.mattermost.com/api-documentation` is being decommissioned as part of the cutover (see PLAN.md §11.1 step 10).
</Note>